Elsie wasn't sure she liked the expression on his face after reading the note. "Maybe five minutes? A little less? Why, what does that letter say? She's coming, right?" Elsie was not going to panic yet, but if Nurse Moony wasn't going to make it, what we're they supposed to do? It was hard not to feel the unease swell in her chest at the thought of doing this without the midwife.

Should she call upon her mother? That would make sense, she supposed? Elsie was about to suggest as much, but remembered as she opened her mouth that her parents weren't visiting family in Liverpool and it would probably be difficult to get a portkey at this time of night.

Who else could help them get through this if not the midwife? Lucinda? Her cousin had successfully delivered two healthy girls, she would know what to do right? Somehow she thought though, that Luce would stress Tyb out and that wasn't what she wanted either. Adella hadn't gone through this yet either, so that was out. "Do, do you think we can do this alone?" Els looked at him with wide eyes. The thought was slightly terrifying, especially as she had to lean on the bed as another contraction washed over her. Elsie whimpered at the sensation, breathing through it as best she could, but she had never felt a pain like this before.