Gifts
“They had taken her upstairs and put her to bed. Gry and I hung around feeling childish, useless, the way young people do when an adult is taken sick. Canoc came down at last. He came straight to me and said, “She’ll be all right.”
“Is she just tired?”
He hesitated, and Gry asked, “She didn’t lose the baby?”
It was part of Gry’s gift to know when there were two lives in one body. It was not part of ours. I am sure Canoc had not known Melle was with child before this day; she may not ...have known it herself.
To me the news carried little meaning. A boy of thirteen is at a great remove from that portion of life; pregnancy and childbirth are abstract matters, nothing to do with him at all.
“No,” Canoc said. He hesitated again and said, “She needs to rest.”
His tired, toneless voice troubled me. I wanted him to cheer up. I was sick of fear and gloom.MoreLess
“Is she just tired?”
He hesitated, and Gry asked, “She didn’t lose the baby?”
It was part of Gry’s gift to know when there were two lives in one body. It was not part of ours. I am sure Canoc had not known Melle was with child before this day; she may not ...have known it herself.
To me the news carried little meaning. A boy of thirteen is at a great remove from that portion of life; pregnancy and childbirth are abstract matters, nothing to do with him at all.
“No,” Canoc said. He hesitated again and said, “She needs to rest.”
His tired, toneless voice troubled me. I wanted him to cheer up. I was sick of fear and gloom.MoreLess
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