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Chapter 56

           Foradizzymomentshethoughtwhatchildbearingmeant,thenauseathattoreher,thetediouswaiting,thethickeningofherfigure,thehoursofpain.Thingsnomancouldeverrealize.Andhedaredtojoke.Shewouldclawhim.Nothingbutthesightofblooduponhisdarkfacewouldeasethispaininherheart.Shelungedforhim,swiftasacat,butwithalightstartledmovement,hesidestepped,throwinguphisarmtowardheroff.Shewasstandingontheedgeofthefreshlywaxedtopstep,andasherarmwiththewholeweightofherbodybehindit,struckhisout-thrustarm,shelostherbalance.Shemadeawildclutchforthenewelpostandmissedit.Shewentdownthestairsbackwards,feelingasickeningdartofpaininherribsasshelanded.And,toodazedtocatchherself,sherolledoverandovertothebottomoftheflight.

           ItwasthefirsttimeScarletthadeverbeenill,exceptwhenshehadherbabies,andsomehowthosetimesdidnotcount.Shehadnotbeenforlornandfrightenedthen,asshewasnow,weakandpainrackedandbewildered.Sheknewshewassickerthantheydaredtellher,feeblyrealizedthatshemightdie.Thebrokenribstabbedwhenshebreathed,herbruisedfaceandheadachedandherwholebodywasgivenovertodemonswhopluckedatherwithhotpinchersandsawedonherwithdullknivesandlefther,forshortintervals,sodrainedofstrengththatshecouldnotregaingriponherselfbeforetheyreturned.No,childbirthhadnotbeenlikethis.

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