；〃 Catherine said。 〃They've got to give me something。 Oh please； doctor； give me enough to do some good！〃
One of the doctors put a mask over her face and I looked through the door and saw the bright small amphitheatre of the operating room。
〃You can go in the other door and sit up there；〃 a nurse said to me。 There were benches behind a rail that looked down on the white table and the lights。 I looked at Catherine。 The mask was over her face and she was quiet now。 They wheeled the stretcher forward。 I turned away and walked down the hall。 Two nurses were hurrying toward the entrance to the gallery。
〃It's a Caesarean；〃 one said。 〃They're going to do a Caesarean。〃
The other one laughed； 〃We're just in time。 Aren't we lucky？〃 They went in the door that led to the gallery。
Another nurse came along。 She was hurrying too。
〃You go right in there。 Go right in；〃 she said。
〃I'm staying outside。〃
She hurried in。 I walked up and down the hall。 I was afraid to go in。 I looked out the window。 It was dark but in the light from the window I could see it was raining。 I went into a room at the far end of the hall and looked at the labels on bottles in a glass case。 Then I came out and stood in the empty hall and watched the door of the operating room。
A doctor came out followed by a nurse。 He held something in his two hands that looked like a freshly skinned rabbit and hurried across the corridor with it and in through another door。 I went down to the door he had gone into and found them in the room doing things to a new…born child。 The doctor held him up for me to see。 He held him by the heels and slapped him。
〃Is he all right？〃
〃He's magnificent。 He'll weigh five kilos。〃
I had no feeling for him。 He did