Lady Brittany's Choice by Amanda Scott

Author:Amanda Scott [Scott, Amanda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9780451153159
Amazon: 0451153154
Publisher: Signet
Published: 1987-12-31T13:00:00+00:00

Sorcha had to exert every muscle to support Isobel. A tent with nothing for furnishing but a few furs piled together to make a bed was no place to birth a baby. They needed pillows to support her properly and blankets and water for washing.

Hugo had been right to say the process was a messy one. It made her queasy to look at the blood, so except for glancing back at Hugo now and again, she kept her eyes fixed straight ahead and tried to ignore all the noise outside.

She had always known Isobel was strong, but as she tried to support her in a half-sitting, half-lying position, she had all she could do not to be flattened again when the pains struck and her sister fought to push against them. And where, she wondered, was Adela? Surely, she had heard them screaming. Why had she not come to help? Her presence would be of greater use than her absence was even if she didn’t know more than they did.

She was glad Hugo was there and glad she had stopped the fight between him and Waldron, but she knew that others might be shocked to learn he had delivered Isobel’s babe. For that matter, despite Isobel’s insistence, to have a man who was not her husband doing such a thing must be most trying for her.

She glanced at him again and saw that he was concentrating on his task, his hands between Isobel’s legs. Moments later, Hugo held a tiny, moist baby in those hands. As he turned him and gently wiped a huge hand across his tiny lips and nose, the baby began to cry, and then to squall lustily.

“You have a fine wee laddie, Isobel,” Hugo said. “He’s clearly got a fine, strong pair of lungs, too, which augurs well for the rest of him.”

His sparkling gaze met Sorcha’s as she shifted position to see better. When she saw that his delight equaled her own, her heart turned over.

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