yesterdays war by gerald hall

Author:gerald hall [hall, gerald]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-01-13T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen: Derby Hospital

Derby, Western Australia December 4, 1932

Harold found himself in a familiar situation, waiting at the hospital’s front desk while Dorothy was in labor in the delivery room. Only this time, he was holding Judith while he waited. The hospital now was actually a couple of attached buildings larger since Judith’s birth. Harold had paid for them to be constructed so that there would be room for a delivery room and half a dozen more private hospital beds. Judith was back home with the babysitter.

This time, it took a lot longer before the doctor came out of the delivery room to tell Harold the news.

“Is everyone alright?” a worried Harold quickly asked.

“Yes, Mister Cavill. Your wife and daughters are all healthy.” Doctor Phillips said with a smile.

“Daughters?” A surprised Harold asked.

“Yes, of course. You and Dorothy now have a pair of new baby girls. From what I can tell, the little darlings are as identical as two infants can possibly be.”

“Can I go in and see them?”

“Of course. I will warn you that your wife is pretty tired. The delivery of twins was quite taxing upon her. For a little while, I was afraid that I was going to have to go in and do a caesarian section. But things worked out for a natural delivery for both babies.” The doctor explained.

“Thank you, Doctor.” Harold said before being led to the room where Dorothy and the babies were.

Dorothy was propped in bed with the babies when Harold walked in. Dorothy smiled wearily when she saw Harold though.

“Hi, Sweetheart. We had an unexpected extra passenger arrive today. Aren’t both of them wonderful?”

“Yes, Dear. All three of you are beautiful.” Harold said as he leaned over and gave Dorothy a kiss.

“Can I hold one of them?” Harold asked.

“Of course.”

Harold picked up one of the baby girls and held her in his arms, smiling as only a proud father can.

“I wasn’t expecting twins, much less identical twins. What are we going to name them, Dorothy?”

“We hadn’t exactly settled on a name before. As I remember, we were debating between Sarah and Beatrice.”

“Well, since we have two babies now, why don’t we use both names? Let’s name this one Sarah Elizabeth and the other one Beatrice Caroline. I seem to remember that you have some relatives with those names. What do you think?” Harold asked.

“Those names sounds perfect, Harold.” Dorothy said with a smile of delight.

“We better go let Doctor Phillips know so that she can fill out the birth certificates then. Of course, I think that we are going to spend years just trying to tell Sarah and Beatrice apart from one other, especially if they decide not to cooperate. I can’t tell them apart even now.” Harold laughed.

“It’s a good thing that we are having the house expanded. Maybe I should tell the workers to go ahead and add another couple of bedrooms just in case?”

“That’s probably a good idea. The doctor said that I was still in very good physical condition.

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