Chapter 40

In the week following that conversation Lisbeth realized she might be going to have a child. At first, it seemed rather startling. In years past whenever she happened to see a particularly lovely child, she thought that she wanted to have children of Alan’s some day. She had never thought at all about having a child of Stephen’s. She decided not to tell him until she was sure, and not to think about whether she would be glad or sorry if it were so. For ten days or a fortnight she happened to have more work to do th…