05-30-2022, 01:33 PM
Girls.
Lucian’s clear disapproval made the doctor smile a little but the boy slipped on without his father into the room that held his mother without another word. Or…invitation. Let the grownups talk of her wellbeing and what she may or may not need, Luc knew his mother wouldn’t die of something so silly as childbirth.
Magdalen wasn’t far behind.
“She will be, Fintan, but I mean it…this should be her last. Come to my office next week and we’ll discuss further. For now, go to your family. There shall be no speaking of death on a day as this.” The doctor motioned to the window with his hat before he put it on.
“See that? The sun has come.”
The Lady Lockwood was a saint and Aurore felt often that she didn’t deserve her. She hadn’t been around to deliver her other children but already the differences were truly a thing of glorious comfort and of a perfect calm. She had been right there at her side and directing the other attendants as they went so that long before her husband or her children arrived there was never even a single sign that blood had ever been part of this night. Before their birth they’d gone over the details of her wishes and a wet nurse was one of them, so Mrs. Lockwood set out space and put three women on the staff for rotation and had two others on standby should the needs of the twins not be met.
She was a saint of a woman and even now waited at the bedside of her lady just to see the first time Aurore’s family would meet their newest little loves. One daughter was bundled up in her mother’s arms and the other she held to give to Captain McKenna when he made his way in.
“Gently,” She spoke to Maggie and the young girl didn’t jump into the bed as she would normally but waited with Luc at the bedside where her mother touched their hair and in a weak voice about how they were going to be the very best elder siblings.
Mrs. Lockwood would allow the children to stay only a little longer, and by the time Fintan came to take over the infant in her arms, she would see to it. However, for now she was happy to just be in this moment with them.
Lucian’s clear disapproval made the doctor smile a little but the boy slipped on without his father into the room that held his mother without another word. Or…invitation. Let the grownups talk of her wellbeing and what she may or may not need, Luc knew his mother wouldn’t die of something so silly as childbirth.
Magdalen wasn’t far behind.
“She will be, Fintan, but I mean it…this should be her last. Come to my office next week and we’ll discuss further. For now, go to your family. There shall be no speaking of death on a day as this.” The doctor motioned to the window with his hat before he put it on.
“See that? The sun has come.”
The Lady Lockwood was a saint and Aurore felt often that she didn’t deserve her. She hadn’t been around to deliver her other children but already the differences were truly a thing of glorious comfort and of a perfect calm. She had been right there at her side and directing the other attendants as they went so that long before her husband or her children arrived there was never even a single sign that blood had ever been part of this night. Before their birth they’d gone over the details of her wishes and a wet nurse was one of them, so Mrs. Lockwood set out space and put three women on the staff for rotation and had two others on standby should the needs of the twins not be met.
She was a saint of a woman and even now waited at the bedside of her lady just to see the first time Aurore’s family would meet their newest little loves. One daughter was bundled up in her mother’s arms and the other she held to give to Captain McKenna when he made his way in.
“Gently,” She spoke to Maggie and the young girl didn’t jump into the bed as she would normally but waited with Luc at the bedside where her mother touched their hair and in a weak voice about how they were going to be the very best elder siblings.
Mrs. Lockwood would allow the children to stay only a little longer, and by the time Fintan came to take over the infant in her arms, she would see to it. However, for now she was happy to just be in this moment with them.
