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Chapter 66
Mist nodded slowly in understanding of what Rain was about to do. Behind Rain, the door opened, and a voice she didn’t recognize hit her ear. “What’s amiss?” an older woman asked.
There was no time for that. Rain stood and snatched a large medical bag from the woman whose mouth dropped open and her eyes bulged. Esther put her arm around the midwife and began to explain in soft whispers as Rain dug through the bag for what she needed.
The speculum was crude, unlike anything she’d ever seen before, but it would have to do. “Esther, light,” she said moving the blanket out of the way and positioning the device. Esther took one of the flashtubes from the medical bag and fidgeted with it for a moment until she turned it on. The light was blinding for a second, but then she managed to turn it down.
It would be nearly impossible for her to actually see what she was doing, even with the
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