Chapter 10 Summary

On August 3rd, Ben calls at five in the morning to tell Charles and Meg that the baby is on the way. Lydia is staying in Portland to be near Molly. Meg and Charles immediately walk across the field to Ben and Maria's house. When they arrive, Ben is near panic. He's forgotten everything he'd read about childbirth. And things are progressing a lot faster than he had ever thought they would. Meg is nervous herself. She can't remember how to operate the camera.

Maria calls Meg into the bedroom. She takes pictures of the smiling mother-to-be who doesn't seem a bit nervous. Ben and Meg listen to the baby's heart beat with a stethoscope. Maria's face contorts in pain in reaction to the pain of intense contractions. Meg goes to the end of the bed. She sees the baby's head but it...