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He
would
n't
admit
it
,
of
course
,
but
the
lure
of
the
sugar
was
in
his
bones
,
the
strange
fascination
some
men
have
for
utterly
demanding
labor
.
As
long
as
his
young
man
's
strength
held
up
,
Luke
would
remain
faithful
to
the
sugar
.
The
only
thing
Meggie
could
hope
for
was
to
force
him
into
changing
his
mind
by
giving
him
a
child
,
an
heir
to
the
property
out
around
Kynuna
.
*
*
*
So
she
went
back
to
Himmelhoch
to
wait
and
hope
.
Please
,
please
,
let
there
be
a
baby
!
A
baby
would
solve
everything
,
so
please
let
there
be
a
baby
.
And
there
was
.
When
she
told
Anne
and
Luddie
,
they
were
overjoyed
.
Luddie
especially
turned
out
to
be
a
treasure
.
He
did
the
most
exquisite
smocking
and
embroidery
,
two
crafts
Meggie
had
never
had
time
to
master
,
so
while
he
pushed
a
tiny
needle
through
delicate
fabric
with
his
horny
,
magical
hands
,
Meggie
helped
Anne
get
the
nursery
together
.
The
only
trouble
was
the
baby
was
n't
sitting
well
,
whether
because
of
the
heat
or
her
unhappiness
Meggie
did
n't
know
.
The
morning
sickness
was
all
day
,
and
persisted
long
after
it
should
have
stopped
;
in
spite
of
her
very
slight
weight
gain
she
began
to
suffer
badly
from
too
much
fluid
in
the
tissues
of
her
body
,
and
her
blood
pressure
went
up
to
a
point
at
which
Doc
Smith
became
apprehensive
.
At
first
he
talked
of
hospital
in
Cairns
for
the
remainder
of
her
pregnancy
,
but
after
a
long
think
about
her
husbandless
,
friendless
situation
he
decided
she
would
be
better
off
with
Luddie
and
Anne
,
who
did
care
for
her
.
For
the
last
three
weeks
of
her
term
,
however
,
she
must
definitely
go
to
Cairns
.
"
And
try
to
get
her
husband
to
come
and
see
her
!
"
he
roared
to
Luddie
.
Meggie
had
written
right
away
to
tell
Luke
she
was
pregnant
,
full
of
the
usual
feminine
conviction
that
once
the
not-wanted
was
an
irrefutable
fact
,
Luke
would
become
wildly
enthusiastic
.
His
answering
letter
scotched
any
such
delusions
.
He
was
furious
.
As
far
as
he
was
concerned
,
becoming
a
father
simply
meant
he
would
have
two
nonworking
mouths
to
feed
,
instead
of
none
.
It
was
a
bitter
pill
for
Meggie
to
swallow
,
but
swallow
it
she
did
;
she
had
no
choice
.
Now
the
coming
child
bound
her
to
him
as
tightly
as
her
pride
.
But
she
felt
ill
,
helpless
,
utterly
unloved
;
even
the
baby
did
n't
love
her
,
did
n't
want
to
be
conceived
or
born
.
She
could
feel
it
inside
her
,
the
weakly
tiny
creature
's
feeble
protests
against
growing
into
being
.
Had
she
been
able
to
tolerate
the
two-thousand-mile
rail
journey
home
,
she
would
have
gone
,
but
Doc
Smith
shook
his
head
firmly
.
Get
on
a
train
for
a
week
or
more
,
even
in
broken
stages
,
and
that
would
be
the
end
of
the
baby
.
Disappointed
and
unhappy
though
she
was
,
Meggie
would
n't
consciously
do
anything
to
harm
the
baby
.
Yet
as
time
went
on
her
enthusiasm
and
her
longing
to
have
someone
of
her
own
to
love
withered
in
her
;
the
incubus
child
hung
heavier
,
more
resentful
.
Doc
Smith
talked
of
an
earlier
transfer
to
Cairns
;
he
was
n't
sure
Meggie
could
survive
a
birth
in
Dungloe
,
which
had
only
a
cottage
infirmary
.
Her
blood
pressure
was
recalcitrant
,
the
fluid
kept
mounting
;
he
talked
of
toxemia
and
eclampsia
,
other
long
medical
words
which
frightened
Anne
and
Luddie
into
agreeing
,
much
as
they
longed
to
see
the
baby
born
at
Himmelhoch
.
