The year is 1923. Parts of Satipur were slummy, as was all of Khatm. Olivia had been instructed to don a burka and follow one of the servants down the dark alleys. Olivia arrives and listens to the midwives talk: one describes how a nearby house had collapsed a week earlier, just as the bridegroom in a wedding procession had passed by. The midwives instruct Olivia to lay down on a mat and begin massaging her abdomen. The midwives, who are skillful and professional, are.....
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