1. Confused…

2. Confused?

1. Surprised?

2. Likely. You didn’t know?

1. No. They say you can tell. That we, that women…can tell.

2. Maternal Pathology. Yes.

1. I couldn’t. I felt fine. The same.

2. It was likely early on.

1. Likely, yes.

2. And when was your last sexual encounter?

1. 4 hours ago.

2. 4 hours?

1. Yes.

2. Oh.

1. You were yesterday. There have been a few since.

2. A few?

1. 5 or 6 maybe.

2. Oh.

2. Well, Elizabeth, you’ve certainly had a miscarriage.

1. Oh. Well…ok.

2. Ok?

1. Just… I’m surprised Jeffrey. One doesn’t really expect to reach a hand down between one’s thighs and feel a gush of blood.

3. No? What does one expect to feel?