Oh,mygriefandconscience,Billy!Itisn’t_the_baby。It’s_babies!_It’stwins——boys。Cyrilhasthemnow——thenursehasn’tgothereyet。’
Twins!_Cyril_hasthem!’brokeinBilly,hysterically。
Yes,andthey’recryingsomethingterrible。
We’vesentforasecondnursetocome,too,ofcourse,butshehasn’tgothereyet,either。Andthosebabies——ifyoucouldhearthem!That’swhatwewantyoufor,to——’
ButBillywasalmostlaughingnow。