Minos and Abby saw the commotion inside that place as they came to the side of one of the windows of that woman's house.
A few women were coming and going from one room to another, sometimes carrying white cloths soiled with blood and bowls of water.
Besides what they carried in their hands amidst their hurried steps, they had in common expressions of doubt and fear due to the abnormal situation they were witnessing.
At the same time, an old woman leaning on a crutch and having several necklaces around her neck was standing by the laboring woman's room door.
This old woman was saying words repeatedly, praying for something to go wrong. "This will be an abomination! How could you have gotten pregnant outside your marriage? Worse, this little bastard will not be a good thing. I can feel it!"
"Lady Fraley, if you don't want to be here, why do you bother coming to tell us this nonsense?" One of the women inside that room asked in an irritated manner.
