“I’ll be outside,” I said.
“Go and get something to eat.”
“No. I’ll be outside.” I kissed Catherine. She was very gray and weak and tired.
“May I speak to you?” I said to the nurse. She came out in the hall with me. I walked a little way down the hall.
“What’s the matter with the baby?” I asked.
“Didn’t you know?”
“No.”
“He wasn’t alive.”
“He was dead?”
“They couldn’t start him breathing. The cord was caught around his neck or something.”