THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
Thursday, December 17.—Birth. Mr. Stone’s daughter. Clarissa Stone was delivered of a dead daughter at the twelfth hour yesterday. The operation performed by Dr. Benjamin Page. The infant’s limbs were much dislocated, as I am informed. The man knows not how to deliver a breech presentation.
Hannah brought the news this afternoon. One day after scolding Clarissa Stone at Coleman’s Store, she went into labor. And instead of calling for me, as she should have, she called for Dr. Page. This is my fault. I’m certain of it. I know I was hard on her for shunning Sarah and gossiping about Sam. But this? It is too high a price to pay. For her. And for me.
