No Man of Her Own Page #2

Here, rub some of this on

and then you have that

to rub off.

Go ahead, take out a gob.

I'm not sure

what it does for you,

but it smells nice anyway.

I'm getting scared.

About the baby?

Uh-uh.

I'm meeting my in-laws.

Do you think they'll like me?

Suppose they don't.

Suppose they have me

built up in their expectations

as somebody entirely different.

They don't even know

what I look like.

Didn't you send them a picture?

I didn't have any

except my passport picture,

and I certainly wasn't

gonna send them that.

Go on. It feels good.

I guess they must be

very well off.

I know they had to send us

the money for the trip home.

Hugh only had his salary

from one of those

government agencies.

You know, one of those

initial outfits.

I just had my scholarship.

My folks are all dead.

We were on a shoestring

the whole time.

And don't let anyone tell you

how cheap Europe is.

We had an awful

lot of fun, though.

I think that's the only time

you do have fun.

It's when you're

on a shoestring, don't you?

Sometimes it's--

Anyway, as soon

as they found out

I was expecting, that did it.

They wouldn't hear of my

having the baby over there.

I didn't much want to either.

Here, hold this for me,

will you?

I have a horror of losing it.

Slipped down the drain once

and they had to pull out

the whole wall.

Oh, it's very beautiful.

It has our names around it

on the inside.

See? Isn't that cute?

Mm-hm.

That's one of the reasons

we're on a shoestring.

Here, put it on your finger.

It'll be safer that way.

Well, isn't that bad luck?

I mean, for me to put it on?

I couldn't have bad luck.

Come on, guys,

give us room to work.

Who is it?

Who is she?

Cut off her clothes.

- Caesarean section.

- Use a local.

Plasma.

Nurse!

Nurse!

Nurse!

My baby. My baby.

Where's my baby?

Your baby's all right, dear.

No. No, it isn't.

It's gone. It's gone.

No. No, it isn't, dear.

He's in an incubator.

H-He?

Incubator.

Oh-- Is he--?

He's perfect.

Now, just drink this.

A coddled egg, some custard,

a little milk every two hours.

If she keeps that down

all right,

maybe in a week or so

we can let her see her baby.

Nurse.

What's this doing here?

Why is this here?

Everyone who is ill

has one. It's just--

But the name. It says--

Does the sight of your own

name frighten you?

Sh.

Now don't talk anymore.

But you don't understand.

You have to tell me.

- Just a moment.

- I'll be right back.

Doctor.

Doctor.

Doctor,

what happened to--?

To whom?

There was--

There was another girl

in the washroom with me.

Is she--?

Did you know her very well?

No.

You only just met her

on the train?

On the train.

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