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old woman spoke and the words crashed onto the shores of Melvina’s consciousness like a ship lost in a storm.

      “It is a boy, my lord.”

      Melvina began to scream.

      “He is very healthy,” the old woman said.

      Melvina’s cries were quickly drowned out by the cheers and songs of praise that surrounded her new parents. Lord Evans and his third wife Linda were the proud parents of a new baby boy.