(107) "I was used to depending on Monique, and now I saw that she, too, had come to depend on me." - M is in a bind and only H can know about it - they are close
(107-11) a detailed account of H's friend Korotun's birthing
(112-4) H had not been aware that all the women were circumcised - but she finds out when talking to M, who admits circumcision makes birthing harder (the opening is smaller) and M thought every woman in the world was circumcised until H told her otherwise
i just realized that Erdman's midwife also secretly takes birth control pills - and both she and M have well-spaces and healthy children
(115) H has used an almost imperceptible time marker - M's baby Basil - who we can see growing - on M's back, then walking
(120) Once again H zooms in, in close detail - this time as she gets on a motorbike with John - but why here and why now?
(121) rumors of evacuation
(128) an example of inadequacy: "I felt an uncontrollable change coming. Like we had inadvertently fallen into something bigger than ourselves. Something unpredictable." This is a vague description that does not evoke any emotion from me - just cliche
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