"Arthur?"

Arthur Denniston glanced up at his wife. "Yes, Camilla?"

"Do you remember, that night you went out to search for Merlin, how the Director said that I couldn't go because I carried the future of Logres in my body?"

Arthur cast his mind back. "Yes, so he did," he said. "What of it?"

"Well," said Camilla with a smile, "it seems he meant that literally."

Arthur stared at her. "You mean..."

Camilla nodded.

For a moment, Arthur sat stock-still; then he leaped to his feet, embraced Camilla, and ran to the telephone. "Operator?" he said. "Get me St Anne's."


Disclaimer: C. S. Lewis wrote the Deep Heaven Trilogy; I just came along for the ride. (The picture, meanwhile, is from Yolasite-dot-Com's week-by-week pregnancy guide. I didn't compile that, either.)