Read the following passage with expression. Write one or two sentences to summarize the passage. She won't die [in childbirth). She's just having a bad time. The initial labor is usually protracted. She's only having a bad
time. Afterward we'd say what a bad time and Catherine would say it wasn't really so bad. But what if she should die?
She can't die. Yes, but what if she should die. She can't, I tell you. Don't be a fool. It's just a bad time. It's just nature
giving her hell. It's only the first labor, which is almost always protracted. Yes, but what if she should die? She can't die.
Why would she die? What reason is there for her to die? There's a just a child that has to be born, the by-product of good
nights in Milan. It makes trouble and is born and then you look after it and get fond of it maybe. But what if she should
die? She won't. She's all right. But what if she should die? Hey, what about that? What if she should die?