"What have they taken a baby in there for?" thought Prince Andrew in the first second.

" A baby? What baby...? Why is there a baby there? Or is the baby born?" Then suddenly he realized the joyful significance of that wail; tears choked him, and leaning his elbows on the window sill be began to cry, sobbing like a child.

The door opened.

The doctor with his shirt sleeves tucked up, without a coat, pale and with a trembling jaw, came out of the room.

Prince Andrew turned to him, but the doctor gave him a bewildered look and passed by without a word.