The men and women ever so slowly poured the water of the Nile through linen, filtering out the silt. Jugs that stood near the stone floor contained th... clearest water Isetnofret had ever beheld.In the opposite corner of the tent was another stone floor, connected by stepping stones. There, a low table supported numerous wooden boxes - all marvelously decorated with carving, gems, and gold.Khepri inspected the jugs, nodded in approval, and then ordered all the male servants to leave, and. That, along with the scare from Mrs. Gonzalez and the news from Teresa, really had me on the ropes."Has my eavesdropping sister been gossiping with you?"I nodded my head. I wouldn't have called it gossip but... "Then I'm sure you have questions. Let me answer them in no particular order. Yes, I'm pregnant. Yes, you're the father. No, I haven't had sex with anyone else. No, I won't rat on you. No, I don't know if it was one defective condom or if the entire batch was bad. Yes, I'd stop using. "With a great mental effort Kate brought her attention back to the small figure on the table."I need you to clamp these vessels while I cut, now clamp them well, I don't want whatever is in them all over the theater."The first cut was made without a problem, followed by a second. As the third major vessel was severed all the monitors alarmed, and the vital signs flew down all the scales."Shit, we're loosing her" screamed Kate,"Not if I can help it," replied Jenna.In the end though no one could. ” ...and it had to be a female doctor.During the entire wait—fortunately, little more than fifteen minutes but still a lot longer than he had hoped for—Robert awkwardly kept shifting his weight from one foot to the other, seeking a position of minimum discomfort but failing to find it and earning questioning glances from the dozens of other urgent patients waiting for their turn to get their booboos treated.The opal glass doors slid open and in came a stern-looking woman, stethoscope over her.