I have not had any children to bring up, but I have had the misfortune
to have had eight miscarriages, the last one as far back as 1898, when
I had to go to the infirmary for an operation, and I have not had any
since. But you must understand they have not been brought on by neglect
or ill use, but by my having a severe attack of influenza in 1891
before I was married, which left me with weakness of the womb. I had to
be attended by the doctor every time.
_No child, eight miscarriages._