She Gave Birth Alone but Moments Later the Doctor Saw Something That Made Him Break Down

of him and the specific posture of a man who has prepared carefully for something and is now, at the moment of execution, considerably less certain of his preparation than he was an hour ago.

He placed the box on the table between them.

Clara looked at it.

“Don’t—” she started.

“I know,” he said, before she could finish. “Just let me say this first.”

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