"I feel sure it will be a little Christ baby." Arthur was still away when she arrived home.

He had gone to Norway on business.

Her father was afraid he would find it difficult to get back.
Telegraphic communication had been stopped, and they had had no news of him.

Her father was worried.

A big Government contract had come in, while many of his best men had left to enlist.
"I've fixed you up all right at the hospital," he said.