girl in the garage had had a baby in the night. Suubi had not seen the girl’s stomach swell. The attitude of the women toward the shy girl turned abruptly. They visited her in hospital, took her food, and washed her clothes. When she was discharged, they helped her with the baby. The landlady heaved herself up and went to the bush and collected the kamunye herbs to heal the girl’s stitches, the slut woke up early every morning and helped her in the bathroom, the quiet woman collected herbs for the baby, boiled them in ekyogero, and bathed the baby every day until the stump of the umbilical
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