“Une femme religieuse,” the midwife clarified. A religious woman. Ah. Here’s what she said: Voulez-vous parler à une nonne? Which means, Would you like to speak to a nun? More nuns: of course in Catholic France, it was assumed that we were Catholic. But Edward heard: Voulez-vous parler à un nain? Which means, Would you like to speak to a dwarf?
