Question

why did a army of relatives queue up outside at the hospital at the birth of the author?the letter a
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Answer 1

Answer:

Mine was a difficult birth, I am told. Both mother and son almost died. A whole army of relations queued up outside the hospital until the small hours of the morning, waiting for news and praying furiously that it would be good. ... It was Mother who first saw that there was something wrong with me.