Chapter 21, pg. Regardless of what is happening with the war, life goes on as usual in Italy and the United States. Catherine comes in late and he tells her about the three weeks leave he has been granted. Fred does not want to go anywhere for it, because he just wants to stay with her. Catherine seems upset and Fred pressures her into telling him that she is three months pregnant.
People have babies all the time.
Everybody has babies. It's a natural thing. Chapter 21, pg. She tells him that she isn't worried. The pair gets quiet and she asks him if he's angry, and he says he feels trapped by biology.