She had dreaded this baby like a catastrophe, because of her feeling for her husband.

And now she felt strangely towards the infant.

Her heart was heavy because of the child, almost as if it were unhealthy, or malformed.

Yet it seemed quite well.
But she noticed the peculiar knitting of the baby's brows, and the peculiar heaviness of its eyes, as if it were trying to understand something that was pain.

She felt, when she looked at her child's dark, brooding pupils, as if a burden were on her heart.
"He looks as if he was thinking about something--quite sorrowful," said Mrs.Kirk.
Suddenly, looking at him, the heavy feeling at the mother's heart melted into passionate grief.