The town was divided. In church, prayers were offered for Margaret and the unborn child. Old women, their knitting needles clicking, spoke of biblical miracles and the hand of God. “Sarah was ninety when she gave birth to Isaac,” one would say, nodding sagely. But even as they knitted tales of divine intervention, doubt gnawed at the edges of belief.

Meanwhile, a group of skeptical townsfolk took it upon themselves to investigate. They pored over old articles, scientific journals, and obscure medical cases, searching for a precedent or an explanation. Surely, there must be some logical answer—an incredible, unprecedented medical phenomenon or a misunderstood scientific breakthrough.