Jane Sampson indeed called Bright Sampton about having dinner together at the Black Residence in the evening. Bright Sampton pretended nothing was amiss and agreed without hesitation.
After hanging up the phone, Bright Sampton glanced at Julie Sampton, who was still standing at the doorway watching him, and with a wooden face, said, "My Sister Jane is pregnant. When you and I go over in the afternoon, don't go empty-handed."
"She's pregnant?" Julie Sampson was delighted, "No wonder she hasn't shown much activity recently." Julie Sampson herself had permanently lost the ability to be a mother, so when she heard Jane Sampson was pregnant, she was genuinely happy.
She understood the meaning behind Bright Sampton's reminder.
After things settled here, she went back. At that time, Jane Sampson hadn't given birth yet, and when Jane Sampson did give birth, she wasn't in the country, so Bright Sampson was reminding her to prepare a gift in advance for the child in Jane Sampson's belly.
