After Christmas I called on Frau Vogl to make arrangements. She was the youngish widow of a doctor, and had been recommended to me as the best midwife in town. To- gether we did some figuring, and then it was decided that the baby was due by the middle of February.
make arrangements:(…のための)準備、 手はず、段取り、(for) make arrangements for meeting with him 彼と会うための手はずを整える. youngish:quite young、(Oxford wordpower) C.O.D では不掲載なので正式英語とし て認知されていないかもしれません. midwife:助産婦、産婆 figuring:計算、計算で出すこと、計出 do figuring 計出する