Thank you so much! How can I repay you for your kindness? – Forget it; it was nothing.

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The government wants to subsidise healthcare products for the elderly.

What was your name? Pearl. Ruby and Pearl, mother and daughter. It's an ugly name, isn't it? No, it isn't. And I meant it, it wasn't. Old-fashioned, perhaps, but nice. She stared at me. Do you know what pearls are? They're ugliness: dirt or sand gets in an oyster and the oyster coats it over so that it won't be irritating.