And out of his heaviness there stood out strangely but one clear thought and it was a pain to him, and it was this, that he wished he had not taken t… - Pearl S. Buck

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And out of his heaviness there stood out strangely but one clear thought and it was a pain to him, and it was this, that he wished he had not taken the two pearls from O-lan that day when she was washing his clothes at the pool, and he would never bear to see Lotus put them in her ears again.