Twenty days of rain now. I took out the earring Nurse bought me with my first scale-wage today, but I didn't put it on. I left it beside the inkstone instead.

• Om BuaIf you took it out, you should wear it. Leave it by the inkstone and it'll just soak up ink. It's not as if you had nowhere to hang it.
  ChantaraEven in old age, Nurse, you've got one eye sharper than mine.
• Chao PhromWord that my sister took out her jewelry is traveling faster than toll fees. What's the occasion?
  ChantaraNot a day you can put a price on by counting, Brother.