I thought I'd surprise her by cleaning up the ranch house. I swept the hallways, wiped down the kitchen, straightened up the living room, cleaned everything. I even vacuumed. I can tell you for a fact that the place was hospital clean. If there was a germ somewhere, it was plenty lonely.
Pearl comes in.
She's a little tired. Omar, she says, I could sure use a hand here. Not right now. He probably had Pearl in mind when he wrote it. Pearl says that had better be the case.