"Nell, I want to tell you how fine you look," he said, "just like the 
finest Vicky lady in all of Atlantis. I can't believe you're my same Nell that 
I used to bring things to in
the old flat—remember those days? I know that you and I have gone 
different ways, ever since that morning in Dovetail, and I know it's got a lot 
to do with that Primer. I just want to tell you, sister, that even though I say 
bad stuff about Vickys sometimes, I'm as proud of you as I could be, and I hope 
when you read that Primer—so full of stuff I could never understand or 
even read—you'll think back on your brother Harv, who saw it lying in 
the gutter years ago and took it into his mind to bring it to his kid sister. 
Will you remember that, Nell?" With that he plugged the oxygen tube back into 
his mouth, and his ribs began to heave.