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Mother of God, are they real?
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Very.
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Rubies are the most glamorous of all.
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You couldn't have found them in this dreary town.
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Are they family heirlooms?
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They belonged to a Jewess in the camp.
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She was always reminding people that she was
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a woman of considerable means, and that her husband was
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an influential and wealthy doctor in Berlin.
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She was constantly complaining to me
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about her stomach problems,
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and as a doctor, I thought I ought to do something about it.