The Pearl

How is the news of the pearl compared to the poisonous sting of the scorpion?

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There is a sickness to both the sting and the pearl. As the scorpion sting makes the baby ill, The Pearl infects the town with greed and jealousy,β€œThe dreams, speculation, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the deeds, the lusts, the hungers of everyone.”