"I said nice things about her too, and for the next half hour or so, I think we were genuinely delighted to be with each other."
-page 214
At the end of Part 2, Kathy leaves the Cottages and goes to start her training as a carer. She comes to find that she is very successful at her job. Since she has left the Cottages, she rarely sees people from Hailsham anymore. She runs into Laura one day and decides that since Ruth is now doing her donations, that she would be her carer. I used this quote, because this is how Ishiguro set up the mood when Kathy and Ruth saw each other for the first time since the Cottages. But this pleasant mood he has created does not last very long. A few lines later, Kathy says, "But once I officially became her carer, and I began to see her regularly, the sense of something not being right grew stronger and stronger." The mood now is that the two friends are happy to see each other, but there is still some unfinished business to attend to. Kathy and Ruth planned a trip to see Tommy. I am very curious to see how the three interact with each other now that they have been a part for so long.
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