Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
GRANDMA PERKINS AND THE SPACE PIRATES Raven-haired, seductive Darling Toujours' all over the universe. But it took sweet old Grandma Perkins, of the pirate ship Dirty to set the Jupiter moons on fire . Darling Toujours, the raven-haired, creamy-skinned televideo actress Kismet was blasting through space at close to the speed of light, bound from Callisto, one of Jupiter's moons, back to Earth. But none of the two hundred Earthbound passengers were conscious of the speed at all. Darling Toujours waved a long cigarette holder at the author. "Don't Carlton asked. The solar system's most famous actress clamped her scarlet lips shut with rage. It would take someone like Carlton E. She began to wish that she had never left Callisto, that she had cancelled her passage on the when she learned that Carlton was to be a fellow passenger. But her studio had wired her to return to Earth immediately to make a new series of three dimensional video films. And the Darling demurely, crossing her legs and arranging her dress to expose a Darling Toujours drew back her hand to smack Carlton one in a very Darling Toujours opened her violet eyes wide in surprise. "Why, I your son." Carlton choked suddenly and Darling suffered from a brief wanted to know how to write my name. I'm Mrs. Omar K. Perkins, but you see, I'm really Mrs. Matilda Perkins because my Omar died a few years withered most people where they stood. Mrs. Perkins just smiled sweetly at him. His rage getting out of hand, he finally blurted, "And now, Mrs. Perkins, I think you'd better be getting back to your quarters. As you Mrs. Perkins continued to smile at him. "Yes, I know. It's lovely, she had moved to the door to Darling Toujours' suite and had opened it, "So I see," said Mrs. Perkins, staring at the opulent furnishings Darling screeched and darted for the door. She snatched the nightie away from Mrs. Perkins and rudely propelled the older woman out the Mrs. Perkins had been lying in her berth reading for less than an hour freckled face through the door. "Howdy, Mrs. Perkins. I wondered if I could do anything for you? It's about ten minutes before we eat." don't mind. And, I wonder, would you mind calling me Grandma? All my He didn't remember ever putting it there for her and Grandma Perkins herself. He put it on the floor. As she stooped over and extracted a pair of low-heeled, black and guaranteed to pay them so much for the flight, which you've already done, and they guaranteed that you wouldn't be put off against your will until you reached your destination." the thirteen monopolies in this part of the solar system. The "Big Thirteen," we call them. STAR charters every space flight in this neck of the woods. Well, back in the old days, when space flights were scarce, it used to be that you'd pay for a ticket from Saturn to Earth, bump you off, refund part of your money and leave you stranded there. Grandma Perkins sighed. "It's such a small cabin I don't think anybody "Anything else I can do for you, Grandma?" The food that evening was not the very best, Grandma Perkins thought to Her acquaintances of the afternoon, Miss Toujours and Mr. Carlton, were Darling Toujours and Carlton E. Carlton strolled over and sat down "Darling! There's that priceless little woman we met this afternoon." but loudly enough for Grandma Perkins to hear. "Why, hello, Miss Toujours. And Mr. Carlton too. I hope you'll forgive "Of course we forgive you, Mrs. Jerkins," Darling said throatily, baring her teeth like a feline. "My name is Perkins," Grandma smiled. "Why, thank you, Mrs. Perkins," Darling purred, starting to preen just her head aside as if in sorrow. "They were all set to put her in an institution when she ran off and married the lizard man in a carnival. Darling Toujours muttered a few choice words under her breath. Darling and Carlton exchanged horrified glances and then rose silently Grandma looked up from her search. "Oh, my, they seem to have gone." "Really I would, Grandma. Where are they?" I'll be 152 this year. And ever since Omar, my husband, died a few years ago, I've lived from pillar to post. First with one child and then with another. They've all been married for decades now of course, with children and grandchildren of their own. And I guess that I just get in their way. There just isn't much left in life for a feeble old money for which is being provided by my dear, sweet children—all ten of them." Grandma dabbed a bit of a handkerchief at her eyes. "The "To be truthful, Johnny, they've grown old and stodgy, all of them. And I'm sure they think I've lost most of my marbles. Everything I did embarrassed them, so I guess it's for the best, but—" Grandma Perkins never finished the sentence, for interrupting her came Kismet's general alarm, and on its heels, scruples firmly in hand and turned to follow the bellowing Captain towards the bridge. II The Starship Kismet "What in great space has happened to the motors? Why are we losing speed?" Commodore Trumble. He says his ship can get here in ten hours anyway, and for us to wait for him." aloud. And turning from the doorway, she crept back through the deserted passageway. Opening the inner door to the airlock, she clanked into the little room. As the door shut behind her, she pressed the cycling button and "Darling Toujours, famous television actress," she lied quite calmly. Half an hour later, after the pirate ship had blasted far enough away from the Grandma noticed that he carried a week's beard on his face, as did most fifty pounds heavier than Snake. Snake apologized. "That's better. And now, Miss Toujours, maybe you'd be more "I beg your pardon," said Grandma, and quite nonchalantly shed the rest Perkins." one person, I decided that one person had to be Darling Toujours. I you took me. That's easy to understand, isn't it?" "Lady, I don't know what your game is, but it better be good. Now, just me before they could muster their defenses. So, you see, I saved your lives." Grandma Perkins paused in her narrative and looked up at her audience, giving them a withered little smile. "And if you want to know why, well ... I was bored on the be to run away and join a gang of cutthroat pirates." "She's batty," moaned Snake. "She's lost her marbles," muttered another. "Let's toss her overboard right now," said still another. happen to us if the Space Patrol added murder to the list. They'd put the whole fleet in after us and track us and our families down to the last kid." Then he turned to the little old lady to explain. "Look, lady—" "My name is Mrs. Matilda Perkins. You may call me Grandma." "Okay, Grandma, look. You really fixed us good. To begin with, we ain't at this rate," Grandma told him. "You should have known better than to added, "But my ten children might scrape up a little cash for you if you promised you wouldn't bring me back at all." "I figured as much," Lamps said dolefully. "Lookit, Grandma, the best Unless we get you back in one piece the Space Patrol will be on our necks forever. So don't go getting any ideas about joining up with us." "Well, the very least you could do for a poor old lady is to feed her,"

<question>:
How many times does Mrs. Perkins run into Darling in the story?

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A Once
B Never
C Thrice
D Twice

<answer>:

D