Kino wakes up before dawn to a light noise beside him. Juana had quietly woken up, lighten the fire, and taken the pearl. Then, she slid outside silently and quickly walked towards the beach. Full of rage, Kino got up and followed her. When she realized that he was being followed, she started to run. She was about to throw the pearl into the sea when Kino caught her arm and took the pearl from her. He struck her head with his fist and kicked her in the side when she fell to the boulders.

        Juana lay there staring at him with wide eyes. She knew there was murder in his eyes and accepted it. She wouldn’t resist, but Kino turned away with disgust and walked to his brush house. Hearing a rushed movement, he took out his knife and lunged at a dark figure that searched Kino and knocked the pearl from his hand. The pearl rolled behind a rock in the pathway.

        Meanwhile, Juana dragged herself up from the rocks and steadied herself on her knees. She wasn’t angry and had to go back to Kino. On her way to the brush house, she found the pearl. She decided not to throw it back to the sea when she saw Kino and a dark figure over him. At that instant, she knew her old life was gone forever. Kino had killed a man.

        Kino lamented about the lost pearl, and Juana quieted him and gave him the pearl she had found. Juana warned him that people would search for them now that they had killed a man. Even though Kino said that the man had attacked him first, they both knew that the men of the city wouldn’t listen to him. They decided to go to the house, bring Coyotito and all the corn they have, and travel in his canoe.

        However, when Juana arrived to their house, she found that it had been put on fire, and she quickly took the baby. Kino, at the beach, found that the canoe of his grandfather had a hole broken in it. The moved in the shadow towards Juan Tomas’s house while the other neighbors tried to calm the fire and looked for Kino.

        Juan Tomas agreed to protect them in his house until the night came. Juan Tomas told the neighbors that Kino was most likely dead, and he borrowed things from them which he gave to Kino.

        At night, Kino and his family left quietly in the dark. Juan Tomas embraced Kino and kissed him on both cheeks telling him to go with God. He then asked if he would ever give up the pearl. Kina answered by saying the pearl had become his soul, and if he were to give it up he would’ve lost his soul