1. Juana throws the pearl away
- In the early hours of the morning, Kino sees Juana silently rise, takes the pearl from the hiding place and glide out the door.
- She moves towards the sea.
- He reaches her and wrenches the pearl out of her hand just as she is about to throw it into the sea.
- He strikes her and kicks her.
2. The Third Attack
- As he return to walk home, Kino is attacked in the darkness with a knife, and is knocked to the ground and searched.
- The pearl struck from his hand lies glinting in the moonlight, a short distance away.
- Juana copes with her pain, drags herself from the water, approaches Kino and find the pearl on the ground.
- She considers to go back to the sea and finish the job.
- Juana sees a dead man on the shore.
- She understand a murder has been committed.
- She conceals the stranger’s body in the bush and revives Kino.
- She informs Kino that he has killed a man and they must escape before daybreak.
- Kino agrees to flee but discovers his canoe has been destroyed.
- He is overcome with rage.
3. The House is set on fire
- Dawn breaks and the huts begin to awaken.
- Kino hurries towards his house but the house is afire and Juana is fleeing towards him with the frightened baby.
- The fire attracts their neighbours and they assume that Kino, Juana and Coyotito are in the burning hut.
- Juan Tomas agreed to hide Kino and his family for a day until they can escape in the darkness of the following night.
- Juana blames the pearl.
4. Before the flight
- Juan Tomas tells the neighbours that Kino and Juana have already fled to escape the evil fortune that seems to plague them.
- At nightfall, Kino and Juana take formal leave.
- There is a emotional parting between the two brothers.
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