What kind of people became interested in Kino because of the pearl?

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All manner of people grew interested in Kino- people with things to
sell and people with favors to ask. Kino had found the Pearl of the
World. The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious
dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to
Kino's pearl, and Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations,
the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts,
the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that
was Kino, so that he became curiously every man's enemy.

The Pearl

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