Chapter 4 Summary

A few days later, while Mr. Salazar is out with the fleet, Soto Luzon appears at Salazar and Son. Luzon is an old Indian man with a tiny red canoe, who regularly brings in one large, beautiful black pearl at a time. Ramun is thrilled, since the five boatloads of oysters from their last trip yielded few pearls. Ramun overpays the Indian for his two-carat pearl and asks Luzon to teach him pearl diving. A bit reluctantly, Luzon agrees to take Ramun to his secluded lagoon and teach him the craft.

Chapter 4 Analysis

Luzon is initially reluctant to take Ramun with him. The lad argues that his father is safely away at Cerralvo hunting black pearls, and his mother and sisters are out of town visiting relatives. Ramun still hopes to find the fabled huge pearl, and he promises that if he does...