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.
Luzon is initially reluctant.....
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