Chapter 10 Summary

Five days later, the village holds a giant celebration honoring the gift to the Madonna. The statue from the church is paraded twice around the plaza and to the harbor to bless the Salazar fleet. Ramun's mother, still miffed at the loss of the pearl, has a headache and refuses to attend. After the Madonna is returned to her niche, Ramun gives thanks that he was allowed to discover the pearl.

On the way home, Ramun encounters the Sevillano for the first time since finding the pearl. The older man is just as arrogant as ever, insisting that the Pearl of Heaven is nothing compared to his own great pearl, which the Sevillano claims to have sold to the Shah. Ruiz persists in calling the pearl "your pearl," indicating his disbelief in the Virgin Mary.

Near home, Ramun encounters Soto Luzon. The old...