When the servant reports their arrival at his gate, the doctor, lounging indulgently in bed, is insulted by the mere notion that he would “cure insect bites for ‘little Indians’” without compensation. Kino, Juana, Coyotito, and their neighbors proceed together to the city. In the midst of Kino and Juana’s morning routine, Coyotito is stung by a scorpion that has fallen into his hanging box.Īware of how poisonous the scorpion’s sting is, Juana orders that the doctor be gotten and when the doctor refuses to come to them, insists they go to the doctor themselves. It begins in the brush house of Kino, Juana, and their baby, Coyotito, a family of Mexican Native Americans. The Pearl takes place in a small village on the outskirts of La Paz, California.
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