That night, Kino hears noises outside the hut and goes outside to check on what is making the noise. Juana listens inside the hut to Kino's being attacked and rushes out with a brick to help him, but it is too late; Kino is bloodied and beaten, and the attackers have escaped without Kino being able to identify them. Again, like the previous night, Juana begs Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea, but Kino again refuses to because he envisions the pearl being sold and the money being used to fund Coyotito's education. He resolves to sell the pearl in the capital.