They got out papers so that they could be at work when Kino appeared, and they put their pearls in the desks, for it is not good to let an inferior pearl be seen beside a beauty.
Paperak atera zituzten Kino azaldu orduko lan antzean egoteko, eta perlak idaztegietan sartu zituzten, ez baitzen ona perla eskasago bat ederraren ondoan ikus zezaten.