Pearls are unique among jewelry because they are materialized life. People who deal with him are romantics, their destiny is adventure, danger, asceticism. Such are the heroes of the novel, such is their life, full of unusual events, among the forests on the Colorado River in Texas. But black pearls, not obtained according to a hereditary recipe, became the main thing in their lives. “More precious than pearls and gold” turned out to be their mutual feeling, which was subjected to the most difficult tests...