In Pearl, by John SteinBeck, before Kino depart his journey to sell his pearl he had a sleep and his wife Juana stole his Pearl and threw it into sea. They arugue about this:
“They have taken away the pearl. I have lost it. Now it is over.” he said, “The Pearl has gone.” (Page 61)
Kino said this so calm that I literally shocked for this because they really need the money that pearl brought but after the gone of pearl he still kept calmness. (Juana have the pearl but Kino don’t know now).