If by then she is comely, we will get for her silver from a palace. If she is not comely, we will get the value of cedar boards.
The Shulamite
(ironically intervening.)
I am comely, yet I made them let me be.
First Brother
(significantly.)
Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon. He leased it to farmers each of whom was to pay him a thousand pieces of silver.
The Shulamite
But my vineyard which is mine I still have.
(Laughing.)
A thousand pieces for thee, Solomon, and two hundred for the others.
(At the door the Shepherd appears. Behind him are comrades.)