INGOLF [looks questioningly into her eyes]. Are you sure they did not fall beyond that lowest rock? [Points in the direction.]
HADDA PADDA [eagerly, and returning his glance calmly]. No, no. I saw them fall, just by the big stone. You haven't looked carefully enough. It has really taken you no time at all.
INGOLF. I hunted for them everywhere, as if I were searching for a needle.
STEINDOR. I can't search any better than I have.
HADDA PADDA. Then it is due to the fog. Probably I have to wait till later... No, I can't go home without them.
STEINDOR. The fog is not so dense, that they couldn't be found on its account. You can see all around, down in the gorge. Just look!
HADDA PADDA [walks out to the edge, looks down, turns round abruptly]. Did you search in the pool near the big stone? It might have fallen there.
STEINDOR. I took a look at it, but I didn't see anything.
INGOLF. I would have seen them glitter in the water, if they were there.
HADDA PADDA. Glitter in the water! And the pool covered with duck-weed! So that's how you searched!—Did you look all through the duck-weed, did you fish it out of the pond, to see if the pearls were hidden in it?