Manus: Oh, my share of the world! Are you
come back to me?
Princess: It was a hard fight he wrestled with.
...I thought I heard his voice.... Is he come
from danger?
Nurse: He did. Here he is. He that saved
you and that killed the Dragon, and that let on
to be a serving boy, and he no less than one of
the world's kings!
Manus: Here I am, my dear, beside you, to be
your comrade and your company for ever.
Princess: You!...Yes, it is yourself. Forgive
me. I am sorry that I spoke unkindly to you
a while ago; I am ashamed that it failed me to
know you to be a king.
(She stands up, helped by Nurse.)
Manus: It was my own fault and my folly.
What way could you know it? There is nothing
to forgive.
Princess: But ...if I did not recognise you
as a king ...anyway ...the time you dropped
the eggs ...I was nearly certain that you were
no cook!
(They embrace.)
Queen: There now I have everything brought
about very well in the finish!