No man from here to Greece, was so glad as the father, when he saw his pearl on the bank of the stream.
The maiden salutes him.
[V.]
The father enquires of the maiden whether she is his long-lost pearl, and longs to know who has deprived him of his treasure.
The maiden tells him that his pearl is not really lost.
She is in a garden of delight, where sin and mourning are unknown.
The rose that he had lost is become a pearl of price.
The pearl blames his rash speech.
The father begs the maiden to excuse his speech, for he really thought his pearl was wholly lost to him.
The maiden tells her father that he has spoken three words without knowing the meaning of one.