Rising from the pool, clad in water-weeds, Iolanthe receives the Royal pardon.
The Queen enquires why Iolanthe should have chosen to live at the bottom of a stream.
He replies that Iolanthe is his mother, but cannot convince her.
But he seemed determined to have her play a large part in whatever it was, and to have whatever it was Iolanthe.
Just now I am busy looking through the pianoforte score of Iolanthe.
