Meanwhile Vastolla, weeping till her eyes ran like two rivers, said
to Peruonto, "What a sad misfortune is this of ours! Oh, if I but
knew who has played me this trick, to have me caged in this
dungeon! Alas, alas, to find myself in this plight without knowing
how. Tell me, tell me, O cruel man, what incantation was it you
made, and what spell did you employ, to bring me within the circle
of this cask?" Peruonto, who had been for some time paying little
attention to her, at last said, "If you want me to tell you, you must
give me some figs and raisins." So Vastolla, to draw the secret out
of him, gave him a handful of both; and as soon as he had eaten
them he told her truly all that had befallen him, with the three
youths, and with the faggot, and with herself at the window:
which, when the poor lady heard, she took heart and said to
Peruonto, "My friend, shall we then let our lives run out in a cask?
Why don't you cause this tub to be changed into a fine ship and
run into some good harbour to escape this danger?" And Peruonto
replied--

"If you would have me say the spell,
With figs and raisins feed me well!"

So Vastolla, to make him open his mouth, filled it with fruit; and
so she fished the words out of him. And lo! as soon as Peruonto
had said what she desired, the cask was turned into a beautiful
ship; with sails and sailors and everything that could be wished
for; and guns and trumpets and a splendid cabin in which Vastolla
sat filled with delight.

It being now the hour when the Moon begins to play at see-saw