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"
Very
well
;
sit
down
,
my
friends
,
and
I
will
teach
you
.
"
Ned
and
Conseil
seated
themselves
on
an
ottoman
,
and
the
first
thing
the
Canadian
asked
was
:
"
Sir
,
what
is
a
pearl
?
"
"
My
worthy
Ned
,
"
I
answered
,
"
to
the
poet
,
a
pearl
is
a
tear
of
the
sea
;
to
the
Orientals
,
it
is
a
drop
of
dew
solidified
;
to
the
ladies
,
it
is
a
jewel
of
an
oblong
shape
,
of
a
brilliancy
of
mother-of-pearl
substance
,
which
they
wear
on
their
fingers
,
their
necks
,
or
their
ears
;
for
the
chemist
it
is
a
mixture
of
phosphate
and
carbonate
of
lime
,
with
a
little
gelatine
;
and
lastly
,
for
naturalists
,
it
is
simply
a
morbid
secretion
of
the
organ
that
produces
the
mother-of-pearl
amongst
certain
bivalves
.
"
"
Branch
of
molluscs
,
"
said
Conseil
.
"
Precisely
so
,
my
learned
Conseil
;
and
,
amongst
these
testacea
the
earshell
,
the
tridacnae
,
the
turbots
,
in
a
word
,
all
those
which
secrete
mother-of-pearl
,
that
is
,
the
blue
,
bluish
,
violet
,
or
white
substance
which
lines
the
interior
of
their
shells
,
are
capable
of
producing
pearls
.
"
"
Mussels
too
?
"
asked
the
Canadian
.
"
Yes
,
mussels
of
certain
waters
in
Scotland
,
Wales
,
Ireland
,
Saxony
,
Bohemia
,
and
France
.
"
"
Good
!
For
the
future
I
shall
pay
attention
,
"
replied
the
Canadian
.
"
But
,
"
I
continued
,
"
the
particular
mollusc
which
secretes
the
pearl
is
the
pearl-oyster
.
The
pearl
is
nothing
but
a
formation
deposited
in
a
globular
form
,
either
adhering
to
the
oyster-shell
or
buried
in
the
folds
of
the
creature
.
