Snow White. [Wonderingly.] I to be Queen? I don't understand.
The Queen. You don't believe me? Then, look,—but, oh let no one else see me! [She lifts her veil a little so Snow White alone can see her face.]
Snow White. Oh, how dreadful! Poor Brangomar! I forgive you, I pity you from the bottom of my heart! [She turns to the others.] Please let the Queen go away unharmed. She wants to go far, far away.
Berthold. [Barring the way.] Unpunished? Never, your Highness!
All. Never, never!
Snow White. I beseech you. She will never harm any one again. I answer for her. I have forgiven her. Let her go.
- [Reluctantly the Courtiers part and make a way for the Queen. She kisses the hem of Snow White's dress; and
