the Dwarfs an apple-dumpling apiece. He ate his half.
- [She bites the red cheek of the apple. Suddenly she grasps her thoat, whirls about once, falls, and lies quite still. After a moment, the face of the Pieman appears at the window, peering in cautiously.
The Pieman. Ah, she did taste it! I thought she would if I went away. But there must be no mistake this time. No more mistakes! [He leans through the window, and with his staff pries up the bar that fastens the door.] First, off with this disguise. [He repeats:]
- Old days nine,
- Pot in the porridge peas,
- Cold porridge peas,
- Hot porridge peas.
- [And instantly the Pieman's outward appearance changes, and it is Queen Brangomar in her royal robes that
