Sir Dandiprat. Her Majesty, the Queen.
- [Queen Brangomar enters, and with a haughty nod to Prince Florimond, sweeps to the throne.
The Queen. I totally forgot you were coming to-day, Florimond. Stupid of me. Poor boy, I've sad news for you. I ought to have written but I hated to distress you. It's about Snow White.
The Prince. Snow White!
The Queen. I deeply regret to say she is dead.
The Prince. Dead . . . !
The Queen. It happened at boarding-school a few days after she arrived.
The Prince. [Crying out.] Snow White . . . dead . . . !
The Queen. I sent at least eighteen doctors, but it was useless.
- [The Prince sinks sobbing on the steps of the throne.
