Rosalys. [Continuing. ] One day in winter before Snow White was born, her real mother was sitting by the window embroidering at an ebony frame. And she pricked her finger, so she opened the window and shook the drop of blood on the snow outside. And it looked so beautiful that she said, "Oh, how I wish I had a little daughter with hair as black as ebony, skin as white as snow, and lips as red as blood. She'd never had a baby before; but a little while after a baby daughter was born with ...
Maids of Honour. [Chanting impressively.] Hair as black as ebony, skin as white as snow, and lips as red as blood.
Astolaine. So that's why they named her Snow White.
Rosalys. But then Snow White's mother died; and I suppose the King thought there ought to be somebody to mind the baby, for he married Queen Brangomar—she's Queen now.
Astolaine. Oh, I see!
