[1] The Swedish name of this plant is "Christ's Blood-drops."
She kisses the CHIMNEY-SWEEP. Then the PLAYMATE dips his hand in the spring and sprays a little water on the face of the CHIMNEY-SWEEP, whose black mask at once disappears, leaving his face white.
PLAYMATE. Now you are white again. And now you must go behind that rose-bush there and put on new clothes.
CHIMNEY-SWEEP. Why do I get all this which I don't deserve?
PLAYMATE. Because you don't believe that you deserve it.
CHIMNEY-SWEEP. [Going behind the rose-bush] Then I thank you for it, although I don't understand what it means.
THYRA. Was he made a chimney-sweep because he had been bad?
PLAYMATE. No, he has never been bad. But he had a bad guardian who took all his money away from him, and so he had to go out into the world to earn a living—See how fine he looks now!
The CHIMNEY-SWEEP enters dressed in light summer clothes.
PLAYMATE. [To the CHIMNEY-SWEEP] Go to the arcade now, and you'll meet somebody you love—and who loves you!