GARDENER. That you are a mole and earthworm, too. And that because you turn your back on the earth, the earth will turn its back on you. [He disappears behind the table.
SWANWHITE. What was it? Who was he?
PRINCE. That was the green gardener.
SWANWHITE. Green, you say? Was he not blue?
PRINCE. No, he was green, my love.
SWANWHITE. How can you say what is not so?
PRINCE. My heart's beloved, I have not said a thing that was not so.
SWANWHITE. Alas, he does not speak the truth!
PRINCE. Whose voice is this? Not that of Swanwhite!
SWANWHITE. Who is this my eyes behold? Not my Prince, whose very name attracted me like music of the Neck, or song of mermaids heard among green waves—Who are you? You stranger with the evil eyes—and with grey hair!