PRINCE. Where is Swanwhite?
STEPMOTHER. My Magdalene is skilled in many crafts——
PRINCE. Including witchcraft?
STEPMOTHER. She knows how to bewitch a princeling.
PRINCE. [Gazing at the parchment] And this was written by my Swanwhite?
STEPMOTHER. My Magdalene would never write like that.
PRINCE. And she is kind?
STEPMOTHER. Kindness itself! She does not play with sacred feelings, nor seek revenge for little wrongs, and she is faithful to the one she likes.
PRINCE. Then she must be beautiful.
STEPMOTHER. Not beautiful!