The FLOWER GARDENER enters carrying three lilies placed in three tall and narrow vases of glass. The DUKE places the flowers in a semicircle on the table. The BUTLER enters with a huge dish containing a steaming pie.
DUKE. [Placing the dish within the semicircle formed by the three flowers] The white one stands for whom?
ALL. [Except SWANWHITE. and the STEPMOTHER] For Swanwhite.
DUKE. The red one stands for whom?
ALL. [As before] The prince.
DUKE. For whom the blue one?
ALL. [As before] The youthful king.
DUKE. Well, Tova—child who still has faith in innocence because you too are innocent—interpret now for us the judgment of the Lord—tell us the gentle secrets of these flowers.
ELSA. The evil part I cannot utter.
DUKE. I will. What's good I'll leave for you.—As the steam from the blood of the prurient beast rises upward—as upward the smell of the passionate spices is mounting—what see you?