TYLTYL
I'm not seeing them as they are?... Then how do I see them?...
THE FAIRY
Why, as they are not, that is to say, as you ought never to see them.... It's all so wonderfully simple: anything that's ugly isn't true, never has been true and never will be.
TYLTYL
That's easily said; but you see what you do see.
THE FAIRY
When you see what you do see, you see nothing at all.... I've told you before, it's what you do not see that makes the world go round.... All this doesn't count; it's only a little foam on the surface of the ocean.... But run quickly and fetch the sapphire and we shall once more see deep down into their souls, the truth of their hearts and the well-spring of their life.... Wait, you needn't trouble: I see Light coming; she has brought you your hat.
(Enter LIGHT.)
LIGHT