“Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is fairest of us all?”
The mirror answered,
“Lady Queen, thou art fairest here,
But the young Queen now at the palace near
A thousand times fairer doth appear.”
Then the wicked woman uttered a curse and was so beside herself with anger and mortification that she did not know what to do. At first she resolved not to go to the wedding at all, but she felt she could have no peace till she had seen the young Queen. When she went in she recognized Snowdrop and stood stock-still with rage and fear. She knew she could not be again the most beautiful woman in the world, and her anger was so great that she fell dead at the feast. [[152]]
