When the prince discovered that he had been tricked, he ran off to Swan Lake to find the princess and beg forgiveness. At the edge of the lake, the princess told her maid swans that the prince had been tricked into breaking his oath.
湖畔，絕望的公主告訴天鵝少女，王子上當背信，魔咒再也無解而她也將死亡。王子趕到後傷心痛悔但已回天乏術，天鵝鎩羽逐漸走向生命的終結。