"Back at the Forbidden City, one of the surviving but wounded mutant humans reported their defeat to Mendez and Alma, who were playing a game of checkers.") Marguerite is scolded by her elderly, bawdy and vulgar companion Prudence Duvernoy (Laura Hope Crews) for her extravagance, and cautioned to court a lover who will keep her showered in gifts:And there""s no limit to your extravagance.And let me tell you baby, they was open for business.(The white wagon train groups together in a circle.) Naturally, the white folks didn""t let us travel in their circle, so we made our own.(Sight-gag: the sole black wagon rides around in circles)The Sioux Indian chief, a Yiddish-speaking warrior (Mel Brooks), confronts the scared black family on their wagon, but hen lets them pass unharmed, rationalizing: "They darker than us.Think of the power to create a man - and I did it.I did it! I created a man, and who knows, in time, I could have trained him to do my will.I could have bred a race.I might even have found the secret of eternal life.Elizabeth: Henry, don""t say those things.Don""tthinkthem! It""s blasphemous and wicked.We are notmeantto know those hings.Henry: It may be that I""mintendedto know the secret of life.It may be part of the Divine Plan.Elizabeth: No, no! It""s theDevilthat prompts you.It""s death, not life, that is in it all and at the end of it all.During Elizabeth""s admonishments about meddling in God""s affairs, she experiences a bizarre fit (she imagines an apparition hat has come to claim Henry) that reduces her to hysterical tears:Elizabeth: Listen Henry, while you""ve been lying here, tossing in your delirium, I couldn""t sleep.