. The poor wife was 43 FAIRY^TALES-OF^PERRAULT almost as dead as her husband, and had not strength enoughto rise and welcome her brothers. Blue Beard had no heirs, and so his wife became mistressof all his estate. She made use of one part of it to marry hersister Anne to a young gentleman who had… … BLUE • BEARD The Moral O curiosity, thou mortal bane Ispite of thy charms, thou causest often painAnd sore regret, of which we daily findA thousand instances attend mankind:For thou—O may it not displease the fair—A fleeting pleasure art, but lasting care.And always proiies, alas I too dear the…
Fairy tales · Folklore -- France
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