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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard, and His Last Wife + +Author: George Cruikshank + +Release Date: January 1, 2014 [EBook #44558] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BLUE BEARD *** + + + + +Produced by Chris Curnow, Chris Whitehead and the Online +Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This +file was produced from images generously made available +by The Internet Archive) + + + + + + + + + + THE + Wonderful Story + OF + BLUE BEARD, + AND + HIS LAST WIFE. + + With many illustrations + + BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK. + + + + + [Illustration] + + + + + _NEW-YORK_: + PUBLISHED BY HUESTIS & COZANS, + No. 104 Nassau, corner of Ann St. + + STEREOTYPED BY VINCENT L. DILL. + + + + + THE WONDERFUL STORY + OF + BLUE BEARD. + + +Many years ago, a noble castle stood on the side of a hill, surrounded +by the most beautiful gardens, groves, and fields. It was the residence +of a man amazingly rich; and who therefore had the rooms of his castle +furnished with all the elegance that opulence could obtain. + +Almost every one would suppose, that there could hardly be a happier +man than the possessor of so much wealth, and such a stately dwelling: +but it is not in the power of riches to give happiness; nor can +splendor remove every cause of sorrow and discontent. + +It was the misfortune of this gentleman to be somewhat disfigured, +by the extraordinary circumstance of having a blue beard. His +general complexion was fair; and the hair on his head was of a light +brown colour. It is therefore no wonder that, with a blue beard, +his appearance should be considered so remarkable as to be almost +forbidding; indeed it was thought so strange, that he was known only by +the name of Blue Beard. + +One of the chief misfortunes which this deformity produced, was the +unwillingness which every young lady felt, even to be in his company. +It was in vain that his costly carriages and Arabian horses were +continually admired; it was in vain that his wealth was constantly +mentioned in conversation; none of the young ladies would speak to him, +or meet him. + +Perhaps one great cause of this aversion arose from a report that he +had had several wives; but no one seemed to know what had become of any +of them. They had disappeared, but no one knew how. + +Amongst the families that lived within a short distance of his castle, +there was an elderly lady and her two daughters. Both these young +ladies were highly accomplished, and much admired: but the younger of +the two was also thought to be unusually handsome, and was therefore +noticed rather more than her sister. It often happens, that beauty is a +misfortune; because, if a young lady has not good sense, it will make +her vain; and a vain girl generally falls into some kind of misery or +trouble. + +Blue Beard became acquainted with the mother of these young ladies; +who having found that he was a gentleman of agreeable conversation and +pleasing manners, told her daughters, she would not allow them to be +so rude as to shun any person merely on account of a circumstance for +which he ought not to be blamed nor despised. She told them that she +did not desire them to like this gentleman either for his wealth or +his behaviour; but that it was improper in them to show such weakness, +as to avoid any one for such a peculiarity; she reminded them how +liable we all are to changes of appearance, from beauty to ugliness, +by diseases which we can neither prevent nor remove; and that if they +shunned one man because he had a blue beard, they might also avoid +others for having black hair, or grey eyes. + +The young ladies were convinced of the propriety of what their mamma +said; and though they were quite sure that they could never like Blue +Beard, yet they resolved to remain in the room when he visited their +mother, and to speak to him with proper civility. + +After a few days he visited the house again, and had an opportunity +of seeing and conversing with the young ladies; they treated him with +politeness, and their fears (for they had been somewhat afraid of him) +began to subside. He met them in the same manner two or three times +afterwards; and at length prevailed on the old lady to come with her +daughters to his castle, and there spend with him a few days. + +[Illustration: Mr. Blue Beard has bad dreams, and determines to get +married again.] + +Vanity on their own account, and respect towards Blue Beard, induced +them to make the greatest preparations for the intended visit. The +young ladies thought of little but the magnificence of the dresses they +should wear, and the taste which should be displayed in every part of +their appearance. + +Indeed, if both the young ladies had really been extremely fond of Blue +Beard, they could not have taken greater pains to show themselves +off, than they employed in preparing for their appearance at the +castle. But, in truth, neither of them liked him. Such, however, is the +thoughtless pride of some young ladies, that scarcely any thing pleases +them so well as an opportunity of surpassing each other in displaying +off their dress, jewels, or other finery. + +[Illustration: Blue Beard's servant announces his master's intention of +coming a courting, to an interesting young lady.] + +The two young ladies having fully prepared themselves, they, +accompanied by their mamma, on the day that had been appointed, set +out for the castle, and at length reached the gate that lead through +Blue Beard's grounds; and, although they had heard a great deal of the +taste and expence which had been employed to improve and decorate the +land around the castle, yet they were surprised by unexpected beauties. +The finest trees overshadowed the walks, and shaded them from the heat +of the sun; the most fragrant shrubs and flowers perfumed the air; +fountains were playing in every direction; and alcoves were found in +every inviting spot. Having passed through these delightful grounds, +they reached the castle itself; at the entrance of which they were +received by Blue Beard, and a retinue of servants in the most costly +dresses. The hall was large and very lofty; its roof was supported by +pillars of the finest marble; the windows were of beautiful stained +glass; and upon the walls were hanging the portraits of the former +possessors of this noble building. + +[Illustration: Blue Beard's chosen love.] + +They ascended the staircase, the rails of which were of brass work, +most curiously wrought, and most richly gilt; the stairs themselves +were of Egyptian marble, covered with crimson velvet. They proceeded +into a drawing room that completely surpassed their ideas of grandeur; +almost every piece of furniture was of silver; the floor was covered +with white velvet, but was ornamented with needle-work that must have +occupied the labour of years; the curtains were of satin, but were +adorned in a manner to correspond with the carpets: in short, every +thing was more splendid than words can describe. + +[Illustration: The happy couple on their way home from church.] + +The party continued in the castle several days; during which there was +a constant succession of the most pleasing amusements. Not an interval +was allowed to pass without some kind of entertainment; music, singing, +and dancing; banquets, consisting of every luxury, were in constant +succession. + +Blue Beard had not been inattentive to the ladies in his personal +services: he seemed to watch every look, that he might know how to +please his fair visitors. Such attentions could not fail to produce +some favorable effect; for it seldom happens, that the person who +really desires to please, fails in pleasing. + +When they were about to depart, Blue Beard entreated the younger of +the two ladies that have been mentioned, to consent to become his +wife. The splendor of every thing around her, the immense wealth she +would have at command, and the attentions she had received during her +visit, completely captivated the young lady, so that she no longer felt +disposed to resist; and accordingly, with her mother's approbation, +they were married. She, however, agreed that her sister should live +with her in the castle. + +[Illustration: Blue Beard gives his wife the forbidden key.] + +It would be impossible to describe the magnificence with which this +event was celebrated. The costly additions that were made to the +furniture; the expensive dresses that were provided for the bride; +and the sumptuous entertainments that were given to the company that +attended, far exceeded all imaginary description. Indeed, there was +scarcely any thing wanting for which she could have wished. + +A new dining hall was prepared; and all the utensils of the table +used upon the occasion, were manufactured of pure gold and silver: and +persons were sent many miles to procure the greatest delicacies that +could possibly be obtained. + +[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard examining her husband's treasures.] + +But the greatest solicitude was shown in preparing the attire of the +intended bride. Whatever wealth could purchase, or ingenuity contrive, +were provided to give to her natural charms all the embellishments +which art could bestow. + +Nor was Blue Beard himself unemployed: he not only gave orders for +himself, but all his servants were provided with the richest clothes, +according to their respective situations. + +Numerous as were his horses, additional ones were purchased; and new +carriages of the grandest designs and the most costly materials, were +prepared for his bride against the approaching happy day. + +[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard opens the door of the forbidden chamber.] + +When the morning arrived on which this interesting ceremony was to take +place, the day had scarcely dawned when sounds of joy were heard. The +servants arose to prepare for the series of magnificence that was to +take place; but none of them were moving about earlier than the bride +and bridegroom; who, as they were the most immediately interested, were +also the most anxious, and therefore among the most early, in preparing +for the events of the day. + +The company assembled to breakfast, and every thing marked the +magnificence of the occasion; and every countenance contributed to +the general cheerfulness. The church in which the ceremony was to +take place was at some distance. The company proceeded thither in ten +carriages, each drawn by six horses, and attended by a great retinue of +servants. The carriage in which the bride and bridegroom were seated, +was drawn by Arabian horses; the harness was made of white silk, woven +on purpose; the trappings were of pure silver; the carriage itself was +chiefly formed of pearl, ivory, and silver; and was lined with white +satin, beautifully embossed. + +[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard and her sister considerably astonished.] + +When the procession approached the church, it was met by one hundred +young maidens, dressed in white, singing to a band of the most skilful +musicians: and when the company alighted, the young maidens strewed +flowers for them to walk upon. + +When the ceremony was over, they returned in the same manner, and +were treated with the same complimentary services: that the hearts of +all might rejoice, the bride and bridegroom distributed money as they +passed along. + +The dinner far exceeded in sumptuousness all that imagination can +conceive. In the different recesses of this noble apartment, +artificial fountains were playing the most odoriferous waters. The most +luxuriant fruit-trees, standing in vases of gold, invited the guests to +pluck the delicious fruits they bore. + +[Illustration: The sight that astonished Mrs. Blue Beard and her +sister.] + +In the evening, the company were introduced to a ball room. But so +resplendent was this saloon, that on entering it, the eye was subdued +by its incomparable radiance. + +Transparencies, executed by the most eminent painters, charmed the +attentive mind on every side; and the intervening spaces were filled +up with variegated lamps, all of which were hung upon the surface of +reflecting glass; while from the centre of the ceiling, a chandelier, +suspended by a chain of gold, diffused the splendor of five hundred +wax-lights. Here, also, were fountains of aromatic waters, and groves +of exotic fruit-trees. + +In this apartment, which seemed to realize the fabled stories of +enchantment, dancing, and every other description of amusement, was +continued, until folding windows opened, as if of their own accord, +and disclosed a covered path through the most delightful part of the +gardens, to a room in which supper was prepared: this path was entirely +illuminated by splendid lamps; and the most brilliant fireworks were +unremittingly discharged by artists engaged for the purpose. + +[Illustration: Blue Beard comes home.] + +The bride seemed to think that her life must necessarily consist of +pleasure and happiness: indeed, she could imagine nothing that could be +wanting to complete her wishes. + +The utmost expectations of the young wife were fully gratified: every +thing that she could wish for was hers, and her husband behaved with a +kindness which made her feel truly happy. + +[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard in a quandary.] + +Some time after the marriage had taken place, however, Blue Beard +informed his wife that he had occasion to take a journey on account +of some business, to which he must attend; "but I beg you, my dearest +Fatima, (for that was the young lady's name,) to have every sort of +entertainment that can amuse you during my absence. Here are all the +keys of the castle; you may therefore examine the different apartments +which you have not seen; and I hope you will find some that will +surprise and please you as well as those with which you are already +acquainted. I must however most earnestly caution and require you not +to open the blue closet at the end of the gallery; and although I leave +the key of it with you, yet I trust you will have the prudence to +fulfil my wishes in this particular. Remember this, as you value my +love and your own life and happiness." + +[Illustration: Mr. Blue Beard in a passion.] + +Fatima promised that she would obey his desire. She thanked her husband +for his kind attention to her comforts; and again promised that she +would not disappoint the confidence he had placed in her, but would +carefully abstain from examining the particular apartment he had named. + +Blue Beard set off upon his journey; and Fatima having informed her +sister of every thing that had passed in their late conversation, they +agreed to invite their relatives and friends to an entertainment the +next day; but more particularly their two brothers, who, having been +absent from home as military officers, had not yet seen their sister's +magnificent residence. + +Having arranged every thing for their intended party, Fatima proposed +that they should see the apartments of which she now had the keys. They +accordingly proceeded to that part of the extensive castle which they +had not as yet seen, and at last arrived at a most splendid suit of +rooms, far surpassing those to which they had been accustomed. + +On one side of one of these apartments they perceived a door, which +they opened, and found behind it an iron gate of amazing strength. +Among the keys Blue Beard had left, they found one which opened this +massy portal. + +When they entered the room which was before them, they were surprised +to find it almost full of large iron chests: but their surprise was +considerably increased when they had found, that they were full of +gold, silver, and jewels; even the costliness of the apartments they +had just quitted, seemed insignificant when compared with the riches +which this treasury contained. + +Having fastened the entrance to the treasury, they sat down and +conversed upon what they had seen. Fatima could not avoid feeling that +the personal deformity in Blue Beard was compensated by the vast wealth +of which she was become the mistress; but both she and her sister were +almost lost in admiration of the immeasurable riches they had lately +beheld. + +In returning to their usual apartments, they passed the door of the +mysterious blue closet, which Blue Beard had cautioned his wife not to +examine. They could not help expressing their mutual curiosity upon the +interior of this particular chamber. It could not have been his wish +to conceal any articles of value; as nothing could be more valuable +than the contents of the treasury. After some deliberation, Fatima +said that they could do no harm by merely looking inside; and although +her sister reminded her of the promise she had made her husband, and +of his express desire, yet she resolved to gratify her irresistible +curiosity, and put the key to the door. + +[Illustration: Miss Anna on top of the tower, on the lookout for her +brother.] + +She entered the closet, but it was too dark for her to discern any +object; however, she could just perceive that there was a window, the +shutters of which were closed: she went forward and removed them. The +instant that light was admitted, her curiosity was gratified. She found +herself amidst the severed limbs and mutilated bodies of her husband's +former wives. The scene was frightful! Her own future condition, +she immediately thought, might add to these dreadful objects! Her +blood chilled! The very hair rose upon her head! Nor was her terror +diminished, when she saw upon the wall these awful words--_The fate of +broken promises and disobedient curiosity._--She trembled excessively; +and in the alarm of the moment, she let fall the key of the closet, +which she had brought in her hand: she hastily snatched it from the +floor; and having summoned sufficient courage to close the shutters, +she came out of this dreadful apartment, and locked the door. + +[Illustration: The Brother arrives.] + +Fatima hastened to her sister, who not choosing to partake of her +sister's folly, had proceeded to their customary sitting-room. She +related what she had seen; particularly the sentence which was on +the wall. Her sister partook of her alarm; and feared that evil +consequences would result from this unfortunate affair. She asked +Fatima if she had closed the window-shutters and brought away the key: +and returned every thing she had moved to its proper place; Fatima said +she had; and, in proof of her answer to the inquiry, showed the key +itself. + +The key, however, was no sooner produced than they both turned pale +with horror. This fatal instrument was covered with blood! and all +their endeavours could not clear it of its condemning evidence. + +During the remainder of the evening they employed themselves in making +every sort of exertion to restore the key to its former state; but +all they could do was ineffectual; it still preserved the testimony +of Fatima's indiscretion. At night they retired to bed; but no +sleep did the wretched girls obtain. The splendor and riches of the +castle lost all their charms; Fatima no longer prided herself upon +her good fortune; she felt that no creature could be more miserable +than she was. How soon Blue Beard would return, she had no means of +conjecturing; it was not likely, however, that he would be at the +castle again for some days to come; she therefore resolved to escape +from this dreadful mansion as soon as the entertainment, which was +appointed for the next day, should have taken place. + +When she arose in the morning, she communicated to her sister the +intention she had formed; and they both began to feel less dread than +they had experienced since the discoveries in the fatal closet. The day +advanced, and they looked forward to the arrival of the relatives and +friends whom they had invited to this day's entertainment. + +However, in the midst of their mutual congratulations upon the plan +which had been formed, they heard the arrival of a carriage at +the castle, and in a few moments Blue Beard himself entered their +apartment. Fatima felt all the horror which the remembrance of the +closet could excite, and all the shame which the consciousness of her +own impropriety could not fail to produce. + +Blue Beard did not seem to notice his wife's uneasiness; but with +apparent good humour said, "that he had not proceeded very far, when +he met a messenger who was coming to the castle to inform him that it +was no longer necessary he should proceed on his intended journey; +that he had therefore lost no time in returning home; where," he said, +"Fatima's presence rendered him so peculiarly happy." + +Soon afterwards Blue Beard, as though he wanted something, asked his +wife for the keys. She went to the chamber and returned with all of +them excepting the one which belonged to the dreadful closet; for it +still preserved the evidence of her disobedience. He took them with +seeming good-natured indifference, and did not pretend to observe how +the wretched girl trembled. As he held them in his hand, he said to +her, with affected carelessness, "The key of the blue closet is not +here; bring it to me in my dressing-room." + +He arose and left the apartment in which they were sitting; and Fatima +and her sister proceeded to her chamber. Again they tried to remove +the blood with which the key was stained; but all their efforts were +unavailing. At length Blue Beard called his wife, and as she and her +sister were going to his dressing-room, they met him in the gallery, +close to the stairs which led to the top of the castle. + +As soon as she approached him, he threw off the disguise of good nature +which he had assumed in the sitting room, and demanded the key of the +closet. The tone of voice in which this was uttered, struck upon her +ear like the knell for her execution; she seemed to be deprived of the +power of speaking. He became impatient, and seizing her hand, took from +it the blood-stained key. The wretched girl fell upon her knees, the +tears rushed into her eyes, and enabled her to speak; but by this time +Blue Beard stood over her with his sword unsheathed. + +Fatima's sister, as she stood by, almost petrified, gave a dreadful +shriek when she saw the instrument of death raised over her defenceless +sister. The sound caught the ear of Blue Beard; and for a moment his +intention was suspended. Looking upon his wretched victim, "Where," +said he, "was your promise, when you were fool enough to enter the +closet? and where was the obedience you promised to pay me, when you +suffered your curiosity to overcome your duty? But you shall commit +no more crimes; therefore receive _the fate of broken promises, and +disobedient curiosity_." + +These last words roused the almost inanimate girl; she recollected that +she had seen them on the wall of the fatal closet. He was now about to +fulfil his sentence; his arm was again uplifted; when she entreated him +to spare her for a few minutes, to prepare for this unexpected end. He +consented, after much entreaty, to allow her a quarter of an hour. As +soon as this indulgence was given her, she begged her sister to ascend +the staircase to the top of the castle, and see if any of their friends +were to be seen. She did so; but no signs of a human being could be +perceived. + +At length the short interval which had been allowed her came to an +end, and Blue Beard approached to complete his determination. She +again implored mercy, and he, knowing that she was in his power, gave +her five minutes more. She now renewed her frenzied enquiries to her +sister; "Is no one coming?" asked she. After a short time her sister +told her that she saw something approaching; which cheered the heart of +the unhappy girl. Alas! it was but transient,--it was a flock of sheep. + +Blue Beard's patience was now exhausted; and he came to the foot of the +tower where Fatima was; when her sister called out, "I see two horsemen +coming." "Make signs for them to hasten," shrieked the miserable girl. + +Her brutal husband had now caught her by the hair of her head, and in +spite of her heart-rending cries for mercy, was about to strike at +her with his scymitar, when two men in soldiers' uniform rushed to the +spot, and plunged their swords in the breast of the relentless Blue +Beard. + +The monster had still sufficient life to speak: he raised himself on +one arm, and looking on them all, thus spoke: "I am at last justly +punished. By the splendor of my riches, I have induced many a beautiful +woman to become my wife; but as soon as I discovered the least +deviation from truth, or disobedience to my will, she suffered death. +I put Fatima's veracity to the test, by obtaining her promise that +she would not open the door of the blue closet; and by leaving the +key with her, she broke her word, and the key, which has the property +of preserving the stains of blood, until it be rubbed with a peculiar +oil, afforded the evidence of her guilt. By the same means I knew that +she had disobeyed my orders, and broken her own promises. These two +faults had incurred my revenge. She has had a narrow escape; yet I +hope she will in future never break a promise, disobey those to whom +she promises submission, nor give way to the impulse of improper or +forbidden curiosity." + +He grew faint; and having uttered a few prayers for forgiveness, he +fell back, and expired. + +During the day, all the friends who had been invited arrived. They were +told the occurrences which had happened; and such of them as chose it, +saw the horrid proofs of Blue Beard's cruelty. + +Fatima shortly afterwards had a day of great rejoicing; she not only +gave a magnificent entertainment to her relations and friends, but +the poor, for miles round, were collected together to partake of her +hospitality: and on this occasion every face glowed with smiles of +happiness. + +Fatima's former days had showed her the sufferings and privations of +the poor; and now she had the power, she determined to better their +condition. With this view, instead of the miserable hovels usually +inhabited by the labouring poor, she had annually several comfortable +and pleasant cottages built, and to each one she added, a large plot of +ground. To every labouring family upon her extensive estates, she gave +one of these cottages, and where there were a family of children, she +added to this gift a cow, and a few sheep. By this means, she enabled +them, by their own exertions, instead of occasional want, always to +secure a humble competence; and in a very short time, every person upon +her estate was rendered happy, and became her firm friend. + +[Illustration] + + + + + PHILIP J. 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