{"collection":"myth-cosmogony","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_44558/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_44558","id":"gutenberg_44558","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44558","summary":null,"tags":["Bluebeard (Legendary character) -- Juvenile fiction","Category: British Literature","Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore","Curiosity -- Juvenile fiction","Fairy tales"],"text":"THE\n  Wonderful Story\n  OF\n  BLUE BEARD,\n  AND\n  HIS LAST WIFE.\n\n  With many illustrations\n\n  BY GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.\n\n\n\n\n  [Illustration]\n\n\n\n\n  _NEW-YORK_:\n  PUBLISHED BY HUESTIS & COZANS,\n  No. 104 Nassau, corner of Ann St.\n\n  STEREOTYPED BY              VINCENT L. DILL.\n\n\n\n\n  THE WONDERFUL STORY\n  OF\n  BLUE BEARD.\n\n\nMany years ago, a noble castle stood on the side of a hill, surrounded\nby the most beautiful gardens, groves, and fields. It was the residence\nof a man amazingly rich; and who therefore had the rooms of his castle\nfurnished with all the elegance that opulence could obtain.\n\nAlmost every one would suppose, that there could hardly be a happier\nman than the possessor of so much wealth, and such a stately dwelling:\nbut it is not in the power of riches to give happiness; nor can\nsplendor remove every cause of sorrow and discontent.\n\nIt was the misfortune of this gentleman to be somewhat disfigured,\nby the extraordinary circumstance of having a blue beard. His\ngeneral complexion was fair; and the hair on his head was of a light\nbrown colour. It is therefore no wonder that, with a blue beard,\nhis appearance should be considered so remarkable as to be almost\nforbidding; indeed it was thought so strange, that he was known only by\nthe name of Blue Beard.\n\nOne of the chief misfortunes which this deformity produced, was the\nunwillingness which every young lady felt, even to be in his company.\nIt was in vain that his costly carriages and Arabian horses were\ncontinually admired; it was in vain that his wealth was constantly\nmentioned in conversation; none of the young ladies would speak to him,\nor meet him.\n\nPerhaps one great cause of this aversion arose from a report that he\nhad had several wives; but no one seemed to know what had become of any\nof them. They had disappeared, but no one knew how.\n\nAmongst the families that lived within a short distance of his castle,\nthere was an elderly lady and her two daughters. Both these young\nladies were highly accomplished, and much admired: but the younger of\nthe two was also thought to be unusually handsome, and was therefore\nnoticed rather more than her sister. It often happens, that beauty is a\nmisfortune; because, if a young lady has not good sense, it will make\nher vain; and a vain girl generally falls into some kind of misery or\ntrouble.\n\nBlue Beard became acquainted with the mother of these young ladies;\nwho having found that he was a gentleman of agreeable conversation and\npleasing manners, told her daughters, she would not allow them to be\nso rude as to shun any person merely on account of a circumstance for\nwhich he ought not to be blamed nor despised. She told them that she\ndid not desire them to like this gentleman either for his wealth or\nhis behaviour; but that it was improper in them to show such weakness,\nas to avoid any one for such a peculiarity; she reminded them how\nliable we all are to changes of appearance, from beauty to ugliness,\nby diseases which we can neither prevent nor remove; and that if they\nshunned one man because he had a blue beard, they might also avoid\nothers for having black hair, or grey eyes.\n\nThe young ladies were convinced of the propriety of what their mamma\nsaid; and though they were quite sure that they could never like Blue\nBeard, yet they resolved to remain in the room when he visited their\nmother, and to speak to him with proper civility.\n\nAfter a few days he visited the house again, and had an opportunity\nof seeing and conversing with the young ladies; they treated him with\npoliteness, and their fears (for they had been somewhat afraid of him)\nbegan to subside. He met them in the same manner two or three times\nafterwards; and at length prevailed on the old lady to come with her\ndaughters to his castle, and there spend with him a few days.\n\n[Illustration: Mr. Blue Beard has bad dreams, and determines to get\nmarried again.]\n\nVanity on their own account, and respect towards Blue Beard, induced\nthem to make the greatest preparations for the intended visit. The\nyoung ladies thought of little but the magnificence of the dresses they\nshould wear, and the taste which should be displayed in every part of\ntheir appearance.\n\nIndeed, if both the young ladies had really been extremely fond of Blue\nBeard, they could not have taken greater pains to show themselves\noff, than they employed in preparing for their appearance at the\ncastle. But, in truth, neither of them liked him. Such, however, is the\nthoughtless pride of some young ladies, that scarcely any thing pleases\nthem so well as an opportunity of surpassing each other in displaying\noff their dress, jewels, or other finery.\n\n[Illustration: Blue Beard's servant announces his master's intention of\ncoming a courting, to an interesting young lady.]\n\nThe two young ladies having fully prepared themselves, they,\naccompanied by their mamma, on the day that had been appointed, set\nout for the castle, and at length reached the gate that lead through\nBlue Beard's grounds; and, although they had heard a great deal of the\ntaste and expence which had been employed to improve and decorate the\nland around the castle, yet they were surprised by unexpected beauties.\nThe finest trees overshadowed the walks, and shaded them from the heat\nof the sun; the most fragrant shrubs and flowers perfumed the air;\nfountains were playing in every direction; and alcoves were found in\nevery inviting spot. Having passed through these delightful grounds,\nthey reached the castle itself; at the entrance of which they were\nreceived by Blue Beard, and a retinue of servants in the most costly\ndresses. The hall was large and very lofty; its roof was supported by\npillars of the finest marble; the windows were of beautiful stained\nglass; and upon the walls were hanging the portraits of the former\npossessors of this noble building.\n\n[Illustration: Blue Beard's chosen love.]\n\nThey ascended the staircase, the rails of which were of brass work,\nmost curiously wrought, and most richly gilt; the stairs themselves\nwere of Egyptian marble, covered with crimson velvet. They proceeded\ninto a drawing room that completely surpassed their ideas of grandeur;\nalmost every piece of furniture was of silver; the floor was covered\nwith white velvet, but was ornamented with needle-work that must have\noccupied the labour of years; the curtains were of satin, but were\nadorned in a manner to correspond with the carpets: in short, every\nthing was more splendid than words can describe.\n\n[Illustration: The happy couple on their way home from church.]\n\nThe party continued in the castle several days; during which there was\na constant succession of the most pleasing amusements. Not an interval\nwas allowed to pass without some kind of entertainment; music, singing,\nand dancing; banquets, consisting of every luxury, were in constant\nsuccession.\n\nBlue Beard had not been inattentive to the ladies in his personal\nservices: he seemed to watch every look, that he might know how to\nplease his fair visitors. Such attentions could not fail to produce\nsome favorable effect; for it seldom happens, that the person who\nreally desires to please, fails in pleasing.\n\nWhen they were about to depart, Blue Beard entreated the younger of\nthe two ladies that have been mentioned, to consent to become his\nwife. The splendor of every thing around her, the immense wealth she\nwould have at command, and the attentions she had received during her\nvisit, completely captivated the young lady, so that she no longer felt\ndisposed to resist; and accordingly, with her mother's approbation,\nthey were married. She, however, agreed that her sister should live\nwith her in the castle.\n\n[Illustration: Blue Beard gives his wife the forbidden key.]\n\nIt would be impossible to describe the magnificence with which this\nevent was celebrated. The costly additions that were made to the\nfurniture; the expensive dresses that were provided for the bride;\nand the sumptuous entertainments that were given to the company that\nattended, far exceeded all imaginary description. Indeed, there was\nscarcely any thing wanting for which she could have wished.\n\nA new dining hall was prepared; and all the utensils of the table\nused upon the occasion, were manufactured of pure gold and silver: and\npersons were sent many miles to procure the greatest delicacies that\ncould possibly be obtained.\n\n[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard examining her husband's treasures.]\n\nBut the greatest solicitude was shown in preparing the attire of the\nintended bride. Whatever wealth could purchase, or ingenuity contrive,\nwere provided to give to her natural charms all the embellishments\nwhich art could bestow.\n\nNor was Blue Beard himself unemployed: he not only gave orders for\nhimself, but all his servants were provided with the richest clothes,\naccording to their respective situations.\n\nNumerous as were his horses, additional ones were purchased; and new\ncarriages of the grandest designs and the most costly materials, were\nprepared for his bride against the approaching happy day.\n\n[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard opens the door of the forbidden chamber.]\n\nWhen the morning arrived on which this interesting ceremony was to take\nplace, the day had scarcely dawned when sounds of joy were heard. The\nservants arose to prepare for the series of magnificence that was to\ntake place; but none of them were moving about earlier than the bride\nand bridegroom; who, as they were the most immediately interested, were\nalso the most anxious, and therefore among the most early, in preparing\nfor the events of the day.\n\nThe company assembled to breakfast, and every thing marked the\nmagnificence of the occasion; and every countenance contributed to\nthe general cheerfulness. The church in which the ceremony was to\ntake place was at some distance. The company proceeded thither in ten\ncarriages, each drawn by six horses, and attended by a great retinue of\nservants. The carriage in which the bride and bridegroom were seated,\nwas drawn by Arabian horses; the harness was made of white silk, woven\non purpose; the trappings were of pure silver; the carriage itself was\nchiefly formed of pearl, ivory, and silver; and was lined with white\nsatin, beautifully embossed.\n\n[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard and her sister considerably astonished.]\n\nWhen the procession approached the church, it was met by one hundred\nyoung maidens, dressed in white, singing to a band of the most skilful\nmusicians: and when the company alighted, the young maidens strewed\nflowers for them to walk upon.\n\nWhen the ceremony was over, they returned in the same manner, and\nwere treated with the same complimentary services: that the hearts of\nall might rejoice, the bride and bridegroom distributed money as they\npassed along.\n\nThe dinner far exceeded in sumptuousness all that imagination can\nconceive. In the different recesses of this noble apartment,\nartificial fountains were playing the most odoriferous waters. The most\nluxuriant fruit-trees, standing in vases of gold, invited the guests to\npluck the delicious fruits they bore.\n\n[Illustration: The sight that astonished Mrs. Blue Beard and her\nsister.]\n\nIn the evening, the company were introduced to a ball room. But so\nresplendent was this saloon, that on entering it, the eye was subdued\nby its incomparable radiance.\n\nTransparencies, executed by the most eminent painters, charmed the\nattentive mind on every side; and the intervening spaces were filled\nup with variegated lamps, all of which were hung upon the surface of\nreflecting glass; while from the centre of the ceiling, a chandelier,\nsuspended by a chain of gold, diffused the splendor of five hundred\nwax-lights. Here, also, were fountains of aromatic waters, and groves\nof exotic fruit-trees.\n\nIn this apartment, which seemed to realize the fabled stories of\nenchantment, dancing, and every other description of amusement, was\ncontinued, until folding windows opened, as if of their own accord,\nand disclosed a covered path through the most delightful part of the\ngardens, to a room in which supper was prepared: this path was entirely\nilluminated by splendid lamps; and the most brilliant fireworks were\nunremittingly discharged by artists engaged for the purpose.\n\n[Illustration: Blue Beard comes home.]\n\nThe bride seemed to think that her life must necessarily consist of\npleasure and happiness: indeed, she could imagine nothing that could be\nwanting to complete her wishes.\n\nThe utmost expectations of the young wife were fully gratified: every\nthing that she could wish for was hers, and her husband behaved with a\nkindness which made her feel truly happy.\n\n[Illustration: Mrs. Blue Beard in a quandary.]\n\nSome time after the marriage had taken place, however, Blue Beard\ninformed his wife that he had occasion to take a journey on account\nof some business, to which he must attend; \"but I beg you, my dearest\nFatima, (for that was the young lady's name,) to have every sort of\nentertainment that can amuse you during my absence. Here are all the\nkeys of the castle; you may therefore examine the different apartments\nwhich you have not seen; and I hope you will find some that will\nsurprise and please you as well as those with which you are already\nacquainted. I must however most earnestly caution and require you not\nto open the blue closet at the end of the gallery; and although I leave\nthe key of it with you, yet I trust you will have the prudence to\nfulfil my wishes in this particular. Remember this, as you value my\nlove and your own life and happiness.\"\n\n[Illustration: Mr. Blue Beard in a passion.]\n\nFatima promised that she would obey his desire. She thanked her husband\nfor his kind attention to her comforts; and again promised that she\nwould not disappoint the confidence he had placed in her, but would\ncarefully abstain from examining the particular apartment he had named.\n\nBlue Beard set off upon his journey; and Fatima having informed her\nsister of every thing that had passed in their late conversation, they\nagreed to invite their relatives and friends to an entertainment the\nnext day; but more particularly their two brothers, who, having been\nabsent from home as military officers, had not yet seen their sister's\nmagnificent residence.\n\nHaving arranged every thing for their intended party, Fatima proposed\nthat they should see the apartments of which she now had the keys. They\naccordingly proceeded to that part of the extensive castle which they\nhad not as yet seen, and at last arrived at a most splendid suit of\nrooms, far surpassing those to which they had been accustomed.\n\nOn one side of one of these apartments they perceived a door, which\nthey opened, and found behind it an iron gate of amazing strength.\nAmong the keys Blue Beard had left, they found one which opened this\nmassy portal.\n\nWhen they entered the room which was before them, they were surprised\nto find it almost full of large iron chests: but their surprise was\nconsiderably increased when they had found, that they were full of\ngold, silver, and jewels; even the costliness of the apartments they\nhad just quitted, seemed insignificant when compared with the riches\nwhich this treasury contained.\n\nHaving fastened the entrance to the treasury, they sat down and\nconversed upon what they had seen. Fatima could not avoid feeling that\nthe personal deformity in Blue Beard was compensated by the vast wealth\nof which she was become the mistress; but both she and her sister were\nalmost lost in admiration of the immeasurable riches they had lately\nbeheld.\n\nIn returning to their usual apartments, they passed the door of the\nmysterious blue closet, which Blue Beard had cautioned his wife not to\nexamine. They could not help expressing their mutual curiosity upon the\ninterior of this particular chamber. It could not have been his wish\nto conceal any articles of value; as nothing could be more valuable\nthan the contents of the treasury. After some deliberation, Fatima\nsaid that they could do no harm by merely looking inside; and although\nher sister reminded her of the promise she had made her husband, and\nof his express desire, yet she resolved to gratify her irresistible\ncuriosity, and put the key to the door.\n\n[Illustration: Miss Anna on top of the tower, on the lookout for her\nbrother.]\n\nShe entered the closet, but it was too dark for her to discern any\nobject; however, she could just perceive that there was a window, the\nshutters of which were closed: she went forward and removed them. The\ninstant that light was admitted, her curiosity was gratified. She found\nherself amidst the severed limbs and mutilated bodies of her husband's\nformer wives. The scene was frightful! Her own future condition,\nshe immediately thought, might add to these dreadful objects! Her\nblood chilled! The very hair rose upon her head! Nor was her terror\ndiminished, when she saw upon the wall these awful words--_The fate of\nbroken promises and disobedient curiosity._--She trembled excessively;\nand in the alarm of the moment, she let fall the key of the closet,\nwhich she had brought in her hand: she hastily snatched it from the\nfloor; and having summoned sufficient courage to close the shutters,\nshe came out of this dreadful apartment, and locked the door.\n\n[Illustration: The Brother arrives.]\n\nFatima hastened to her sister, who not choosing to partake of her\nsister's folly, had proceeded to their customary sitting-room. She\nrelated what she had seen; particularly the sentence which was on\nthe wall. Her sister partook of her alarm; and feared that evil\nconsequences would result from this unfortunate affair. She asked\nFatima if she had closed the window-shutters and brought away the key:\nand returned every thing she had moved to its proper place; Fatima said\nshe had; and, in proof of her answer to the inquiry, showed the key\nitself.\n\nThe key, however, was no sooner produced than they both turned pale\nwith horror. This fatal instrument was covered with blood! and all\ntheir endeavours could not clear it of its condemning evidence.\n\nDuring the remainder of the evening they employed themselves in making\nevery sort of exertion to restore the key to its former state; but\nall they could do was ineffectual; it still preserved the testimony\nof Fatima's indiscretion. At night they retired to bed; but no\nsleep did the wretched girls obtain. The splendor and riches of the\ncastle lost all their charms; Fatima no longer prided herself upon\nher good fortune; she felt that no creature could be more miserable\nthan she was. How soon Blue Beard would return, she had no means of\nconjecturing; it was not likely, however, that he would be at the\ncastle again for some days to come; she therefore resolved to escape\nfrom this dreadful mansion as soon as the entertainment, which was\nappointed for the next day, should have taken place.\n\nWhen she arose in the morning, she communicated to her sister the\nintention she had formed; and they both began to feel less dread than\nthey had experienced since the discoveries in the fatal closet. The day\nadvanced, and they looked forward to the arrival of the relatives and\nfriends whom they had invited to this day's entertainment.\n\nHowever, in the midst of their mutual congratulations upon the plan\nwhich had been formed, they heard the arrival of a carriage at\nthe castle, and in a few moments Blue Beard himself entered their\napartment. Fatima felt all the horror which the remembrance of the\ncloset could excite, and all the shame which the consciousness of her\nown impropriety could not fail to produce.\n\nBlue Beard did not seem to notice his wife's uneasiness; but with\napparent good humour said, \"that he had not proceeded very far, when\nhe met a messenger who was coming to the castle to inform him that it\nwas no longer necessary he should proceed on his intended journey;\nthat he had therefore lost no time in returning home; where,\" he said,\n\"Fatima's presence rendered him so peculiarly happy.\"\n\nSoon afterwards Blue Beard, as though he wanted something, asked his\nwife for the keys. She went to the chamber and returned with all of\nthem excepting the one which belonged to the dreadful closet; for it\nstill preserved the evidence of her disobedience. He took them with\nseeming good-natured indifference, and did not pretend to observe how\nthe wretched girl trembled. As he held them in his hand, he said to\nher, with affected carelessness, \"The key of the blue closet is not\nhere; bring it to me in my dressing-room.\"\n\nHe arose and left the apartment in which they were sitting; and Fatima\nand her sister proceeded to her chamber. Again they tried to remove\nthe blood with which the key was stained; but all their efforts were\nunavailing. At length Blue Beard called his wife, and as she and her\nsister were going to his dressing-room, they met him in the gallery,\nclose to the stairs which led to the top of the castle.\n\nAs soon as she approached him, he threw off the disguise of good nature\nwhich he had assumed in the sitting room, and demanded the key of the\ncloset. The tone of voice in which this was uttered, struck upon her\near like the knell for her execution; she seemed to be deprived of the\npower of speaking. He became impatient, and seizing her hand, took from\nit the blood-stained key. The wretched girl fell upon her knees, the\ntears rushed into her eyes, and enabled her to speak; but by this time\nBlue Beard stood over her with his sword unsheathed.\n\nFatima's sister, as she stood by, almost petrified, gave a dreadful\nshriek when she saw the instrument of death raised over her defenceless\nsister. The sound caught the ear of Blue Beard; and for a moment his\nintention was suspended. Looking upon his wretched victim, \"Where,\"\nsaid he, \"was your promise, when you were fool enough to enter the\ncloset? and where was the obedience you promised to pay me, when you\nsuffered your curiosity to overcome your duty? But you shall commit\nno more crimes; therefore receive _the fate of broken promises, and\ndisobedient curiosity_.\"\n\nThese last words roused the almost inanimate girl; she recollected that\nshe had seen them on the wall of the fatal closet. He was now about to\nfulfil his sentence; his arm was again uplifted; when she entreated him\nto spare her for a few minutes, to prepare for this unexpected end. He\nconsented, after much entreaty, to allow her a quarter of an hour. As\nsoon as this indulgence was given her, she begged her sister to ascend\nthe staircase to the top of the castle, and see if any of their friends\nwere to be seen. She did so; but no signs of a human being could be\nperceived.\n\nAt length the short interval which had been allowed her came to an\nend, and Blue Beard approached to complete his determination. She\nagain implored mercy, and he, knowing that she was in his power, gave\nher five minutes more. She now renewed her frenzied enquiries to her\nsister; \"Is no one coming?\" asked she. After a short time her sister\ntold her that she saw something approaching; which cheered the heart of\nthe unhappy girl. Alas! it was but transient,--it was a flock of sheep.\n\nBlue Beard's patience was now exhausted; and he came to the foot of the\ntower where Fatima was; when her sister called out, \"I see two horsemen\ncoming.\" \"Make signs for them to hasten,\" shrieked the miserable girl.\n\nHer brutal husband had now caught her by the hair of her head, and in\nspite of her heart-rending cries for mercy, was about to strike at\nher with his scymitar, when two men in soldiers' uniform rushed to the\nspot, and plunged their swords in the breast of the relentless Blue\nBeard.\n\nThe monster had still sufficient life to speak: he raised himself on\none arm, and looking on them all, thus spoke: \"I am at last justly\npunished. By the splendor of my riches, I have induced many a beautiful\nwoman to become my wife; but as soon as I discovered the least\ndeviation from truth, or disobedience to my will, she suffered death.\nI put Fatima's veracity to the test, by obtaining her promise that\nshe would not open the door of the blue closet; and by leaving the\nkey with her, she broke her word, and the key, which has the property\nof preserving the stains of blood, until it be rubbed with a peculiar\noil, afforded the evidence of her guilt. By the same means I knew that\nshe had disobeyed my orders, and broken her own promises. These two\nfaults had incurred my revenge. She has had a narrow escape; yet I\nhope she will in future never break a promise, disobey those to whom\nshe promises submission, nor give way to the impulse of improper or\nforbidden curiosity.\"\n\nHe grew faint; and having uttered a few prayers for forgiveness, he\nfell back, and expired.\n\nDuring the day, all the friends who had been invited arrived. They were\ntold the occurrences which had happened; and such of them as chose it,\nsaw the horrid proofs of Blue Beard's cruelty.\n\nFatima shortly afterwards had a day of great rejoicing; she not only\ngave a magnificent entertainment to her relations and friends, but\nthe poor, for miles round, were collected together to partake of her\nhospitality: and on this occasion every face glowed with smiles of\nhappiness.\n\nFatima's former days had showed her the sufferings and privations of\nthe poor; and now she had the power, she determined to better their\ncondition. With this view, instead of the miserable hovels usually\ninhabited by the labouring poor, she had annually several comfortable\nand pleasant cottages built, and to each one she added, a large plot of\nground. To every labouring family upon her extensive estates, she gave\none of these cottages, and where there were a family of children, she\nadded to this gift a cow, and a few sheep. By this means, she enabled\nthem, by their own exertions, instead of occasional want, always to\nsecure a humble competence; and in a very short time, every person upon\nher estate was rendered happy, and became her firm friend.\n\n[Illustration]\n\n\n\n\n  PHILIP J. 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Otherwise, the author's\noriginal spelling, punctuation, and hyphenation have been left intact.\n\nPage 6 - The word 'expence' has been retained. It is an obsolete\nspelling of 'expense'.","title":"The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard, and His Last Wife","tradition":"myth-cosmogony","translated_text":null,"word_count":4552}