Bluebeard was a powerful lord who had many young wives who all mysteriously died of illnesses such as smallpox. No-body found this strange including his new young and virtuous bride. Bluebeard had to leave for work and before he did he bestowed the keys of the castle to his wife saying she was allowed to go in all rooms but one. However curiosity got the better of her and so she opened it. When she went inside she saw all of the bodies of his previous wives, all strangled to death. On her way out she dropped the keys in a puddle of blood and no matter how much she tried she couldn't clean it off. When bluebeard returned he saw the keys were stained with blood and knew she had been in the room. He told her she must return to the room to die like his other wives had but they were interrupted by her sister walking into the room. The wife begged for bluebeard to give her ten minutes more to live and so he did. As she walked away with her sister to the towers she asked her sister if her brothers were going to come and see her soon as they had promised to see her that day, Anna said yes but as the ten minutes passed the wife could not see them and so she began to panic and asked insistently if they were there yet. When her time was up bluebeard yelled up the tower to come down and threatened her with the fact that he would kill her brothers as well if as they were on their way to see her. As bluebeard was about to slit her throat the brothers stormed in and killed him. After the adventure the wife lost her curiosity and married a good man and forgot about the terrible incident.
