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Bluebeard said one day : " My dear^ wife, I am obliged to make a long journey, which will last - some ^ vveeks.

" I pray you to amuse yourself during my absence. Send for your old^ friends {fe>n.) ; take them to the country, if you wish.

" Here-are ail my keys, that of my safe, that of my casket, and a passkey which opens ail the rooms.

" You may ^ open them ail. But I forbid you to enter (into) my closet. If you enter there, you must expect everything^ from my anger."

" I promise," said she, " to observe ail that you ha7>e jttst ordered me."

Then he embraced her and, getting into his carriage, he started-off.

"^cher, "^ durer, ^quelque, '^ancien. ^ vous pourrez. 6 /(?«/, before infin.