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           TheseveredheadsofBluebeard’ssevenpreviouswiveswereintheroom,eachoneonitsownpedestal,theeyesturneduptowhites,themouthsunhingedandgapinginsilentscreams.Theyweresomehowbalancedonnecksraggedfromthebroadsword’sdecapitatingswing,andtherewasbloodrunningdownthepedestals.

           Terrified,shehadturnedtofleefromtheroomandthecastle,onlytodiscoverBluebeardstandinginthedoorway,histerribleeyesblazing."Itoldyounottoenterthisroom,"Bluebeardsaid,unsheathinghissword."Alas,inyourcuriosityyouareliketheotherseven,andthoughIlovedyoubestofallyourendingshallbeaswastheirs.Preparetodie,wretchedwoman!"

           ItseemedvaguelytoDannythatthestoryhadbadahappyending,butthathadpaledtoinsignificancebesidethetwodominantimages:thetaunting,maddeninglockeddoorwithsomegreatsecretbehindit,andthegrislysecretitself,repeatedmorethanhalfadozentimes.Thelockeddoorandbehindittheheads,theseveredbeads.

           Hishandreachedoutandstrokedtheroom’sdoorknob,almostfurtively.Hehadnoideahowlongbehadbeenhere,standinghypnotizedbeforetheblandgraylockeddoor.

           (AndmaybethreetimesI’vethoughtI’veseenthings…nastythings…)

           ButMr.Hallorann-Dick-hadalsosaidhedidn’tthinkthosethingscouldhurtyou.Theywerelikescarypicturesinabook,thatwasall.Andmaybehewouldn’tseeanything.

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