`` Yes ; but I do n't believe she could ever have thought of such a thing as this herself , so I believe it must be true , '' said the Story Girl . `` Anyway , this is the story , boys . You know the Awkward Man has lived alone ever since his mother died , ten years ago . Abel Griggs is his hired man , and he and his wife live in a little house down the Awkward Man 's lane . Mrs. Griggs makes his bread for him , and she cleans up his house now and then . She says he keeps it very neat . But till last fall there was one room she never saw . It was always locked -- the west one , looking out over his garden . One day last fall the Awkward Man went to Summerside , and Mrs. Griggs scrubbed his kitchen . Then she went over the whole house and she tried the door of the west room . Mrs. Griggs is a VERY curious woman . Uncle Roger says all women have as much curiosity as is good for them , but Mrs. Griggs has more . She expected to find the door locked as usual . It was NOT locked . She opened it and went in . What do you suppose she found ? '' `` Something like -- like Bluebeard 's chamber ? '' suggested Felix in a scared tone . `` Oh , no , NO ! Nothing like THAT could happen in Prince Edward Island .
But if there HAD been beautiful wives hanging up by their hair all round the walls I do n't believe Mrs. XXXXX could have been much more astonished .
Bluebeard Felix Griggs Island Man Nothing Roger Summerside story tone