And sister Anne answered : `` I see nothing but the sun , which makes a dust , and the grass , which is green . '' `` Come down quickly , '' cried Blue Beard , `` or I will come up to you . '' `` I am coming , '' answered his wife ; and then she cried , `` Anne , sister Anne , dost thou not see anyone coming ? '' `` I see , '' replied sister Anne , `` a great dust , which comes on this side here . '' `` Are they my brothers ? '' `` Alas ! no , my dear sister , I see a flock of sheep . '' `` Will you not come down ? '' cried Blue Beard `` One moment longer , '' said his wife , and then she cried out : `` Anne , sister Anne , dost thou see nobody coming ? '' `` I see , '' said she , `` two horsemen , but they are yet a great way off . '' `` God be praised , '' replied the poor wife joyfully ; `` they are my brothers ; I will make them a sign , as well as I can , for them to make haste . '' Then Blue Beard bawled out so loud that he made the whole house tremble . The distressed wife came down , and threw herself at his feet , all in tears , with her hair about her shoulders . `` This signifies nothing , '' says Blue Beard ; `` you must die '' ; then , taking hold of her hair with one hand , and lifting up the sword with the other , he was going to take off her head . The poor lady , turning about to him , and looking at him with dying eyes , desired him to afford her one little moment to recollect herself . `` No , no , '' said he , `` recommend thyself to God , '' and was just ready to strike ... At this very instant there was such a loud knocking at the gate that Blue Beard made a sudden stop . The gate was opened , and presently entered two horsemen , who , drawing their swords , ran directly to Blue Beard . He knew them to be his wife 's brothers , one a dragoon , the other a musketeer , so that he ran away immediately to save himself ; but the two brothers pursued so close that they overtook him before he could get to the steps of the porch , when they ran their swords through his body and left him dead . The poor wife was almost as dead as her husband , and had not strength enough to rise and welcome her brothers . Blue Beard had no heirs , and so his wife became mistress of all his estate .
She made use of one part of it to marry her sister XXXXX to a young gentleman who had loved her a long while ; another part to buy captains commissions for her brothers , and the rest to marry herself to a very worthy gentleman , who made her forget the ill time she had passed with Blue Beard .
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