Now when the time of mourning was over , Trusty John said to him : `` It is time you should see your inheritance . I will show you your ancestral castle . '' So he took him over everything , and let him see all the riches and splendid apartments , only the one room where the picture was he did not open . But the picture was placed so that if the door opened you gazed straight upon it , and it was so beautifully painted that you imagined it lived and moved , and that it was the most lovable and beautiful thing in the whole world . But the young King noticed that Trusty John always missed one door , and said : `` Why do you never open this one for me ? '' `` There is something inside that would appall you , '' he answered . But the King replied : `` I have seen the whole castle , and shall find out what is in there '' ; and with these words he approached the door and wanted to force it open . But Trusty John held him back , and said : `` I promised your father before his death that you should n't see what that room contains . It might bring both you and me to great grief . '' `` Ah ! no , '' answered the young King ; `` if I do n't get in , it will be my certain destruction ; I should have no peace night or day till I had seen what was in the room with my own eyes . Now I do n't budge from the spot till you have opened the door . '' Then Trusty John saw there was no way out of it , so with a heavy heart and many sighs he took the key from the big bunch . When he had opened the door he stepped in first , and thought to cover the likeness so that the King might not perceive it ; but it was hopeless : the King stood on tiptoe and looked over his shoulder . And when he saw the picture of the maid , so beautiful and glittering with gold and precious stones , he fell swooning to the ground . Trusty John lifted him up , carried him to bed , and thought sorrowfully : `` The curse has come upon us ; gracious heaven ! what will be the end of it all ? '' Then he poured wine down his throat till he came to himself again . The first words he spoke were : `` Oh ! who is the original of the beautiful picture ? ''
`` She is the Princess XXXXX the Golden Roof , '' answered Trusty John .
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