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Updated: May 29, 2025
He sprinkled them all with the decoction in the caldron, and they were all brought to life again, and to each person came an echo which had been his voice; and the first words they all uttered were: "Accursed witch, merciless Berberisca!"
'Let us go in, ancient dame, but she interrupted him. 'You must call me the Lady Berberisca, she answered, sharply; 'and this is my castle, to which I bid you welcome. You shall live here with me and be my husband. But at these words the knight let his spear fall, so surprised was he. 'I marry you? why you must be a hundred at least! cried he. 'You are mad!
Then all those gallant knights, and many beautiful ladies whom the fiery old dragon who was the witch's son had carried there, gave thanks to the Knight of the Fish; and one of the most beautiful of the ladies gave him her hand; on seeing which, the wicked Berberisca died again with envy and spite. Dapplegrim
The wicked old woman took him through an obscure corridor, where there was a trap-door, into which he fell and disappeared into an abyss, where his voice was added to the echoes, which were the voices of many other gallant and accomplished knights, whom the shameless old Berberisca had punished in the same manner for having despised her venerable charms.
The knight did all that the witch instructed him to do, and effectually resuscitated her, but uglier than ever, for her nose remained deadly white, and looked like an elephant's tusk. Then she was forced to tell the knight where his brother was; and down in the abyss he not only found him, but many other victims of the wicked Berberisca.
'Let us go in, ancient dame, but she interrupted him. 'You must call me the Lady Berberisca, she answered, sharply; 'and this is my castle, to which I bid you welcome. You shall live here with me and be my husband. But at these words the knight let his spear fall, so surprised was he. 'I marry YOU? why you must be a hundred at least! cried he. 'You are mad!
"I am called Lady Berberisca," interposed the old woman, very crossly; "and I am the mistress of Albastretch." "Wretch! wretch!" groaned the echoes. "Won't you be silent, cursed chatterers?" exclaimed Lady Berberisca. "I am your humble servant," she continued, making a deep curtsey to the knight, "and if you like I will be your wife, and you shall live with me here as grand as a Pacha."
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