But her fear only increased more and more, and her heart beat so
violently that she thought it would burst; the gold also on her finger
would not come off, although she washed it and rubbed it with all her
strength.
Not long afterward the Guardian Angel came, back from her journey, and
calling the maiden to her, demanded the keys of the mansion. As she
delivered them up, the Angel looked in her face and asked, "Hast thou
opened the thirteenth door?"--"No," answered the maiden.
Then the Angel laid her hand upon the maiden's heart, and felt how
violently it was beating; and she knew that her command had been
disregarded, and that the child had opened the door. Then she asked
again, "Hast thou opened the thirteenth door?"--"No," said the maiden,
for the second time.
Then the Angel perceived that the child's finger had become golden from
touching the light, and she knew that the child was guilty; and she
asked her for the third time, "Hast thou opened the thirteenth
door?"--"No," said the maiden again.
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