As soon as the Evil One saw her he asked, “Have you opened the Red door?”
“No,” answered the girl, and she trembled so that she could hardly stand.
“Then where are the flowers I gave you?”
“They withered because they had no water, and so I threw them away.”
“That is false,” cried the Evil One; “you have disobeyed me, and you shall be punished as you deserve.” And with that he caught hold of the girl and threw her into the pit.
Then he mounted his black charger and rode away to the merchant’s house.
The merchant was delighted to see him and began to enquire about his daughter.
The Evil One put on a very mournful look. “My dear wife is dead,” he said, “and I am so lonely that I can scarcely bear it. Give me, I beg of you, your second daughter for a wife, that she may take her sister’s place in my house and comfort me.”