Note 2 — THE DEVIL WHO TOOK TO HIMSELF A WIFE.1
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Ages and ages ago, in the days when the devil was loose—for now he is chained and can’t go about like that any more—the head devil2 called the others, and said, ‘Whichever of you proves himself the boldest and cleverest, I will give him his release, and set him free from Inferno.’