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Quotation from The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood by Charles Perrault
“The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but instead of dying, she shall only fall into a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years; at the expiration of which a king's son shall come and awake her.”
The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, The christening, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion
Coming out from behind the hangings, the youngest fairy softens the old fairy's curse.
Citation: "The Princess shall indeed pierce her hand with a spindle; but instead of dying, she shall only fall into a profound sleep, which shall last a hundred years; at the expiration of which a king's son shall come and awake her." — Charles Perrault, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, The christening, trans. Robert Samber, revised by J. E. Mansion. (id perrault-sleeping-beauty-q1)
Portrait: Portrait de Charles Perrault par Charles Le Brun (détail), Charles Le Brun, Public domain.
