Charles Morris
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4,189 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 18 Aug
Charles Morris’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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King Roderick looked again with eyes of alarm on the pictured forms.
Well he knew their meaning.
The turban wearers were Arabians, their horses the famous steeds of the desert, the bareheaded barbarians were Berbers or Moors.
Already they threatened the land from Africa's shores, he had broken the spell which held them back.
The time for the fulfillment of the prophecy was at hand.
Filled with sudden terror, the rash invader hurried from the chamber of the talisman, his courtiers flying with wild haste to the open air.
The brazen gates were closed with a clang which rang dismally through the empty rooms, and the lock of the king was fixed upon them.
But it was too late.
The voice of destiny had spoken and the fate of the kingdom been revealed, and all the people looked upon Don Rodrigue as a doomed man.
We have given this legend in its mildest form.
Some Arab writers surround it with magical incidents until it becomes a tale worthy of the Arabian Knights' entertainments.
They speak of two ancient men with snowy beards who kept the keys of the gate and opened the locks only at Rodrigue's stern command.
When the locks were removed no one could stir the gates until the hand of the king touched them when they sprang open of themselves.
Inside stood a huge bronze giant with a club of steel, with which he dealt resounding blows on the floor to right and left.
He desisted at the king's command, and the train entered unharmed.
In the magic chamber they found a golden casket containing a linen cloth between tablets of brass.
On this were painted figures of Arabs in armor.
As they gazed, these began to move, sounds of war were heard, and the vision of a battle between Arab and Christian warriors passed before the affrighted eyes of the intruders.
The Christian army was defeated, and Rodrigue saw the image of himself in flight, and finally of his horse without a rider.
As he rushed in terror from the fatal room the bronze giant was no longer to be seen, and the ancient guardians of the gate lay dead upon their posts.
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