Charles Morris
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 18 Aug
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At length the time came when the cherished secret was to be divulged.
Don Roderick, who had seized the throne by violence and bore in his heart the fatal bane of curiosity, determined to learn what had lain for centuries behind those locks.
The whole affair, he declared, was the jest of an ancient king, which did very well when superstition ruled the world, but which was far behind the age in which he lived.
Two things moved the epoch breaking king.
Curiosity, that vice which has led thousands to ruin.
And avarice, which has brought destruction upon thousands more.
It is a treasure house, not a talisman, he told himself.
Gold, silver, and jewels lie hidden in its moldy depths.
My treasury is empty, and I should be a fool to let a cluster of rusty locks keep me from filling it from this ancient store.
When it became known what Roderick proposed, a shudder of horror ran across the land.
Nobles and bishops hastened to the audience chamber and sought to hinder the fateful purpose of the rash monarch.
Their hearts were filled with dread of the perils that would follow any meddling with the magic spell, and they earnestly implored him not to bring the foretold disaster upon the land.
The kings who reigned before you have religiously obeyed the injunction, they said.
Each of them has fixed his lock to the gate.
It will be wise and prudent in you to follow their example.
If it is gold and jewels you look for, tell us how much you think the cavern holds, even all your fancy hopes to find, and so much we will give you.
Even if it beggars us we will collect and bring you this sum without fail.
We pray and implore you then, do not break a custom which our old kings have all held sacred.
They knew well what they did when they commanded that none after them should seek to disclose the fatal secret of the hidden chamber.
Earnest as was their appeal, it was wasted upon Rodrigue.
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