In the hollow of a terrible storm, four hunters meet a melancholy madman who offers them shelter.

But has this man really lost his mind, or is he laboring under the burden of a terrible curse?

Gaston LeRue, today on the Classic Tales podcast.

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And now, in Letters of Fire by Gaston Leroux.

We had been out hunting wild boars all day,

when we were suddenly overtaken by a violent storm, which compelled us to seek refuge in a deep cavern.

It was Makoko, our guide, who took upon himself to give utterance to the thought which haunted

the minds of the four of us who had sought safety from the fury of the tempest, Mathis,

Alan, Makoko, and myself.

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