-LRB- From the Portuguese . -RRB- VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER Long , long ago there was born to a Roman knight and his wife Maja a little boy called Virgilius . While he was still quite little , his father died , and the kinsmen , instead of being a help and protection to the child and his mother , robbed them of their lands and money , and the widow , fearing that they might take the boy 's life also , sent him away to Spain , that he might study in the great University of Toledo . Virgilius was fond of books , and pored over them all day long . But one afternoon , when the boys were given a holiday , he took a long walk , and found himself in a place where he had never been before . In front of him was a cave , and , as no boy ever sees a cave without entering it , he went in . The cave was so deep that it seemed to Virgilius as if it must run far into the heart of the mountain , and he thought he would like to see if it came out anywhere on the other side . For some time he walked on in pitch darkness , but he went steadily on , and by-and-by a glimmer of light shot across the floor , and he heard a voice calling , ` Virgilius ! Virgilius ! ' ` Who calls ? ' he asked , stopping and looking round . ` Virgilius ! ' answered the voice , ` do you mark upon the ground where you are standing a slide or bolt ? ' ' I do , ' replied Virgilius . ` Then , ' said the voice , ` draw back that bolt , and set me free . ' ` But who are you ? ' asked Virgilius , who never did anything in a hurry . ' I am an evil spirit , ' said the voice , ` shut up here till Doomsday , unless a man sets me free . If you will let me out I will give you some magic books , which will make you wiser than any other man . ' Now Virgilius loved wisdom , and was tempted by these promises , but again his prudence came to his aid , and he demanded that the books should be handed over to him first , and that he should be told how to use them .
The evil spirit , unable XXXXX help itself , did as Virgilius bade him , and then the bolt was drawn back .
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