"Worse than that. Do you see this skull?"
"Yes, I do."
"It is the skull of a freshman who joined our society five years since, and divulged the secrets."
"What did he die of?" asked Sam.
"He disappeared," said Brown, impressively. "He was found dead in his bed one morning, with a dagger in his heart."
"You don't say so!" said Sam, impressed in spite of himself.
"It was a fitting punishment. Don't incur it."
"I won't," said Sam. "I don't know anything to tell anyway."
"You shall know all. Our society was founded hundreds of years ago by the emperor Charlemagne."
This didn't impress Sam as much as was expected, since he had never heard of the Emperor Charlemagne.