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Marie
Antoinette's Husband was a Locksmith
His name was Louis, Louis XVI, King of France.
Louis didn't particularly like the business of
being a king, but he had an extraordinary interest
in mechanical labor. He spent many happy hours
in his house workshop forging metal and making
locks, skills taught to him by a locksmith named
Gamin. He was particularly proud of an iron security
cabinet which we concealed in a wall to protect
his private papers. Unfortunately, Louis didn't
reckon with the Revolutionists, as his secret
hiding place was revealed by Gamin, and his papers
incriminated him. History says, poor Louis, he
was as good a locksmith as he was a bad king.
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