i had the impression, aside from sauron forging into the one ring the secret which celebrimdor forged into the three, that sauron ensnared the three with a spell.
can't get the exact quote right now, but i seem to remember sauron taking up the newly-forged one ring and speaking the spell "one ring to rule them all...", and celebrimdor becoming aware of this, nay, even hearing him from afar, so as to hide the three thereafter.
hmmm, i'm not quite sure i got that exactly right, though...
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