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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur'

Chapter 1 Camelot

Word Count: 800    |    Released on: 18/11/2017

. "I don't seem to remember hearing of

insects, and the twittering of birds, and there were no people, no wagons, there was no stir of life, nothing going on. The road was mainly a winding pat

s fantastic make-up than if she was used to his like every day of her life. She was going by as indifferently as she might have gone by a couple of cows; but when she happened to notice me, THEN there was a change! Up went her hands, and she was turned to stone; her mouth dropped open, her eyes stared wide and timorously, she was the picture of astonished curiosity touched with fear. And there she stood gazing, in a sort of stupefied fascination, t

ombed hair that hung down over their faces and made them look like animals. They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow-linen robe that came well below the knee, and a rude sort of sandal, and many wore an iron collar. The small boys and girls were always nak

ail and flaunting banners and rich doublets and horse-cloths and gilded spearheads; and through the muck and swine, and naked brats, and joyous dogs, and shabby huts, it took its gallant way, and in its wake we followed. Followed through one winding alley and then another, -- and climbing, always climbing -- till at last we gained the breezy height where the huge castle stood. There was an exchange of bugle blasts; then a parley from the walls, where men-at-arms, in hauberk and morion, marched back and forth with halberd at shoulder under flapping

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1 Preface2 A Word Of Explanation3 Chapter 1 Camelot4 Chapter 2 King Arthur's Court5 Chapter 3 Knights Of The Table Round6 Chapter 4 Sir Dinadan The Humorist7 Chapter 5 An Inspiration8 Chapter 6 The Eclipse9 Chapter 7 Merlin's Tower10 Chapter 8 The Boss11 Chapter 9 The Tournament12 Chapter 10 Beginnings Of Civilization13 Chapter 11 The Yankee In Search Of Adventures14 Chapter 12 Slow Torture15 Chapter 13 Freemen16 Chapter 14 Defend Thee,Lord 17 Chapter 15 Sandy's Tale18 Chapter 16 Morgan Le Fay19 Chapter 17 A Royal Banquet20 Chapter 18 In The Queen's Dungeons21 Chapter 19 Knight-Errantry As A Trade22 Chapter 20 The Ogre's Castle23 Chapter 21 The Pilgrims24 Chapter 22 The Holy Fountain25 Chapter 23 Restoration Of The Fountain26 Chapter 24 A Rival Magician27 Chapter 25 A Competitive Examination28 Chapter 26 The First Newspaper29 Chapter 27 The Yankee And The King Travel Incognito30 Chapter 28 Drilling The King31 Chapter 29 The Smallpox Hut32 Chapter 30 The Tragedy Of The Manor-house33 Chapter 31 Marco34 Chapter 32 Dowley's Humiliation35 Chapter 33 Sixth Century Political Economy36 Chapter 34 The Yankee and The King Sold As Slaves37 Chapter 35 A Pitiful Incident38 Chapter 36 An Eccounter In The Dark39 Chapter 37 An Awful Predicament40 Chapter 38 Sir Launcelot and Knights To The Rescue41 Chapter 39 The Yankee's Fight With The Knights42 Chapter 40 Three Years Later43 Chapter 41 The Interdict44 Chapter 42 War!45 Chapter 43 The Battle Of The Sand Belt46 Chapter 44 A Postscript By Clarence47 Chapter 45 The End Of The Manuscript