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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

CHAPTER XII
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And so now, the thought of its being there, so handy and close by, and yet not get-at-able, made it all the worse and the harder to bear.

Yes, the thing that you can't get is the thing that you want, mainly; every one has noticed that.
Well, it took my mind off from everything else; took it clear off, and centered it in my helmet; and mile after mile, there it stayed, imagining the handkerchief, picturing the handkerchief; and it was bitter and aggravating to have the salt sweat keep trickling down into my eyes, and I couldn't get at it.

It seems like a little thing, on paper, but it was not a little thing at all; it was the most real kind of misery.

I would not say it if it was not so.
I made up my mind that I would carry along a reticule next time, let it look how it might, and people say what they would.

Of course these iron dudes of the Round Table would think it was scandalous, and maybe raise Sheol about it, but as for me, give me comfort first, and style afterwards.


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