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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

CHAPTER XLII
15/31

And the noble Arthur fell in a swoon to the earth, and there he swooned oft-times--'" "That is a good piece of war correspondence, Clarence; you are a first-rate newspaper man.

Well--is the king all right?
Did he get well ?" "Poor soul, no.

He is dead." I was utterly stunned; it had not seemed to me that any wound could be mortal to him.
"And the queen, Clarence ?" "She is a nun, in Almesbury." "What changes! and in such a short while.

It is inconceivable.
What next, I wonder ?" "I can tell you what next." "Well ?" "Stake our lives and stand by them!" "What do you mean by that ?" "The Church is master now.

The Interdict included you with Mordred; it is not to be removed while you remain alive.


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