A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8.
By Mark Twain
()
Mark Twain
Mark Twain, who was born Samuel L. Clemens in Missouri in 1835, wrote some of the most enduring works of literature in the English language, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc was his last completed book—and, by his own estimate, his best. Its acquisition by Harper & Brothers allowed Twain to stave off bankruptcy. He died in 1910.
Read more from Mark Twain
20 Classic Children Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Prince and the Pauper Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mark Twain's Civil War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5The Classic American Short Story MEGAPACK ® (Volume 1): 34 of the Greatest Stories Ever Written Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Short Stories of Mark Twain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Christmas Library: 250+ Essential Christmas Novels, Poems, Carols, Short Stories...by 100+ Authors Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Classic Children's Stories (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Innocents Abroad Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/550 Great Love Letters You Have To Read (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America?s Most-Revered Humorist Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Journeys Through Time & Space: 5 Classic Novels of Science Fiction and Fantasy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Greatest Christmas Stories of All Time: Timeless Classics That Celebrate the Season Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBig Book of Christmas Tales: 250+ Short Stories, Fairytales and Holiday Myths & Legends Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings20 Eternal Masterpieces Of Children Stories (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRoughing It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings50 Feminist Masterpieces you have to read before you die (Golden Deer Classics) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: New Revised Edition Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Ultimate Sci Fi Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8.
Related ebooks
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 6. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCastle Craneycrow Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fire Trumpet: A Romance of the Cape Frontier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharacter for Veracity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Seats of the Mighty, Volume 4 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPunch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105 December 30, 1893 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFollowing the Equator, Part 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bond of Black Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Riddle Of The Frozen Flame Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Haunted House: Paranormal Parlor, A Weiser Books Collection Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Incident of the Wife’s Double and the Tragedy at the Masked Ball Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Riddle of the Frozen Flame Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 2. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jewel of Seven Stars Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Stranger's Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chaucere: Camelot Noir, #1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMissed Murder, A Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCondensed Novels: New Burlesques Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDoom's Daze: The Heart of Stone Adventures, #3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll the Tea in China: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCleek of Scotland Yard: Detective Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Lock and Key Library: Old-Time English: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWalsingham Way Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsUnder the Dragon Flag My Experiences in the Chino-Japanese War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTales from Blackwood Volume 8 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe O'Ruddy: A Romance Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Roughing It, Part 7. Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Jewel of Seven Stars: Horror Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Coming Race (Dystopian Novel) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Yellow Chief Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Reviews for A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8.
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8. - Mark Twain
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, By Twain, Part 8.
The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court, Part 8., by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net
Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 8.
Author: Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Release Date: July 7, 2004 [EBook #7249]
Language: English
*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CONNECTICUT YANKEE ***
Produced by David Widger
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE, By Twain, Part 8.
A CONNECTICUT YANKEE
IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT
by
MARK TWAIN
(Samuel L. Clemens)
Part 8.
CONTENTS:
CHAPTER XXXVI
AN ENCOUNTER IN THE DARK
London—to a slave—was a sufficiently interesting place. It was merely a great big village; and mainly mud and thatch. The streets were muddy, crooked, unpaved. The populace was an ever flocking and drifting swarm of rags, and splendors, of nodding plumes and shining armor. The king had a palace there; he saw the outside of it. It made him sigh; yes, and swear a little, in a poor juvenile sixth century way. We saw knights and grandees whom we knew, but they didn't know us in our rags and dirt and raw welts and bruises, and wouldn't have recognized us if we had hailed them, nor stopped to answer, either, it being unlawful to speak with slaves on a chain. Sandy passed within ten yards of me on a mule—hunting for me, I imagined. But the thing which clean broke my heart was something which happened in front of our old barrack in a square, while we were enduring the spectacle of a man being boiled to death in oil for counterfeiting pennies. It was the sight of a newsboy—and I couldn't get at him! Still, I had one comfort—here was proof that Clarence was still alive and banging away. I meant to be with him before long; the thought was full of cheer.
I had one little glimpse of another thing, one day, which gave me a great uplift. It was a wire stretching from housetop to housetop. Telegraph or telephone, sure. I did very much wish I had a little piece of it. It was just what I needed, in order to carry out my project of escape. My idea was to get loose some night, along with the king, then gag and bind our master, change clothes with him, batter him into the aspect of a stranger, hitch him to the slave-chain, assume possession of the property, march to Camelot, and—
But you get my idea; you see what a stunning dramatic surprise I would wind up with at the palace. It was all feasible, if I could only get hold of a slender piece of iron which I could shape into a lock-pick. I could then undo the lumbering padlocks with which our chains were fastened, whenever I might choose. But I never had any luck; no such thing ever happened to fall in my way. However, my chance came at last. A gentleman who had come twice before to dicker for me, without result, or indeed any approach to a result, came again. I was far from expecting ever to belong to him, for the price asked for me from the time I was first enslaved was exorbitant, and always provoked either anger or derision, yet my master stuck stubbornly to it—twenty-two