THE first time I catched Tom private I asked him what was his idea, time of the evasion? -- what it was he'd planned to do if the evasion worked a...
THE ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical. It is ...
Chapter 1 - Camelot"CAMELOT -- Camelot," said I to myself. "I don't seem to remember hearing of it before. Name of the asylum, like...
Chapter 2 - King Arthur's CourtTHE moment I got a chance I slipped aside privately and touched an ancient common looking man on the shoulder and s...
Chapter 3 - Knights of the Table RoundMAINLY the Round Table talk was monologues -- narrative accounts of the adventures in which these prisoners were...
Chapter 4 - Sir Dinadan the HumoristIT seemed to me that this quaint lie was most simply and beautifully told; but then I had heard it only once, and ...
Chapter 5 - An InspirationI WAS so tired that even my fears were not able to keep me awake long. When I next came to myself, I seemed to have been asl...
Chapter 6 - The EclipseIN the stillness and the darkness, realization soon began to supplement knowledge. The mere knowledge of a fact is pale; but wh...
Chapter 7 - Merlin's TowerINASMUCH as I was now the second personage in the Kingdom, as far as political power and authorty were concerned, much w...
Chapter 8 - The BossTO be vested with enormous authority is a fine thing; but to have the on-looking world consent to it is a finer. The tower episode...