A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court by Mark Twain Chapter 39 Page 1

THE YANKEE’S FIGHT WITH THE KNIGHTS

Home again, at Camelot. A morning or two later I found the paper, damp from the press, by my plate at the breakfast table.

I turned to the advertising columns, knowing I should find something of personal interest to me there. It was this:

DE PAR LE ROI.

Know that the great lord and illus-

trious Knight, SIR SAGRAMOR LE

DESIROUS having condescended to

meet the King’s Minister, Hank Mor-

gan, the which is surnamed The Boss,

for satisfgction of offence anciently given,