A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

There you are.

Say, has, uh, this castle

always had four turrets?

Always.

Four turrets.

That doesn't seem right.

if you hurry, sir, you'll still

be in time to catch the last tour.

Thanks.

The room you are now

standing in...

is an ancient banquet hall.

And this table,

ladies and gentlemen,

is said to be the famed

Round Table...

used by King Arthur.

Many of the restored shields of the Knights of

the Round Table can be seen on these standards.

Sir Bedivere.

Sir

- [Man ] Sir Bors de Ganis,

Sir-

Sir Lancelot of the Lake.

if you don't mind!

Not at all.

Go right ahead.

Now, ladies and gentlemen,

if youll kindly follow me.

Over here,

ladies and gentlemen,

we have the shields

of Sir Galahad,

Sir Dalliance,

and Sir Sagramore

le Desirous.

Good old Saggy.

And over here,

ladies and gentlemen,

a remarkably preserved

portrait.

Lady Alisande la Carteloise.

[Woman ] Wasnt she lovely?

Lovely indeed, madam,

She was renowned In legend as

King Arthurs favorite niece,

Over here, ladies and

gentlemen- Pardon me-

we have a hauberk dating

from the sixth century...

said to have been worn

by Sir Logris of Astolat.

Kindly notice the round hole

through the breastplate,

undoubtedly caused by an

iron-tipped arrow of the period.

Mm-mmm.

I mean

- Well, you see, that happens to be a bullet hole.

impossible!

Firearms weren't invented...

until the 15th century.

[ Chuckles ]

Oh, come now. Perhaps the

gentleman saw the bullet fired.

Perhaps the gentleman

was there.

Matter of fact, I was.

Undoubtedly caused by an

iron-tipped arrow of the period.

Well, uh, that concludes the

tour, ladies and gentlemen.

On behalf of the orphanage and Lord

Pendragon, I hope youve enjoyed it.

This way out, please. Thank

you. it's been most interesting.

I beg your pardon, sir. Lord

Pendragon would like to see you. Hmm?

Well, that's

very nice of him.

Just as I remember her.

[ Clears Throat] This way, sir. Yes.

"Just as I remember her"?

And she dead

these 1300 years.

[Knocking]

Come in, come in.

[ Sneezes ]

And shut the door.

That's the worst of these confounded castles

- very picturesque and all that,

but the wind whistles through

like a howling gale.

This is the American

gentleman, Your Lordship.

Im quite aware

it's the American gentleman.

You may go, Richards.

But, Your Lordship-

Go, go. Scat.

Now, no tricks, young man.

I warn you, I boxed for

Cambridge until my arm-

[ Sneezes ]

Now, what's all this I hear

about your creating a disturbance?

You don't look balmy.

I assure you, Your

Lordship, Im perfectly sane.

Well, stop staring at me

as if I were a ghost.

Have we met before?

Here.

Well, no, not exactly. What

do you mean, not exactly?

Either weve met before or we

haven't. it's difficult to explain.

I- i feel like I know you.

I know this castle...

and the girl in the painting downstairs

- Lady Alisande.

I know her too.

Wait, wait. Don't ring.

I wanna show you something.

Take a look at this.

What is it?

it's a gold amulet,

just like the one

on the girl in the painting.

Yes, yes, of course.

Of course.

A remarkable duplicate.

it's not a duplicate, sir.

Where did you get it?

She gave it to me.

Young man, you're either

a liar or a lunatic,

and Im not gonna sit here-

Here.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Ive been wanting to get this

off my chest for a long time.

Im not keeping you from

anything, am I? [ Mutters ]

My name is Martin.

Hank Martin.

I was born in Hartford,

Connecticut, U.S.A.

Im a blacksmith, and my father

was a blacksmith before me.

Or I was a blacksmith until few years

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