n charges the Yankee, the lightly dressed man shoots him with a gun. All of the Knights of the Round Table charge the solitary Boss. He kills eleven of them with two guns, and he is relieved when the rest retreat for he only has one bullet left. A few years pass, and England is now recognized along the lines of the industrial development of the late nineteenth century. The Yankee married Sandy, and they have a daughter named "Hello-Central." Returning to Camelot after a trip to the seashore for the child's health, Hank finds King Arthur dead and the entire Kingdom divided into two forces. A fight between King Arthur and Sir Lancelot has taken place over the king's wife, Queen Guenever. The established church has declared the "interdict"- excommunicating all those opposed to it. The masses of people who had once supported the boss now flock back to the Church. The Yankee and a small picked force of young men build a fortress surrounded by electrical wires. Most of the knights are killed in a grand attack, but the Boss is stabbed and then is nursed by an old woman (Merlin in disguise). Merlin casts a spell over the Yankee and states that he will awaken in thirteen hundred years. As the story ends, the Yankee wakes up in the nineteenth century.Character AnalysisHank Morgan-The Yankee is first seen as a "curious stranger". He has candid simplicity. His conversation is soft pleasant and flowing but he says strange things. Hank is an American "born and reared" in Hartford, Connecticut and is a practical "Yankee". He does not panic when he suddenly in a strange land, but sensibly proceeds to solve his problems in a sensible order. The most important feature of Hank is his ingenuity, which comes to his rescue many times in the story. King Arthur-The king is a mixture of virtue, superstition and majestic gusto. His subjects refer to him as "Arthur the king whose world is gold!" He is revered as a "wise and humane judge." He ...
