Chapter 10 One morning, King Arthur along with his queen was sitting in his palace in a relaxed mood. A messenger came inside and said to the King, “Your Highness! An old man dressed in white and with a white beard has come outside. He want to see the Majesty at once.”Hearing the words the […]
Chapter 9 The season of summer had set in. Queen Guinevere was fond of flowers. As it was the month of May, the gardens were blooming with beautiful flowers like rose, marigold, lotus, water-lily, sunflower, bougainvillea, etc. The queen desired to go to the gardens and enjoy the scenic beauty and fragrance of flowers. One
Chapter 8 The subjects were happy with King Arthur and the queen. One morning, King Arthur was sitting in a relaxed mood when one of the messengers appeared in front of him and said, “Your Highness! A man has come to meet you. He is tall and handsome but the coat he is wearing is
Chapter 7 King Arthur was passing his days peacefully. One day, he was sitting in relaxed mood. He called one of his ministers and said to him, “Now there is peace and tranquility in my kingdom. My subjects are happy and contended. I have a mood to go out somewhere tomorrow morning.”The minister joining both
Chapter 6 In due course, Sir Lancelot became the finest and efficient knight of the Round Table. He had all the virtues of being a true knight. He was gentle, brave, handsome and chivalrous. All the other knights respected him a lot and looked up to him for any kind of help or clarification. He
Chapter 5 Sad and desolate, Arthur returned to his country. After reaching his country, he rested for a few days. He didn’t go hunting or shooting wild animals for pleasure. He remained at home all through these days. His wounds had healed up. He was up and doing as before. He turned hale and hearty
Chapter 4 King Uther, Arthur’s father had a step-sister. Her name was Morgan le Fay. She hated Arthur very much. She wanted to do away with him by hook or by crook. The reason for her ill-will towards Arthur was that she wanted her son Mordred to sit on the throne of Britain. But there
Chapter 3 Now Arthur had become the new king of Britain. Every other day, he would travel all over the country in order to know more about his people. He would land a helping hand to the needy, the unfortunate, the downtrodden and the helpless. Everybody in his kingdom was happy and satisfied. On one
Chapter 2 Arthur had become King Arthur. He had pledged to bring place and honour to the kingdom. Arthur’s path was beset with several obstacles. After the death of Uther, the Saxon pirates had raised their ugly heads and were becoming stronger and stronger. They were very cruel. They started raiding the coastal cities and
Chapter 1 In olden days, Britain was not a powerful country. It had been divided into small kingdoms. These kingdoms were ruled over by kings. The name of one such king was Uther. He was a benevolent, truthful and justice-loving king. The name of his wife was Igraine. Both the King and the Queen were
Chapter 10 Our conversation was hampered by the presence of the driver of the hired wagonette, so that we might be forced to talk of trivial matters when our nerves were tense with emotion and anticipation. It was a relief to me, after that unnatural restraint, when we at last passed Frankland’s house and knew
Chapter 9 Sir Henry was more pleased than surprised to see Sherlock Holmes, for he had for some days been expecting that recent events would bring him down from London. He did raise his eyebrows, however, when he found that my friend had neither any luggage nor any explanations for its absence. Between us we
Chapter 8 One fine morning, I heard a well-known voice. For a moment or two I sat breathless, hardly able to believe my ears. Then my senses and my voice came back to me, while a crushing weight of responsibility seemed in an instant to be lifted from my soul. That cold, incisive, ironical voice
Chapter 7 I was determined to reach the heart of the mystery. I had established two facts of great importance, the one that Mrs. Laura Lyons of Coombe Tracey had written to Sir Charles Baskerville and made an appointment with him at the very place and hour that he met his death, the other that
Chapter 6 Baskerville Hall, October 13thMy dear Holmes:My previous letters and telegrams have kept you pretty well up to date as to all that has occurred in this most God-forsaken corner of the world. The longer one stays here, the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one’s soul, its vastness, and also