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Pellinore: Forgive the interruption. Anyone here seen a beast with the head of a serpent, the body of a boar and the tail of a lion, baying like forty hounds? Mordred: [to Arthur about Guenevere] What a magnificent dilemma! Let her die, your life is over; let her live, your life's a fraud. Which will it be, Arthur? Do you kill the Queen or kill the law? Company: [singing] Guinevere, Guinevere.<br>In that dim, mournful year<br>Saw the men she held so dear<br>Go to war for Guinevere. Company: [singing] Guinevere, Guinevere<br>Oh, they found Guinevere<br>In the dying candle's gleam<br>Came the sundown of a dream.

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Arthur: But even the thought, "I'm not thinking a thought" is thinking, isn't it? Merlyn: Yes, and thinking is the sort of thing you should get into the habit of doing as often as possible.

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Arthur: A thousand pardons, Milady. Wait! Don't run. [She stops and looks at him coweringly] Please! I won't harm you. Guenevere: You lie! You'll leap at me and throw me to the ground. Arthur: I won't do any such thing. [He takes a step toward her. She takes a step backwards. He stops] Guenevere: Then you'll twist my arm and tie me to a tree. Arthur: But I won't. Guinevere: Then you'll sling me over your shoulder and carry me off. Arthur: No, no, no! I swear it! By the Sword Excalibur! I swear I won't touch you. Guinevere: [Hurt] Why not? [Sudden rage] How dare you insult me in this fashion. Do my looks repel you? Arthur: No. You're beautiful. Guinevere: Well, then? We're alone. I'm completely defenseless. What kind of a cad are you? Apologize at once.

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Lancelot: The next time you traffic with me, remember... you challenge the right hand of King Arthur! Arthur: I am King Arthur! Lancelot: What? You... are the king? Arthur: Almost the late king...

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Arthur: But for what purpose? Might isn't always right, Jenny. Guinevere: Nonsense, dear, of course it is. To be right and lose couldn't possibly be right.

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Lancelot: Dap, you are older than I. You know this Earth better than I. I only fell upon it a few hours ago. Dap: What are you talking about? Lancelot: Guenevere!

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Arthur: We must arrange for your knighthood. Lancelot: No, sire! Invest me because of deeds, not words! Give me an order! Arthur: Now? Lancelot: This moment! Is there some wrong I can right, some peril I can face, some quest I can undertake? Arthur: Well... actually... there's not much going on today. The Queen and some of her court have gone a-maying. Lancelot: Gone... a-maying? Arthur: Well, it's a sort of... um... picnic? They pick flowers and chase young... Lancelot: Picnic? Arthur: It's a custom we have here. This is England, you know. And this is the season for gathering flowers. Lancelot: Knights? Gathering FLOWERS? Arthur: Well, SOMEONE has to do it!

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Arthur: Wrong or right, they have the might, so wrong or right, they're always right, and that's wrong... right? Guinevere: Absolutely.

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Lancelot: If the king grants you clemency, you shall be banished. If not, you hang. Arthur: Clemency is granted.

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Lancelot: Jenny, I - I love you. God forgive me, but I do. Guinevere: Then God forgive us both, Lance.

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Arthur: Let us say you are accused of burning down a farm. Pellinore: Whose? Arthur: Er...let us say, a farmer named...William? Pellinore: Well, can't see it happening, but get along. Arthur: Now, Pelly, you claim you haven't. What does he do then? Pellinore: Well, he keeps his mouth shut if he knows what's good for him! Arthur: No, Pellinore. He takes you to court. Pellinore: Ah! And we fight there! Arthur: No, Pellinore. Look, in the court, there is a prosecutor for Farmer William and a defendant for you. Pellinore: Oh, I see! I see! And they fight! Arthur: No. In the court there is also a jury, who decides whether you are guilty or not guilty. Pellinore: Well, what's the jury got to do with it? None of their damn business in the first place! Any jury finds me guilty, I'll have a whack at every last one of 'em! Arthur: Then you'd be charged with murder, Pelly! Pellinore: Well, the ruddy thing's endless! Another jury finds me guilty, and I'll have to have a whack at them! And so on an

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Pellinore: Who is that, Arthur? Arthur: One of what we all are, Pelly. Less than a drop in the great blue motion of the sunlit sea. But it seems some of the drops sparkle, Pelly. Some of them do sparkle! Run, boy!