All of them were looking at him, waiting for him to start.
"I don't quite know where to start," he said.
"Why, that's obvious," said Betty. "You start at the beginning."
"Quite right," said Bishop.
He took a deep breath.
"Once, long ago, in the island of Britain, there was a great king whose name was Arthur - "
"Yclept," said Jim.
"You've read the stories?"
"The word was in your mind."
"It's an old word, an archaic word. In some versions of the tales - "