Or with smiles and winks would bid them listen to the nasal tune
Of the King, who dozed—"his custom always of an afternoon."
Thus in Camelot around the great loo table in the hall
Just thrice fifty knights were daily ranged by Kaye the Seneschal,
Whilst King Arthur in the centre of the table took his seat,
That he might the better notice if his knights were off their meat.
'Twas a sultry day in summer: e'en the castle's massive walls
Could not keep the heat from out the lofty corridors and halls:
Open were the doors and windows (partly for the sake of air,
Partly that the baser people might behold them dining there,