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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

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The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.
But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."
"What will he want with me?" said Ralph.
"Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?
Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"
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The Well at the World's End: A Tale

Chapter XX · Chapter 20

Chapter 20 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale is here in full — 278 sentences across 56 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

Reading 1/55 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.
Line 2
But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."
Line 3
"What will he want with me?" said Ralph.
Line 4
"Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?
Line 5
Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

All words in this reading · 73

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A

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

after

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

and

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

as

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

ask

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

asketh

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

before

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

brought

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

But

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

come

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

comes

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

cut

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

cutler

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

David

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

deem

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From this reading Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

done

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

Dost

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From this reading Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

drink

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

durst

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From this reading Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

eating

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

enough

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

erst

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

for

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

good

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

had

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

halt

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

he

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

him

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

his

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From this reading Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

I

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From this reading Dost thou deem that I durst ask him of his will with thee?"

is

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

knife

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

little

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Lord

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

made

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

man

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

me

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From this reading "What will he want with me?" said Ralph.

meat

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Might

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Minstrelsy

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

my

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

night

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

of

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

proper

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

question

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

quoth

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

Ralph

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Ralph's

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

said

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From this reading "What will he want with me?" said Ralph.

says

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

should

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

shown

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

somewhat

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

sunset

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

tent

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

that

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

The

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

thee

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

they

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

thou

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

though

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

to

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Up

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

Utterbol

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

want

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From this reading "What will he want with me?" said Ralph.

was

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

What

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From this reading "What will he want with me?" said Ralph.

Will

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

wilt

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

with

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From this reading "What will he want with me?" said Ralph.

Wot

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From this reading The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy A little before sunset they made halt for the night, and Ralph was shown to a tent as erst, and had meat and drink good enough brought to him.

Yea

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From this reading "Yea, that is a proper question to ask!" quoth David; "as though the knife should ask the cutler, what wilt thou cut with me?

young

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From this reading But somewhat after he had done eating comes David to him and says: "Up, young man! and come to my lord, he asketh for thee."

Chapter 20 of The Well at the World's End: A Tale by William Morris holds 278 sentences, grouped into 56 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 20 holds 278 sentences of The Well at the World's End: A Tale, unabridged, divided into 56 reading sections.

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