Scene 9



The historian



     [clack] 
VOICE: 
     Picture for Schools, take eight. 
DIRECTOR: 
     Action! 
HISTORIAN: 
     Defeat at the castle seems to have utterly disheartened King Arthur. The ferocity of the
     French taunting took him completely by surprise, and Arthur became convinced that a new
     strategy was required if the quest for the Holy Grail were to be brought to a successful
     conclusion. Arthur, having consulted his closest knights, decided that they should separate and
     search for the Grail individually. 
     [clop clop clop] 
     Now, this is what they did: Launcelot-- 
KNIGHT: 
     Aaaah! 
     [slash] 
     [KNIGHT kills HISTORIAN] 
HISTORIAN'S WIFE: 
     Frank!