Here Lies Arthur. Genre: Fantasy. Pages read: 20 (45 mins)

The words I chose are desolation, infallibility, discernible and masques. Desolation means the state of being abandoned or forsaken; loneliness. Infallibility is the quality of never making an error. Discernible means perceptible, as by the faculty of vision or the intellect. Masques means a dramatic entertainment, usually performed by masked players representing mythological or allegorical figures, that was popular in England in the 16th and early 17th centuries.

Arthur and his troop went to a village so they could offer their protection for gold. While there, they met the widow of one of Arthur's dead friends. She let them stay there for a while and Gwyn met a little girl who was really a boy! He was the widow's last and only surviving son. She pretended that he was a girl so that way he wouldn't have to go and die fighting. Then they came up with an idea to find out if the priest was keeping their money saying that he was getting rid of it. They found out that he did and Arthur took all the gold for their protection.

I have to now return the book to the library. It is due. I liked this book a bit. Not too much but a bit. I wonder why the author wanted to show the dark side of Arthur.