All I know is that someone will be coming, someone very important. Archimedes: Who? Who? I'd like to know who! Merlin: I told you, Archimedes, I am not sure. He should be here in, I'd say, half an hour. nothing! Oh, hang it all! Hang it all! Oh, now what? Now what?! Here, leave off! LEAVE OFF! Oh, you fiendish chain, you! Everything complicated! One big medieval mess! Merlin: A dark age indeed! An age of inconveniance!? No plumbing! No electricity! No. Men lived in fear of one another, for the strong preyed upon the weak. This was a dark age, without law and without order. So the miracle had not worked, and England was still without a king - and in time, the marvellous sword was forgotten. Sir Ector: And below the hilt, in letters of gold, were written these words: "Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of England." Though many tried for the sword with all their strength, none could move the sword nor stir it. It seemed that the land would be torn by war, Or saved by a miracle alone - And that miracle appeared in London town: The Sword in the Stone. The good King had died, and no one could decide Who was rightful heir to the Throne. Balladeer: A legend is sung of when England was young, And Knights were brave and bold. Why, they might even make a motion picture about you. They'll be writing books about you for centuries to come. So at last, the miracle had come to pass in that far off time upon New Year's Day and the glorious reign of King Arthur was begun. Fate will direct him to me, so that I, in turn, may guide him to his rightful place in the world. Merlin uses all his magic powers to change a scrawny little boy into a legendary hero! Dialogue All I know is that someone will be coming, someone very important.
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