A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 1.

The ungentle laws and customs touched upon in this tale are historical, and the episodes which are used to illustrate them are also historical.

本书所提及的严苛法律与习俗皆为史实,用以说明它们的轶事同样为史实。

One is quite justified in inferring that whatever one of these laws or customs was lacking in that remote time, its place was competently filled by a worse one.

人们完全有理由推断:在那个远古时代,凡有缺漏的法律或习俗,总会有更糟糕的来补位。