The Well at the World's End: A Tale Read online

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  The Well at the World's End

  by

  William Morris

  Table of Contents

  BOOK ONE The Road Unto Love

  Chapter

  1 The Sundering of the Ways 2 Ralph Goeth Back Home to the High House 3 Ralph Cometh to the Cheaping-Town 4 Ralph Rideth the Downs 5 Ralph Cometh to Higham-on-the-Way 6 Ralph Goeth His Ways From the Abbey of St. Mary at Higham 7 The Maiden of Bourton Abbas 8 Ralph Cometh to the Wood Perilous. An Adventure Therein 9 Another Adventure in the Wood Perilous 10 A Meeting and a Parting in the Wood Perilous 11 Now Must Ralph Ride For It 12 Ralph Entereth Into the Burg of the Four Friths 13 The Streets of the Burg of the Four Friths 14 What Ralph Heard of the Matters of the Burg of the Four Friths 15 How Ralph Departed From the Burg of the Four Friths 16 Ralph Rideth the Wood Perilous Again 17 Ralph Cometh to the House of Abundance 18 Of Ralph in the Castle of Abundance 19 Ralph Readeth in a Book Concerning the Well at the World's End 20 Ralph Meeteth a Man in the Wood 21 Ralph Weareth Away Three Days Uneasily 22 An Adventure in the Wood 23 The Leechcraft of the Lady 24 Supper and Slumber in the Woodland Hall

  BOOK TWO The Road Unto Trouble

  1 Ralph Meets With Love in the Wilderness 2 They Break Their Fast in the Wildwood 3 The Lady Telleth Ralph of the Past Days of Her Life 4 The Lady Tells of Her Deliverance 5 Yet More of the Lady's Story 6 The Lady Tells Somewhat of Her Doings After She Left the Wilderness 7 The Lady Tells of the Strife and Trouble That Befell After Her Coming 8 The Lady Maketh an End of Her Tale 9 They Go On Their Way Once More 10 Of the Desert-House and the Chamber of Love in the Wilderness 11 Ralph Cometh Out of the Wilderness 12 Ralph Falleth in With Friends and Rideth to Whitwall 13 Richard Talketh With Ralph Concerning the Well at the World's End. 14 Ralph Falleth in With Another Old Friend 15 Ralph Dreams a Dream Or Sees a Vision 16 Of the Tales of Swevenham 17 Richard Bringeth Tidings of Departing 18 Ralph Departeth From Whitwall With the Fellowship of Clement Chapman 19 Master Clement Tells Ralph Concerning the Lands Whereunto They Were 20 They Come to the Mid-Mountain Guest-House 21 A Battle in the Mountains 22 Ralph Talks With Bull Shockhead 23 Of the Town of Cheaping Knowe 24 Ralph Heareth More Tidings of the Damsel 25 The Fellowship Comes to Whiteness 26 They Ride the Mountains Toward Goldburg 27 Clement Tells of Goldburg 28 Now They Come to Goldburg 29 Of Goldburg and the Queen Thereof 30 Ralph Hath Hope of Tidings Concerning the Well at the World's End 31 The Beginning of the Road To Utterbol 32 Ralph Happens on Evil Days 33 Ralph is Brought on the Road Towards Utterbol 34 The Lord of Utterbol Will Wot of Ralph's Might and Minstrelsy 35 Ralph Cometh To the Vale of the Tower 36 The Talk of Two Women Concerning Ralph 37 How Ralph Justed With the Aliens 38 A Friend Gives Ralph Warning 39 The Lord of Utterbol Makes Ralph a Free Man 40 They Ride Toward Utterness From Out of Vale Turris 41 Redhead Keeps Tryst

  BOOK THREE The Road To The Well At World's End.

  1 An Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountains 2 Ralph Rides the Wood Under the Mountains 3 Ralph Meeteth With Another Adventure in the Wood Under the Mountain 4 They Ride the Wood Under the Mountains 5 They Come on the Sage of Swevenham 6 Those Two Are Learned Lore by the Sage of Swevenham 7 An Adventure by the Way 8 They Come to the Sea of Molten Rocks 9 They Come Forth From the Rock-Sea 10 They Come to the Gate of the Mountains 11 They Come to the Vale of Sweet Chestnuts 12 Winter Amidst of the Mountains 13 Of Ursula and the Bear 14 Now Come the Messengers of the Innocent Folk 15 They Come to the Land of the Innocent Folk 16 They Come to the House of the Sorceress 17 They Come Through the Woodland to the Thirsty Desert 18 They Come to the Dry Tree 19 They Come Out of the Thirsty Desert 20 They Come to the Ocean Sea 21 Now They Drink of the Well at the World's End 22 Now They Have Drunk and Are Glad

  BOOK FOUR The Road Home

  1 Ralph and Ursula Come Back Again Through the Great Mountains 2 They Hear New Tidings of Utterbol 3 They Winter With the Sage; and Thereafter Come Again to Vale Turris 4 A Feast in the Red Pavilion 5 Bull Telleth of His Winning of the Lordship of Utterbol 6 They Ride From Vale Turris. Redhead Tells of Agatha 7 Of Their Riding the Waste, and of a Battle Thereon 8 Of Goldburg Again, and the Queen Thereof 9 They Come to Cheaping Knowe Once More. Of the King Thereof 10 An Adventure on the Way to the Mountains 11 They Come Through the Mountains Into the Plain 12 The Roads Sunder Again 13 They Come to Whitwall Again 14 They Ride Away From Whitwall 15 A Strange Meeting in the Wilderness 16 They Come to the Castle of Abundance Once More 17 They Fall in With That Hermit 18 A Change of Days in the Burg of the Four Friths 19 Ralph Sees Hampton and the Scaur 20 They Come to the Gate of Higham By the Way 21 Talk Between Those Two Brethren 22 An Old Acquaintance Comes From the Down Country to See Ralph 23 They Ride to Bear Castle 24 The Folkmote of the Shepherds 25 They Come to Wulstead 26 Ralph Sees His Father and Mother Again 27 Ralph Holds Converse With Katherine His Gossip 28 Dame Katherine Tells of the Pair of Beads, and Whence She Had Them 29 They Go Down to Battle in Upmeads 30 Ralph Brings His Father and Mother to Upmeads 31 Ralph Brings Ursula Home to the High House 32 Yet a Few Words Concerning Ralph of Upmeads

  BOOK ONE

  The Road Unto Love