How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph.)
Quote #1
"After all, damn it all, we can't have the boys runnin' about all day like hooligans—after all, damn it all? Ought to be havin' a first-rate eddication, at their age." (S.1.3).
Here's an example of how White uses dialects to suggest a character's social class. Pay attention to how Sir Ector (and people like Sir Grummore and King Pellinore) sound a lot more like the lower classes (like the sergeant-at-arms, Hob, and Robin Wood and his gang) than they do the upper classes. This is probably because they are provincial nobility.
Quote #2
"Hob is only a villein anyway." (S.1.62).
Kay has no respect for Hob, the bird-tender responsible for Cully, the hawk. Because he's of higher social station than Hob, Kay doesn't think it's wrong to take Cully without his permission. Also, "villein" here doesn't mean a person intent on crime. It simply means a farm worker (but you can see how our modern-day "villain" comes from this word—meaning someone lowborn and possibly sketchy).
Quote #3
"Nah, Nah, Master Kay, that ain't it at all. Has you were. Has you were. The spear should be 'eld between the thumb and forefinger of the right ʾand, with the shield in line with the seam of the trahser leg..." (S.7.13).
Check out the "ain't" and "has" (for "as") and "trahser" (for "trouser"). White gives the lower-class characters (like the sergeant-at-arms here) distinctive dialects to show their social standing.