Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Seeks the Curtal Friar
"Hereuponheleapeddownthebanktowheretheotherstood."Itellthee,friend,"saidhe,"mythroatisasparchedwiththatsongase’erabarleystubbleinOctober.HastthouhaplyanyMalmseyleftinthatstoutpottle?"
"Truly,"saidtheFriarinaglumvoice,"thoudostaskthyselffreelywherethouartnotbidden.YetItrustIamtoogoodaChristiantorefuseanymandrinkthatisathirst.Suchasthereiso’tthouartwelcometoadrinkofthesame."AndheheldthepottleouttoRobin.
Robintookitwithoutmoreadoandputtingittohislips,tiltedhisheadback,whilethatwhichwaswithinsaid"glug!lug!glug!"formorethanthreewinks,Iwot.ThestoutFriarwatchedRobinanxiouslythewhile,andwhenhewasdonetookthepottlequickly.Heshookit,helditbetwixthiseyesandthelight,lookedreproachfullyattheyeoman,andstraightwayplaceditathisownlips.Whenitcameawayagaintherewasnoughtwithinit.
"Dossthouknowthecountryhereabouts,thougoodandholyman?"askedRobin,laughing.
"Yea,somewhat,"answeredtheotherdryly.
"AnddostthouknowofacertainspotcalledFountainAbbey?"
"Yea,somewhat."
"ThenperchancethouknowestalsoofacertainonewhogoethbythenameoftheCurtalFriarofFountainAbbey."
"Yea,somewhat.
