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Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
SirKnight,Iprytheetellmewhatmoneythouhastaboutthee."
ForatimetheKnightsaidnotaword,butaslowredaroseintohischeeks;atlasthelookedRobininthefaceandsaid,"IknownotwhyIshouldbeashamed,foritshouldbenoshametome;but,friend,Itelltheethetruth,whenIsaythatinmypursearetenshillings,andthatthatiseverygroatthatSirRichardoftheLeahathinallthewideworld."
WhenSirRichardendedasilencefell,untilatlastRobinsaid,"Anddostthoupledgemethyknightlywordthatthisisallthouhastwiththee?"
"Yea,"answeredSirRichard,"Idopledgetheemymostsolemnword,asatrueknight,thatitisallthemoneyIhaveintheworld.Nay,hereismypurse,yemayfindforyourselvesthetruthofwhatIsay."AndheheldhispurseouttoRobin.
"Putupthypurse,SirRichard,"quothRobin."Farbeitfrommetodoubtthewordofsogentleaknight.TheproudIstrivetobringlow,butthosethatwalkinsorrowIwouldaidifIcould.Come,SirRichard,cheerupthyheartandgowithusintothegreenwood.EvenImayperchanceaidthee,forthousurelyknowesthowthegoodAthelstanewassavedbythelittleblindmolethatdiggedatrenchoverwhichhethatsoughttheking’slifestumbled."
"Truly,friend,"saidSirRichard,"methinksthoumeanestkindnessinthineownway;neverthelessmytroublesaresuchthatitisnotlikelythatthoucanstcurethem.ButIwillgowiththeethisdayintoSherwood.
