Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
"MyLordBishop,"saidhe,"hereisanotherguestthatwehavewithusthisday.Iwishthatthoumightestknowhimbetter,forIandallmymenwillstrivetohonoryoubothatthismerrymaking."
"SirRichard,"saidtheBishopinareproachfultone,"methinksthouandIarecompanionsandfellowsufferersinthisdenof—"Hewasabouttosay"thieves,"buthestoppedsuddenlyandlookedaskanceatRobinHood.
"Speakout,Bishop,"quothRobin,laughing."WeofSherwoodchecknotaneasyflowofwords.‘Denofthieves’thouwestabouttosay."
QuoththeBishop,"MayhapthatwaswhatImeanttosay,SirRichard;butthisIwillsay,thatIsawtheejustnowlaughatthescurrilousjestsofthesefellows.Itwouldhavebeenmorebecomingofthee,methinks,tohavecheckedthemwithfrownsinsteadofspurringthemonbylaughter."
"Imeantnoharmtothee,"saidSirRichard,"butamerryjestisamerryjest,andImaytrulysayIwouldhavelaughedatithaditbeenagainstmineownself."
ButnowRobinHoodcalleduponcertainonesofhisbandwhospreadsoftmossuponthegroundandlaiddeerskinsthereon.ThenRobinbadehisguestsbeseated,andsotheyallthreesatdown,someofthechiefmen,suchasLittleJohn,WillScarlet,AllanaDale,andothers,stretchingthemselvesuponthegroundnearby.Thenagarlandwassetupatthefarendoftheglade,andthereatthebowmenshot,andsuchshootingwasdonethatdayasitwouldhavemadeone’sheartleaptosee.
