Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
AlltheforestgladesrangwiththeshoutthatwentupastheKnightandtheyeomenmarchedoffthroughthewoodlandwithglareoftorchesandgleamofsteel,andsoweregone.
ThenupspaketheBishopofHerefordinamournfulvoice,"I,too,mustbejogging,goodfellow,forthenightwaxeslate."
ButRobinlaidhishandupontheBishop’sarmandstayedhim."Benotsohasty,LordBishop,"saidhe."ThreedayshenceSirRichardmustpayhisdebtstoEmmet;untilthattimethoumustbecontenttoabidewithmelestthoubreedtroublefortheKnight.Ipromisetheethatthoushalthavegreatsport,forIknowthatthouartfondofhuntingthedundeer.Laybythymantleofmelancholy,andstrivetoleadajoyousyeomanlifeforthreestoutdays.Ipromisetheethoushaltbesorrytogowhenthetimehascome."
SotheBishopandhistrainabidedwithRobinforthreedays,andmuchsporthislordshiphadinthattime,sothat,asRobinhadsaid,whenthetimehadcomeforhimtogohewassorrytoleavethegreenwood.AttheendofthreedaysRobinsethimfree,andsenthimforthfromtheforestwithaguardofyeomentokeepfreebootersfromtakingwhatwasleftofthepacksandbundles.
But,astheBishoprodeaway,hevowedwithinhimselfthathewouldsometimemakeRobinruethedaythathestoppedhiminSherwood
