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Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
OnceagainGilberthadlodgedthreearrowsinthewhite;Tepuscamesecondwithtwointhewhiteandoneintheblackringnexttoit;butstoutCliftonhadgonedownandHubertofSuffolkhadtakenthethirdplace,for,whileboththosetwogoodyeomenhadlodgedtwointhewhite,Cliftonhadlostoneshotuponthefourthring,andHubertcameinwithoneinthethird.
AllthearchersaroundGilbert’sboothshoutedforjoytilltheirthroatswerehoarse,tossingtheircapsaloft,andshakinghandswithoneanother.
InthemidstofallthenoiseandhubbubfivemencamewalkingacrossthelawntowardtheKing’spavilion.ThefirstwasRichardPartington,andwasknowntomostfolkthere,buttheotherswerestrangetoeverybody.BesideyoungPartingtonwalkedayeomancladinblue,andbehindcamethreeothers,twoinLincolngreenandoneinscarlet.Thislastyeomancarriedthreestoutbowsofyewtree,twofancifullyinlaidwithsilverandonewithgold.Whilethesefivemencamewalkingacrossthemeadow,amessengercamerunningfromtheKing’sboothandsummonedGilbertandTepusandHuberttogowithhim.Andnowtheshoutingquicklyceased,forallsawthatsomethingunwontedwastoward,sothefolkstoodupintheirplacesandleanedforwardtoseewhatwastheado.
WhenPartingtonandtheotherscamebeforethespotwheretheKingandQueensat,thefouryeomenbenttheirkneesanddoffedtheircapsuntoher.
