Приключения Робин Гуда
Robin Hood Shoots Before Queen Eleanor
"Withallmyheart,"quothmerryRobin,"IwillshootfromthistimetilltomorrowdayifitcanpleasuremymostgraciouslordandKing.Takethyplace,Gilbertlad,andshoot."
SoGilberttookhisplaceoncemore,butthistimehefailed,for,asuddenlittlewindarising,hisshaftmissedthecenterring,butbynotmorethanthebreadthofabarleystraw.
"Thyeggsarecracked,Gilbert,"quothRobin,laughing;andstraightwayheloosedashaft,andoncemoresmotethewhitecircleofthecenter.
ThentheKingarosefromhisplace,andnotawordsaidhe,buthelookedaroundwithabalefullook,anditwouldhavebeenanilldayforanyonethathesawwithajoyousoramerrylookuponhisface.ThenheandhisQueenandallthecourtlefttheplace,buttheKing’sheartwasbrimmingfullofwrath.
AftertheKinghadgone,alltheyeomenofthearcherguardcamecrowdingaroundRobin,andLittleJohn,andWill,andAllan,tosnatchalookatthesefamousfellowsfromthemid-country;andwiththemcamemanythathadbeenonlookersatthesport,forthesamepurpose.Thusithappenedpresentlythattheyeomen,towhomGilbertstoodtalking,wereallsurroundedbyacrowdofpeoplethatformedaringaboutthem.
