Приключения Робин Гуда
The Chase of Robin Hood
Notlongafterthis,ascoreormoreoftheKing’smencameclatteringuptothedooroftheinnatBarnetTown.Heretheyleapedfromtheirhorsesandquicklysurroundedtheplace,theleaderofthebandandfourothersenteringtheroomwheretheyeomenhadbeen.Buttheyfoundthattheirbirdshadflownagain,andthattheKinghadbeenbalkedasecondtime.
"Methoughtthattheywerenaughtyfellows,"saidthehost,whenheheardwhomthemen-at-armssought."ButIheardthatblue-cladknavesaythattheywouldgostraightforwardtoSaintAlbans;so,anyehurryforward,yemay,perchance,catchthemonthehighroadbetwixthereandthere."Forthisnewstheleaderofthebandthankedminehostrightheartily,and,callinghismentogether,mountedandsetforthagain,gallopingforwardtoSaintAlbansuponawildgoosechase.
AfterLittleJohnandWillScarletandAllanaDalehadleftthehighwayneargarnet,theytraveledtowardtheeastward,withoutstopping,aslongastheirlegscouldcarrythem,untiltheycametoChelmsford,inEssex.Thencetheyturnednorthward,andcamethroughCambridgeandLincolnshire,tothegoodtownofGainsborough.Then,strikingtothewestwardandthesouth,theycameatlasttothenorthernbordersofSherwoodForest,withoutinallthattimehavingmetsomuchasasinglebandoftheKing’smen.Eightdaystheyjourneyedthuseretheyreachedthewoodlandsinsafety,butwhentheygottothegreenwoodglade,theyfoundthatRobinhadnotyetreturned.
