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The Chase of Robin Hood
"Now,wellmet,SirRichardoftheLea,"criedhe,"forratherthananyothermaninEnglandwouldIseethygoodfacethisday!"ThenhetoldSirRichardallthehappeningsthathadbefallenhim,andthatnowatlasthefelthimselfsafe,beingsonightoSherwoodagain.ButwhenRobinhaddone,SirRichardshookhisheadsadly."Thouartingreaterdangernow,Robin,thanthouhastyetbeen,"saidhe,"forbeforetheeliebandsoftheSheriff’smenblockingeveryroadandlettingnonepassthroughthelineswithoutexaminingthemclosely.Imyselfknowthis,havingpassedthembutnow.BeforetheelietheSheriffsmenandbehindtheetheKing’smen,andthoucanstnothopetopasseitherway,forbythistimetheywillknowofthydisguiseandwillbeinwaitingtoseizeuponthee.Mycastleandeverythingwithinitarethine,butnoughtcouldbegainedthere,forIcouldnothopetoholditagainstsuchaforceasisnowinNottinghamoftheKing’sandtheSheriffsmen."Havingsospoken,SirRichardbenthisheadinthought,andRobinfelthisheartsinkwithinhimlikethatofthefoxthathearsthehoundsathisheelsandfindshisdenblockedwithearthsothatthereisnohidingforhim.ButpresentlySirRichardspokeagain,saying,"Onethingthoucanstdo,Robin,andoneonly.GobacktoLondonandthrowthyselfuponthemercyofourgoodQueenEleanor.Comewithmestraightwaytomycastle.Dofftheseclothesandputonsuchasmyretainerswear.
