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King Richard Comes to Sherwood Forest
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"ButdidInotheararightwhenIwastoldthatthisRobinHoodhathshednobloodsincehewasoutlawed,savingonlythatofthatvileGuyofGisbourne,forwhosedeathallhonestmenshouldthankhim?"
"Yea,YourMajesty,"saidtheSheriff,"youhaveheardaright.Nevertheless—"
"Then,"quoththeKing,breakinginontheSheriffsspeech,"whathaveItofearinmeetinghim,havingdonehimnoharm?Truly,thereisnodangerinthis.Butmayhapthouwiltgowithus,SirSheriff."
"Nay,"quoththeSheriffhastily,"Heavenforbid!"
ButnowsevenhabitssuchasBlackFriarswearwerebrought,andtheKingandthoseabouthimhavingcladthemselvestherein,andHisMajestyhavinghungapursewithahundredgoldenpoundsinitbeneathhisrobes,theyallwentforthandmountedthemulesthathadbeenbroughttothedoorforthem.ThentheKingbadetheSheriffbesilentastotheirdoings,andsotheysetforthupontheirway.Onwardtheytraveled,laughingandjesting,untiltheypassedthroughtheopencountry;betweenbareharvestfieldswhencetheharvesthadbeengatheredhome;throughscatteredgladesthatbegantothickenastheywentfartheralong,tilltheycamewithintheheavyshadeoftheforestitself.Theytraveledintheforestforseveralmileswithoutmeetinganyonesuchastheysought,untiltheyhadcometothatpartoftheroadthatlaynearesttoNewsteadAbbey.
