Приключения Робин Гуда

           ForsomeminutesLittleJohnsatmotionless,butpresentlyhelaidthatwhichheheldgentlydown,then,foldingthehandsuponthebreastandcoveringuptheface,heturneduponhisheelandlefttheroomwithoutawordorasound.

           UponthesteepstairwayhemetthePrioressandsomeofthechiefamongthesisters.Tothemhespokeinadeep,quiveringvoice,andsaidhe,"Anyegowithinascoreoffeetofyonderroom,Iwillteardownyourrookeryoveryourheadssothatnotonestoneshallbeleftuponanother.Bearmywordswellinmind,forImeanthem."Sosaying,heturnedandleftthem,andtheypresentlysawhimrunningrapidlyacrosstheopen,throughthefallingofthedusk,untilhewasswallowedupbytheforest.

           TheearlygrayofthecomingmornwasjustbeginningtolightentheblackskytowardtheeastwardwhenLittleJohnandsixmoreofthebandcamerapidlyacrosstheopentowardthenunnery.Theysawnoone,forthesisterswereallhiddenawayfromsight,havingbeenfrightenedbyLittleJohn’swords.Upthestonestairtheyran,andagreatsoundofweepingwaspresentlyheard.Afterawhilethisceased,andthencamethescufflingandshufflingofmen’sfeetastheycarriedaheavyweightdownthesteepandwindingstairs.Sotheywentforthfromthenunnery,and,astheypassedthroughthedoorsthereof,agreat,loudsoundofwailingarosefromthegladethatlayalldarkinthedawning,asthoughmanymen,hiddenintheshadows,hadlifteduptheirvoicesinsorrow