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Robin Hood and Will Scarlet
"Giveover,Isay!"quothRobininafume."Mycoathathbeendustedenoughalready,withoutaidofthine."Then,turningtothestranger,hesaid,"Whatmaybethyname,goodfellow?"
"MynameisGamwell,"answeredtheother.
"Ha!"criedRobin,"isitevenso?Ihavenearkinofthatname.Whencecamestthou,fairfriend?"
"FromMaxfieldTownIcome,"answeredthestranger."TherewasIbornandbred,andthenceIcometoseekmymother’syoungbrother,whommencallRobinHood.So,ifperchancethoumaystdirectme—"
"Ha!WillGamwell!"criedRobin,placingbothhandsupontheother’sshouldersandholdinghimoffatarm’slength."Surely,itcanbenoneother!Imighthaveknowntheebythatprettymaidenairofthine—thatdainty,finickingmannerofgait.Dostthounotknowme,lad?Lookuponmewell."
"Now,bythebreathofmybody!"criedtheother,"IdobelievefrommyheartthatthouartmineownUncleRobin.Nay,certainitisso!"Andeachflunghisarmsaroundtheother,kissinghimuponthecheek.
ThenoncemoreRobinheldhiskinsmanoffatarm’slengthandscannedhimkeenlyfromtoptotoe."Why,hownow,"quothhe,"whatchangeishere?Verily,someeightortenyearsagoIlefttheeastriplinglad,withgreatjointsandill-hunglimbs,andlo!herethouart,astightafellowase’erIsetmineeyesupon.
