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Robin Hood Aids a Sorrowful Knight
’NowIwillshowtheethetruthofthissaying;for,ifthouwiltgowithmethisdaytoSherwoodForest,Iwillgivetheeasmerryafeastaseverthouhadstinallthylife."
"Thouartindeedkind,"saidtheKnight,"butmethinksthouwiltfindmebutanill-seemingandsorrowfulguest.Thouhadstbestletmepassonmywayinpeace."
"Nay,"quothRobin,"thoumightstgothineownwaybutforonething,andthatIwilltellthee.Wekeepaninn,asitwere,intheverydepthsofSherwood,butsofarfromhighroadsandbeatenpathsthatguestsdonotoftencomenighus;soIandmyfriendssetoffmerrilyandseekthemwhenwegrowdullofourselves.Thusthematterstands,SirKnight;yetIwillfurthermoretelltheethatwecountuponourguestspayingareckoning."
"Itakethymeaning,friend,"saidtheKnightgravely,"butIamnotthyman,forIhavenomoneybyme."
"Isitsooth?"saidRobin,lookingattheKnightkeenly."Icanscarcechoosebutbelievethee;yet,SirKnight,therebethoseofthyorderwhosewordisnottobetrustedasmuchastheywouldhaveothersbelieve.ThouwiltthinknoillifIlookformyselfinthismatter."Then,stillholdingthehorsebythebridlerein,heputhisfingerstohislipsandblewashrillwhistle,whereuponfourscoreyeomencameleapingoverthestileandrantowheretheKnightandRobinstood."These,"saidRobin,lookinguponthemproudly,"aresomeofmymerrymen.Theyshareandsharealikewithmealljoysandtroubles,gainsandlosses.
