Пригоди Робін Гуда
The Chase of Robin Hood
"AtthesewordsthepoorCobblergazedallaroundhimwithhisgreatblueeyesasroundasthoseofadeadfish,whilehismouthgapedasthoughhehadswallowedallhiswordsandsolosthisspeech.
Robinalsogapedandstaredinawonderingway,justastheCobblerwouldhavedoneinhisplace."Alack-a-daisy,me,"quothhe."IknownotwhetherIbesittinghereorinNo-man’s-land!Whatmeanethallthisstiri’th’pot,deargoodgentlemen?Surelythisisasweet,honestfellow."
"‘Honestfellow,’saystthou,clown?"quothoneofthemen"Why,ItelltheethatthisisthatsameroguethatmencallRobinHood."
AtthisspeechtheCobblerstaredandgapedmorethanever,fortherewassuchathreshingofthoughtsgoingonwithinhispoorheadthathiswitswereallbefoggedwiththedustandchaffthereof.Moreover,ashelookedatRobinHood,andsawtheyeomanlooksolikewhatheknewhimselftobe,hebegantodoubtandtothinkthatmayhaphewasthegreatoutlawinrealsooth.Saidheinaslow,wonderingvoice,"AmIinverytruththatfellow?—NowIhadthought—butnay,Quince,thouartmistook—yet—amI?—Nay,ImustindeedbeRobinHood!Yet,truly,Ihadneverthoughttopassfromanhonestcraftsmantosuchagreatyeoman."
"Alas!"quothRobinHood,"lookyethere,now!Seehowyourill-treatmenthathcurdledthewitsofthispoorladandturnedthemallsour!I,myself,amQuince,theCobblerofDerbyTown."
"Isitso?"saidQuince.
