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Robin Hood and Guy of Gisbourne
"Thegreatoutlawdeadandhisright-handmaninmyhands!Askwhatthouwiltofme,GuyofGisbourne,anditisthine!"
"ThenthisIaskofthee,"saidRobin."AsIhaveslainthemasterIwouldnowkilltheman.Givethisfellow’slifeintomyhands,SirSheriff."
"Nowthouartafool!"criedtheSheriff."Thoumightsthavehadmoneyenoughforaknight’sransomifthouhadstaskedforit.Ilikeilltoletthisfellowpassfrommyhands,butasIhavepromised,thoushalthavehim."
"Ithanktheerightheartilyforthygift,"criedRobin."Taketheroguedownfromthehorse,men,andleanhimagainstyondertree,whileIshowyouhowwestickaporkerwhenceIcome!"
AtthesewordssomeoftheSheriff’smenshooktheirheads;for,thoughtheycarednotawhitwhetherLittleJohnwerehangedornot,theyhatedtoseehimbutcheredincoldblood.ButtheSheriffcalledtotheminaloudvoice,orderingthemtotaketheyeomandownfromthehorseandleanhimagainstthetree,astheotherbade.
WhiletheyweredoingthisRobinHoodstrungbothhisbowandthatofGuyofGisbourne,albeitnoneofthemtooknoticeofhisdoingso.Then,whenLittleJohnstoodagainstthetree,hedrewGuyofGisbourne’ssharp,double-edgeddagger."Fallback!fallback!"criedhe."Wouldyecrowdsoonmypleasure,yeunmannerlyknaves?Back,Isay!Fartheryet!"Sotheycrowdedback,asheordered,manyofthemturningtheirfacesaway,thattheymightnotseewhatwasabouttohappen.
