. Life in the greenwood . n hour ago the men were 28 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD waiting for our master to give the sign tospread the board, but he leaned against atree and stared at the sky with so sober aface that, in very truth, I was frightened my-self, and thought some bad tidings had cometo him from Nottingham. None dared speakto him but Little John. At last he said tohim, * Master, if thou wouldest dine soon,would it not be well ? And what did he answer? asked theyeoman, looking anxiously at Robin Hood,for he loved his master dearly and fearedlest some ill had come to him. The lookreassured h
. Life in the greenwood . n hour ago the men were 28 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD waiting for our master to give the sign tospread the board, but he leaned against atree and stared at the sky with so sober aface that, in very truth, I was frightened my-self, and thought some bad tidings had cometo him from Nottingham. None dared speakto him but Little John. At last he said tohim, * Master, if thou wouldest dine soon,would it not be well ? And what did he answer? asked theyeoman, looking anxiously at Robin Hood,for he loved his master dearly and fearedlest some ill had come to him. The lookreassured him, for Robin was whistling amerry tune and looked as if he had never acare in all the world. He said that he had no desire to dineuntil he had some bold baron or strangerguest to eat with him, or some bishop orabbot that could pay dearly for his dinner,or if not that, some knight or esquire, an-swered the man. :t And has Little John gone to fetch one ?asked the yeoman anxiously, for the smell ROBIN HOOD AND THE KNIGHT 29. of the roasting venison had sharpened hisappetite. Aye, Little John and Will Scarlet andMuch set off at once with their longbowsfor Watling Street, and may Heaven send usa guest right soon, for it is far in the day,and I would I were at my dinner, saidWill Stutely. Yea, verily, may Heaven send one rightquickly, sighed the hungry yeoman. LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD II Hoiu Little John and Will Scarlet went in search ofa guest, and how they found a gentle knight They went unto the Watling Street,They went these yeomen three, They looked east, they looked west,But they might no man see. The sun beat down on Watling Streetwhen Little John, Will Scarlet, and Muchthe millers son came out from the green-wood path into the hot, dusty highway. Theyshaded their eyes with their hands and lookedboth wrays, but as far as they could see botheast and west there was not a sign of life,—only a barren stretch of hard, white road. ! None but fools would be out at middayon the hotte
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