. Life in the greenwood . you offeredme a thousand more, you would be no nearer 48 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD to it. Neither abbot, nor justice, nor priorshall be my heir. With these words hestrode to the table and poured out of a bagwhich he had held concealed under his cloakfour hundred pounds in gold. The goldpieces rattled as they fell out of the bagand rolled all over the table. Have here thy gold, sir abbot, said the knight, * Which that thou lendest me ;Hadst thou been courteous at my coming,Rewarded shouldst thou have been. The abbot sat still and stared first at SirRichard and then at the
. Life in the greenwood . you offeredme a thousand more, you would be no nearer 48 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD to it. Neither abbot, nor justice, nor priorshall be my heir. With these words hestrode to the table and poured out of a bagwhich he had held concealed under his cloakfour hundred pounds in gold. The goldpieces rattled as they fell out of the bagand rolled all over the table. Have here thy gold, sir abbot, said the knight, * Which that thou lendest me ;Hadst thou been courteous at my coming,Rewarded shouldst thou have been. The abbot sat still and stared first at SirRichard and then at the pile of glittering his dreams and plans were thwarted, andhe had even lost a chance to get interest onhis money, which had been gone from him ayear. Then an idea of how he might getback a little money came to him. Sir justice, he said, thou hast not carriedthrough this case as we did plan. Give meback what I gave thee for thy fee. Nay, nay, said the justice, I 11 have noneof thy tricks. Not one penny, sir And there he shook out of a bagEven four hundred pound. 50 LIFE IN THE GREENWOOD Sir abbot and ye men of law, I bid yougood day, said the knight. I have kept myday and I have my lands again, but it is notthanks to you that it is so. He strode out of the hall, flung off hisworn cloak while Little John slipped theone Robin had given him over his shoulders,and rode home through the greenwood sing-ing merrily. At the gate of his home he methis lady, who had been watching for himanxiously. Welcome, my lord, she said; is all ourgoods lost ? Be merry, dame, said the knight, andpray for Robin Hood. He helped me outof my trouble. Had it not been for his kind-ness we should be beggars; but the abbothas now his pay, which the good yeomanlent me, and I have my land again. The knight then dwelled fair at home, The sooth for to say,Till he had got four hundred poundsAll ready for to pay. ROBIN HOOD AND THE KNIGHT 51 IV How tJic knight came to tJic greenwoodSir Richard of Le
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