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Robin Hood and the Tinker
"Thatmaybe,"saidtheTinkerrightsturdily,"butIammoredeftthanhe,fordidInotovercomeSimonofElyinafairboutintheringatHertfordTown?Butifthouknowesthim,myjollyblade,wiltthougowithmeandbringmetohim?FourscorebrightangelshaththeSheriffpromisedmeifIservethewarrantupontheknave’sbody,andtenofthemwillIgivetotheeifthoushowestmehim."
"Ay,thatwillI,"quothRobin,"butshowmethywarrant,man,untilIseewhetheritbegoodorno."
"ThatwillInotdo,eventomineownbrother,"answeredtheTinker."NomanshallseemywarranttillIserveituponyonfellow’sownbody."
"Sobeit,"quothRobin."AndthoushowitnottomeIknownottowhomthouwiltshowit.ButhereweareattheSignoftheBlueBoar,soletusinandtastehisbrownOctober."
NosweeterinncouldbefoundinallNottinghamshirethanthatoftheBlueBoar.Nonehadsuchlovelytreesstandingaround,orwassocoveredwithtrailingclematisandsweetwoodbine;nonehadsuchgoodbeerandsuchhummingale;nor,inwintertime,whenthenorthwindhowledandsnowdriftedaroundthehedges,wastheretobefound,elsewhere,sucharoaringfireasblazeduponthehearthoftheBlueBoar.Atsuchtimesmightbefoundagoodlycompanyofyeomenorcountryfolkseatedaroundtheblazinghearth,bandyingmerryjests,whileroastedcrabsbobbedinbowlsofaleuponthehearthstone.WellknownwastheinntoRobinHoodandhisband,fortherehadheandsuchmerrycompanionsasLittleJohnorWillStutelyoryoungDavidofDoncasteroftengatheredwhenalltheforestwasfilledwithsnow.
