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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hood Compasses a Marriage
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"Marry, bestir thyself," quoth Robin, "for yonder, in the church door, is one of thy cloth.

Go thou and talk to him, and so get thyself into the church, that thou mayst be there when thou art wanted; meantime, Little John, Will Stutely, and I will follow thee anon." So Friar Tuck clambered over the wall, crossed the road, and came to the church, where the old friar was still laboring with the great key, the lock being somewhat rusty and he somewhat old and feeble.
"Hilloa, brother," quoth Tuck, "let me aid thee." So saying, he took the key from the other's hand and quickly opened the door with a turn of it.
"Who art thou, good brother ?" asked the old friar, in a high, wheezing voice.

"Whence comest thou, and whither art thou going ?" And he winked and blinked at stout Friar Tuck like an owl at the sun.
"Thus do I answer thy questions, brother," said the other.

"My name is Tuck, and I go no farther than this spot, if thou wilt haply but let me stay while this same wedding is going forward.

I come from Fountain Dale and, in truth, am a certain poor hermit, as one may say, for I live in a cell beside the fountain blessed by that holy Saint Ethelrada.


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