[The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle]@TWC D-Link bookThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood The Chase of Robin Hood 29/32
Come with me straightway to my castle.
Doff these clothes and put on such as my retainers wear.
Then I will hie me to London Town with a troop of men behind me, and thou shalt mingle with them, and thus will I bring thee to where thou mayst see and speak with the Queen.
Thy only hope is to get to Sherwood, for there none can reach thee, and thou wilt never get to Sherwood but in this way." So Robin went with Sir Richard of the Lea, and did as he said, for he saw the wisdom of that which the knight advised, and that this was his only chance of safety. Queen Eleanor walked in her royal garden, amid the roses that bloomed sweetly, and with her walked six of her ladies-in-waiting, chattering blithely together.
Of a sudden a man leaped up to the top of the wall from the other side, and then, hanging for a moment, dropped lightly upon the grass within.
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