You did not drink the health, sir Knight. I hope You hold with Lion-Heart. KNIGHT Yes; I hold with him. You were too quick for me. I had not drawn These gauntlets off. But tell me, Lady Marian, When is your bridal day with Robin Hood? MARIAN We shall be wedded when the King comes home From the Crusade. KNIGHT Ah, when the King comes home! That's music--all the birds of April sing In those four words for me--the King comes home. MARIAN I am glad you love him, sir. ROBIN But you're not eating! Your helmet's locked and barred! Will you not raise Your visor? KNIGHT [_Laughs._] Ha! ha! ha! You see I am trapped! I did not wish to raise it! Hunger and thirst Break down all masks and all disguises, Robin. [_He rises and removes his helmet, revealing the face of RICHARD COEUR DE LION._] ROBIN The King! [_They all leap to their feet._] OUTLAWS The King! The King! ROBIN But oh, my liege, I should have known, when we were hard beset Around Will Scarlet by their swarming bands, And when you rode out of the Eastern sky And hurled our foemen down, I should have known It was the King come home from the Crusade! And when I was beset here in the wood By treacherous hounds again, I should have known Whose armour suddenly burned between the leaves! I should have known, either it was St. George Or else the King come home from the Crusade! RICHARD Indeed there is one thing that might have told you, Robin--a lover's instinct, since it seems So much for you and Marian depends On my return. SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF Sire, you will pardon me, For I am only a fool, and yet methinks You know not half the meaning of those words-- The King, the King comes home from the Crusade! Thrust up your swords, heft uppermost, my lads, And shout--the King comes home from the Crusade. [_He leaps on a seat, and thrusts up the King's sword, heft uppermost, as if it were a cross._] ROBIN Pardon him, sire, poor Shadow-of-a-Leaf has lost His wits! SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF That's what Titania said you'd say, Poor sweet bells out of tune! But oh, don't leave, Don't leave the forest! There's darker things to come! Don't leave the forest! I have wits enough at least To wrap my legs around my neck for warmth On winter nights. RICHARD Well, you've no need to pass The winter in these woods-- SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF Oh, not _that_ winter! ROBIN Shadow-of-a-Leaf, be silent! [_SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF goes aside and throws himself down sobbing among the ferns._] RICHARD