Gossip, suppose the sun goes out like this. Pouf! [_Blows it out._] Stranger things have happened. FITZWALTER Silence, fool!... So, if you share your wealth with all the world Earth will be none the better, and my poor girl Will suffer for it. Where you got the gold You have already lavished on the poor Heaven knows. FRIAR TUCK Oh, by the mass and the sweet moon Of Sherwood, so do I? That's none so hard A riddle! SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF Ah, Friar Tuck, we know, we know! Under the hawthorn bough, and at the foot Of rainbows, that's where fairies hide their gold. Cut me a silver penny out of the moon Next time you're there. [_Whispers._] Now tell me, have you brought Your quarter-staff? FRIAR TUCK [_Whispering._] Hush! hush. SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF Oh, mum's the word! I see it! FITZWALTER Believe me, Robin, there's one way And only one--patience! When Lion-Heart Comes home from the Crusade, he will not brook This blot upon our chivalry. Prince John Is dangerous to a heart like yours. Beware Of rousing him. Meanwhile, your troth holds good; But, till the King comes home from the Crusade You must not claim your bride. ROBIN So be it, then.... When the great King comes home from the Crusade!... FITZWALTER Meanwhile for Marian's sake and mine, I pray Do nothing rash. [_Enter WIDOW SCARLET. She goes up to ROBIN HOOD._] WIDOW SCARLET Are you that Robin Hood They call the poor man's friend? ROBIN I am. WIDOW SCARLET They told me, They told me I should find you here. They told me! ROBIN Come, mother, what's the trouble? WIDOW SCARLET Sir, my son Will Scarlet lies in gaol at Nottingham For killing deer in Sherwood! Sir, they'll hang him. He only wanted food for him and me! They'll kill him, I tell you, they'll kill him. I can't help Crying it out. He's all I have, all! Save him! I'll pray for you, I'll ... ROBIN [_To FITZWALTER, as he raises WIDOW SCARLET gently to her feet._] Sir, has not the King Come home from the Crusade? Does not your heart Fling open wide its gates to welcome him? FITZWALTER Robin, you set me riddles. Follow your conscience. Do what seems best. ROBIN