KNIGHT
Take it and God be with you!
I'll follow you to Sherwood with your men.
[Robin seizes the horse, leaps to the saddle, and gallops away.]
[Curtain.]
Scene II. Sherwood Forest. Outside the cave. Jenny, Marian and Widow Scarlet.
MARIAN
This dreadful waiting! How I wish that Robin
Had listened to the rest and stayed with me.
How still the woods are! Jenny, do you think There will be fighting? Oh, I am selfish, mother;
You need not be afraid. Robin will bring
Will Scarlet safely back to Sherwood. Why,
Perhaps they are all returning even now!
Cheer up! How long d'you think they've been away,
Jenny, six hours or more? The sun is high,
And all the dew is gone.
JENNY
Nay, scarce three hours.
Now don't you keep a-fretting. They'll be back,
Quite soon enough. I've scarcely spoke with you,
This last three days and more; and even now
It seems I cannot get you to myself,
Two's quite enough.
[To Widow Scarlet.]