Robin! Ah, well, no matter now—too late!
[She stands looking after him.]
Scene II. Sherwood Forest: dusk. Outside the cave, as in the second act. Shadow-of-a-Leaf runs quickly across the glade, followed by Puck.
PUCK
Shadow-of-a-Leaf! Shadow-of-a-Leaf! Shadow-of-a-Leaf!
Don't dance away like that; don't hop; don't skip
Like that, I tell you! I'll never do it again,
I promise. Don't be silly now! Come here;
I want to tell you something. Ah, that's right.
Come, sit down here upon this bank of thyme
"While I thine amiable ears"—Oh, no,
Forgive me, ha! ha! ha!
SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF
Now, Master Puck,
You'll kindly keep your word! A foxglove spray
In the right hand is deadlier than the sword
That mortals use, and one resounding thwack
Applied to your slim fairyhood's green limbs
Will make it painful, painful, very painful,
Next time your worship wishes to sit down
Cross-legged upon a mushroom.
PUCK
Ha! ha! ha!
Poor Shadow-of-a-Leaf!
SHADOW-OF-A-LEAF