FRIAR TUCK
[To the Forester.]
Now, get you gone and quickly!
What, what hath happened?
[Friar Tuck and the Outlaws join the throng round Robin. The Forester shakes his fist at them and goes across the glade muttering. The Messenger from Kirklee Priory comes out of the forest at the same moment and speaks to him, not knowing of his dismissal.]
MESSENGER
All's well! Robin can come
To Kirklee. Our old friend the Prioress
Is there, and faithful! They've all balms and simples
To heal a wound.
FORESTER
[Staring at him.]
To Kirklee?
MESSENGER