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Let this peril that thou hast passed through teach thee two
lessons. First, be more honest. Second, be not so bold in thy
comings and goings. A man that walketh in the darkness as
thou dost may escape for a time, but in the end he will sure-
ly fall into the pit. Thou hast put thy head in the angry lion’s
mouth, and yet thou hast escaped by a miracle. Try it not
again.’ So saying, he turned and left Robin and was gone.
For three days Robin abided in London in the Queen’s
household, and at the end of that time the King’s head Page,
Edward Cunningham, came, and taking Robin with him,
departed northward upon his way to Sherwood. Now and
then they passed bands of the King’s men coming back
again to London, but none of those bands stopped them,
and so, at last, they reached the sweet, leafy woodlands.

The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood