On the table a candle was set, flickering and dancing. The flame gave forth enough light to see the faces around the table. I sat next to a man who was young and had appearance like myself, Will, by name. Across from him was another man, John, who was tall, bearded, with merry eyes. He held his hand to his forehead with his elbow resting on the table. And directly in front of me was a man with scarlet hair, Martin. His lips were pinched in frustration, as he leant back in his chair with his cloak tightly wrapped about him. Such was Martin’s disposition.      

“Draw your sword, sir!” I menaced Robin with a spoon, and he snatched up a long loaf of bread to defend himself.

“En garde, my lady!”

“Children, children…” Friar Tuck’s ever-patient voice called from inside the cave, where he was checking Much’s leg. Hopefully, the young miller’s son would be up and about soon.

I laughed and snatched the loaf away from Robin and took a large bite out of it. “Mm,” I mumbled around the bite. “Widow Della is amazing.” It came out more like “Wih-oh ‘Ewwa ih ama’in’.”

 “Draw your sword, your Grace,” I ordered Chantille. “I will not fight an unarmed squirrel.”

He sat back in his chair, expressionless. “Then I will not draw. If I do not draw, we will not fight, and you will have to find something else—”

 “I said I wouldn’t fight you,” I broke in. “I did not say that I wouldn’t simply skewer you on the spot.”

Marian was still staring at me with an expression of bewilderment and joy on her face. “You’re not dead?”

(Note: OK, folks, my apologies for such a long space between parts here. I don't know if anyone is even still following this story. I finished it at the end of the summer, but lost the notebook it was written in during the first part of the semester and only recently found it. Hopefully, it won't be a several-month wait before the next part. Enjoy!)

At long last, here it is, my friends: the latest installments in the adventures of Robin Hood and Maid Marian Fitzgerald. For those who haven't been keeping track, this chapter is from Marian's point of view.

Robin