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their arrows among the sheriff's men, who, after a brief resistance, fed in all directions. The forester, who had personated the friar, sent an arrow after the flying sheriff, calling with a strong voice: "To the sheriff's left arm, as a keepsake from Robin Hood." The arrow reached its destiny: the sheriff redoubled his speed; and with the one arrow in his arm, did not stop to breathe till he was out of reach of another.

The foresters did not waste time in Nottingham, but were soon at a distance from its walls. Sir Guy returned with Alice to Gamwell-Hall; but thinking he should not be safe there, from the share he had had in his son's rescue, they only remained long enough to supply themselves with clothes and money, and departed, under the escort of Little John, to another seat of the Gamwells in Yorkshire. Young Gamwell, taking it for

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