flashed.
He looked
at Robin
with a
fell look,
but saw
that in
the
yeoman’s
face which
bade him
pause.
Then
slowly he
took the
chain from
about his
neck and
handed it
to Robin,
who flung
it over
Ellen’s
head so
that it
hung
glittering
about her
shoulders.
Then said
merry
Robin, “I
thank
thee, on
the
bride’s
part, for
thy
handsome
gift, and
truly thou
thyself
art more
seemly
without
it. Now,
shouldst
thou ever
come nigh
to
