I couldn't help overhearing about that 'prickly feeling.' I'm very glad I did come.

That, that was a game. Now you've got to go at once.

Game, eh? Well, couldn't I join in? Of course, I probably wouldn't be as good at it as, uh, [he playfully pinches Bess' chin] this pretty young girl. I could do my best.

Bess, will you leave us? Please.

Now let's see, where does this game begin? Oh, I know. It's simple. We'll start where you are in love with me. You are, aren't you? Because I am with you. Terribly. That's why I came. I had to see you.

You must go at once and I don't love you.

Oh! You sure?

Yes.

Very well then, I'll go. This is rather unfriendly of you, exposing me to my enemies like this....Goodbye my lady.

Robin!

Yes?

Please.

Then you do love me, don't you? Don't you?

You know I do.

Well, that's different. [they kiss]

You know you're very impudent.

Me?

You are. And when my real guardian King Richard finds out about your being in love with me...

I know, he'll make me court jester.

He won't. He'll stick your funny head on London's Gate.

A very fine decoration it will be, my bold Norman beauty.

I'm not bold.

But you're a Norman...And you are a beauty. You are the most beautiful...

And you're leaving here at once. Please darling! Every minute you're here, you're in danger.

I know...Marian, will you come with me?

To Sherwood? [He nods]

I've nothing to offer you but a life of hardship and danger. But we'd be together.

But, Robin, dear.

I know. It's asking a lot. But who knows how long it will be before Richard returns. Friar Tuck would marry us. Will you?

Because I love you Robin, I'd come. Even the danger would mean nothing if you were with me.

Then you will.

No...I could help much more by watching for treachery here and leaving you free to protect Richard's people until he returns. Now do you see why you have to go back to your men alone? [He nods] Go now quickly, dearest.