:07:06
My lords, I thank you.
Well, this is what we Normans like:
:07:11
Good food, good company...
:07:13
...and a beautiful woman
to flatter me, eh, Lady Marian?
:07:16
Was it worthwhile coming with me
from London...
:07:18
...to see what stout fellows
our Nottingham friends are?
:07:21
Take Sir Guy of Gisbourne. One of our
most renowned defenders of the realm.
:07:26
- Must I take him, Your Highness?
- Why, you like him, don't you?
:07:29
- Well, he's a Norman, of course.
- Is that the only reason for liking him?
:07:34
Isn't that reason enough for a royal ward
who must obey her guardian?
:07:37
Oh, nay, I'd not force you, my lady.
:07:40
But he's our most powerful friend in
these shires and he's in love with you.
:07:45
If I could promise him marriage
to a royal ward, it might help my plans.
:07:50
- Perhaps when I know him better.
- Of course.
:07:53
You're a very wise young woman.
:07:55
Any more objections to the new tax
from our Saxon friends?
:07:59
Objections, Your Highness?
:08:01
With a Saxon dangling from every...
:08:02
...gallows tree
between here and Charnwood?
:08:05
Well said, sir knight.
But not too many, mind.
:08:07
Else we'll have nobody left
to till our land or pay the tax.
:08:12
There's one exception I'd make,
Your Highness.
:08:14
- A certain Saxon noble.
- Who is that?
:08:17
- Sir Robin of Locksley.
- Sir Rob... Sir Robin of Locksley?
:08:22
I've heard precious little else since I've
been here. What's his latest outrage?
:08:27
Oh, nothing less than killing a royal deer
in Sherwood Forest today.
:08:31
And you didn't take him?
:08:33
That would have been a problem,
Your Highness.
:08:35
- A Saxon a problem?
- He's a notorious troublemaker, my lady.
:08:40
Aye.
An impudent, reckless rogue...
:08:42
...who goes around the shire
stirring up the Saxons against authority.
:08:45
And he has the insolence to set himself
up as a protector of the people.
:08:49
I could have captured him
long ago, but...
:08:51
But what?
:08:52
Well, he's the deadliest archer
in England, and...
:08:56
And my brave High Sheriff
of Nottingham is afraid of him.