Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Remember, the book is in public domain. Download or read the ebook online legally and for free at Project Gutenberg, Google Books or the Internet Archive among other sites, or check out the audiobook from LibriVox. You can also use a print copy. In either case my copy may not match up with yours chapter-wise. Follow along with the very-long subtitle. For this chapter:
When I first began this book I did warn you that my copy and how it’s laid out may differ from the version you have or the various public domain links in the intro. That’s very much the case here. Calling this “part four” is not completely accurate. I believe my copy is missing a part or two, and because I’m using a two volume set distributed in pocket-sized books for New York students in the 1940s what I have is actually volume 2 part 1 chapter 1. However, for the sake of easier to follow titling I’m going to continue the part numbering properly so while for me this is Volume 2 part 1 for this article series we are at…
Part Fourth
It is told how Robin Hood met a sorrowful knight and brought him to Sherwood. Also how the Bishop of Hereford was more generous that he desired to be. Likewise telling how Sir Richard of The Len paid his bets in due season, both to the Prior Of Emmet and to Robin Hood.
This one is only two chapters long, at least in my collection. So I’ve only one more chapter to go. For those who missed our previous installment, Robin came upon a knight named Sir Richard whose son accidentally killed a man and the man’s friends decided to make things worse. Richard had to put himself in debt to get his son free and now the boy is fighting in the Crusades, but Richard is worried about leaving his wife with nothing if he has to join him. While Robin’s method of getting him the money is up for debate, Sir Richard can now pay the debt, which is where our story resumes.
II: How Sir Richard Paid His Debts To The Emmet Priory
Although you’d think a place run by monks and nuns would be a bit more forgiving, but given Sir Richard’s insistence on settling debts it could just be on him. That or I have the wrong definition of “priory”.
