“Merrily and gaily did they pass the evening; now dancing round some old
monarch of the forest, and now listening to the rude but pleasing ditty
of one of their companions. At length the sun went down, and the deep
shades of the forest began to draw around them. Robin Hood drew forth his
bugle, sounded a few notes, and in a minute or two the whole band were
dispersed in groups to their huts and caves.