How did the news about Robin Hood defeat in the hands of will Scarlett leak out? The merry adventures of Robin hood novel question answers

Little John leaked the story...

But Little John's tongue was ever one that was not easy of guidance, so that, inch by inch, the whole story of his fight with the Tanner and Robin's fight with Will Scarlet leaked out. And so I have told it that you may laugh at the merry tale along with me.