Chapter 3 Summary

Some time after the previous events, Robin sends Little John with a bag of gold to see Hugh Longshanks to buy Lincoln green fabric. Little John comes to a point where two roads merge, one going to Ancaster where he would find Longshanks, the other to the Blue Boar Inn. Looking up and seeing nothing but beautiful blue skies, he makes up the excuse that it could rain that evening, so he better take shelter at the Blue Boar Inn until the next day.

Early the next morning, Little John is on his way when he spies a man sneaking through the forest. The man is Arthur a Bland, a tanner known to poach the King's deer for their hides and meat, and also a champion with the quarterstaff. The two exchange words, each calling the other names, until they decide to fight...