Scenes with Sheriff 72
AAlice
[kneeling] My son! You have imprisoned him.
SSheriff
Get that woman out of here!
AAlice
He was arrested in Locksley this morning. He's just a boy--
SSheriff
What did she say?
This is the business of the bowmaker and his boy. The outlaw collaborators.
SSheriff
Ah. And this is the mother of the child? Oh come on, have some compassion, Gisborne. Surely she should be allowed to see her son! Such insistent maternal concern... Well, it should stir pity. Such a pretty face should inspire our respect. [grabs Alice by the hair] But this one, however, conceals deceit! Disloyalty! So, take her away. Have her put in the cell with her son and the cooper. One bad apple in the family, and we punish the whole barrel.
Charity starts at home, Vaisey!
SSheriff
NOT IN MY HOME!!!
[Little John is about to kill the Sheriff]
AAlice
You said you were no murderer.
Not of men. This is a DEVIL!
SSheriff
[grinning] Good answer!
AAlice
For our son's sake.
SSheriff
[in a childish voice] "Mummy, mummy..."
[Little John sighs and lets him up]
SSheriff
Ha! You just couldn't—-
[Little John punches him out]
PPitts
This charade is over. [he smiles and walks away but stops next to Robin] Your friend is dead.
[He carries on walking]
[He is hit in the stomach by Little John near the entrance of the cave]
[Robin runs to Marian; Djaq looks at Robin]
[Djaq walks up to Robin, looks at him with tears in her eyes and walks away; Robin walks over to Marian's body]
Marian. Marian! Marian. I love you. I should have said. Why did I not say? I love you. Marian. I love you. Marian.
[He kisses her then cries over her body]
[The Sheriff's voice is heard]
SSheriff
Robin! Oh, Robin! Come out, come out, wherever you are!
[Robin slowly lifts his head in anger]
SSheriff
You're getting slack, my friend! Could it have been easier for me? Hmmm? If you'd led me by the hand to your little hidey-hole? A clue: no!
Allan. Where are Allan and Will?
[Much looks at John; John nods]
[aiming his bow at the Sheriff] STAND!
[The Sheriff looks around]
SSheriff
Uh, there are two of you.
SSheriff
How many do you think there could be of them?
A dozen or so at the most.
[The Sheriff chuckles]
SSheriff
... And how many of the outer circle?
SSheriff
Wait! Why are they not running? Why are they not running? Hood must be in there!
SSheriff
Bored now. Kill them!
John, I think we're gonna die.
A good day. [paints mud on his face like warpaint]
[After Robin has unsheathed his sword, ready to charge, Much unsheathes his sword]
[to Little John ] It's a good day!
[Robin, Little John, Much, and Djaq, screaming, charge at the guards]
SSheriff
What is this? Is this suicide?
It would have been nice to have dealt with Robin Hood before the King returns. [the Sheriff laughs] What?
SSheriff
The King is not coming.
What do you mean, "the King is not coming"?
SSheriff
He is in the Holy Land. I have arranged an imposter. Think about it: is the real King, who spent God-knows-how-long fighting in the Holy Land, going to stop off in Nottingham on his way home for a chat? A clue: no!
SSheriff
How many of our friends are against us, hm? Our pathetic lords - Merton, Woodvale, Edward, hm? How many of them are scheming, smiling at us, lying, biding their time, nodding their heads, all the while preparing for the return of their King, the precious Richard the Lionheart, preparing? Hm? To turn against us the minute he walks through that door?
SSheriff
None of them have ever seen the King. So, this way we find out, hm? The plots bubble to the surface! The rats come scurrying out of the woodwork!
SSheriff
[sarcastic] Oh, sorry. Nothing personal, hm? Anyway, you should thank me. You get to marry the girl.
Yeah, but based on a lie. The King is not really coming.
SSheriff
Oh, isn't that despicable! I don't know how you could possibly live with yourself!
[Pause]
What if Edward is one of them?
SSheriff
[slams his hands on the table] I WILL HANG HIM!
SSheriff
[Pretending to be a scribe] Do you wish to give evidence against the Sheriff?
[Shoots arrows onto his sleeves, pinning him to the table] A clue: no!
I think it's fair to say that an audience with the king has been suspended! [Allan laughs as the Sheriff, dangling from the ceiling, screams] Come on, lads. Let's go home.
[He winks at Marian, before leaving with the gang]
SSheriff
COME BACK! GET ME DOWN FROM HERE, YOU BLITHERING OAFS!
[The gang are walking away from the castle, happy, looking at each other, smiling. Then, they jump in glee and shout "Yeah!"]
SSheriff
Speaking of our lady-leper-friends, time to go and get the pretty one... and her daddy.
Edward and Marian. If they resist, shall I use force?
SSheriff
Get up to speed, Gisborne - use force anyway.
SSheriff
[as Marian and her father, Edward, enter] Ah, the sanctimonious old fart... and her father! [chuckles] I gather you've been careless with your wood fire.
You know full well that is not the case.
SSheriff
Tell me - whose side are you on? Mine or King Richard's? Hm? The real world... or the old world?
SSheriff
No. Come along! We both know that's not true, don't we?
I believe in justice. I believe in the rights of a free man.
SSheriff
[sneering] Who cares... what you believe in? Hm? I have a plan, and I will not tolerate dissent. So, you are under house arrest, here in the castle, until I can find some use for you.
My Lord Sheriff, I must protest.
My father is unwell. He must be allowed to--
SSheriff
One more word out of you, missy, and your father will never be unwell again!
SSheriff
Just before we say goodbye, my friend, Sir Guy has a question for you.
Who is the Nightwatchman?
I don't know, Gisborne! But I'll make sure to kiss him when I see him for stealing from you.
[Gisborne hits Robin with the latter's bow]
[Davina is dying and the Sheriff is holding her in his arms]
SSheriff
There must be a cure, medicine, yes?
Sheriff, [he points his bow and arrow at the Sheriff] give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you now.
Then you die with your sister.
You haven't told him, have you?
[The Sheriff shakes his head]
Prince John has made the Sheriff a deal. If my brother should die an unnatural death, the entire county of Nottingham shall be obliterated. Houses and villages burnt. Every man, every woman and every innocent little child hanged. Would you really want that on your conscience, pretty boy?
[Robin leaves]
SSheriff
Don't die. You're strong. You're my strong sister.
I'm not strong. I was being you...so you'd notice me...so you'd love me.
SSheriff
I love you. I've always loved you.
[Davina dies]
[The Sheriff closes her eyes]
[Gisborne and guards enter]
SSheriff
[softly] I want him dead, Gisborne. Whatever it takes, I want him dead.
He nestles his head on his sister's]
SSheriff
Am I to drown in everybody else's incompetence, whilst Robin Hood steals everything that is rightfully MINE?! A CLUE: NO!!! DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, GISBORNE!!!
Well, my lord, now we know the stronghold works. It stopped Hood dead in his tracks.
SSheriff
NOT DEAD ENOUGH!!! Stealing money from me on the way here is one thing. Stealing it from under my very nose is another! The Black Knights are coming, expecting their share-out, Gisborne! AT THIS RATE, THERE'LL BE NOTHING LEFT TO SHARE!!! I want Hood caught, Gisborne! I want him DEAD!
Robin Hood · 415 quotes
