Thus Thus it it happened happened that that when when Robin came came to to her and and told told her her how how he he wished wished her her services services as as leech leech , , she she began began plotting plotting ill ill against against him him in in her her mind mind , , thinking thinking that that by by doing doing evil evil to to him him she she might might find find favor favor with with his his enemies enemies . . Nevertheless , she kept this well to herself and received Robin with seeming kindness . She led him up the winding stone stair to a room which was just beneath the eaves of a high , round tower ; but she would not let Little John come with him .
Так случилось, что, когда Робин пришел к ней и сказал, что желает ее услуг в качестве пиявки, она начала строить против него злые планы, думая, что, причинив ему зло, она может заслужить благосклонность его врагов. Тем не менее она держала это при себе и приняла Робина с кажущейся добротой. Она повела его по винтовой каменной лестнице в комнату, находившуюся прямо под карнизом высокой круглой башни; но она не позволила Маленькому Джону пойти с ним.