"Oppressor he ever was," said Locksley.
"And for thief," said the priest, "I doubt if ever he were even half so
honest a man as many a thief of my acquaintance."
"Move on, priest, and be silent," said the yeoman; "it were better you
led the way to the place of rendezvous, than say what should be left
unsaid, both in decency and prudence."