At the 'Blue Boar Inn', Robin meets a strange knight playing a harp — Sir Alan-a-Dale, who is unaware that Prince John has accused him of murder and declared an outlaw. But when a crossbow bolt flies through the window, narrowly missing the knight, Robin thinks he should make his presence known. The Sheriff is hot on Sir Alan's trail, and in warning Sir Alan, Marian is wounded by a crossbow bolt, threatening to reveal her identity to the pursuing Sheriff.