The next morning Anna rushed to talk to her parents about Sly or as her parents both know him as Lord Hemingway. Queen Mary was thrilled, " I told you Anna if you put your mind to it you will find a proper suitor for you." King Author agreed, " Yes I saw Lord Hemingway last night dancing with you and he seems like a fine fellow, he was dressed fine and he stood just like a prince .So I thereby agree to this courtship in one condition." Anna felt numb and was afraid to ask what the condition was, "Yes father what is it?" King Arthur smiled and answered, " I have to meet him for tea today at 400 in the afternoon." He stood up to leave and turned to Anna and said, " And tell him not to be late." Her father then left.
Her mother then said, " Good now I expect Lord Hemingway will make you forget that commoner that kidnapped you." Anna thought to herself if only you knew the truth about this commoner. Anna smiled and said, " Yes mother, I hope so." Anna went upstairs, to her room and was giggling like a young school girl she haphazardly threw her clothes on the bed trying to decide what to wear. Then she found a blue long silk dress and told her self it was perfect. " Oh I have to inform him to come today at 4:00, I have to go to the forest and find him." She went out to search for him in the forest.
She went to the forest. It was so early in the morning and the sun didn't come out yet, she was skipping joyfully in the forest and she found some apples up in the tree. She thought to herself " Let me pick some apples to bring for Sly as a treat, he would love them." She carefully climbed up the tree and picked some apples and used her arms to hold them as a picnic basket while went down and when she reached the ground she heard someone get up to her holding a knife to her throat and say, " Give me your jewelry or a will slit your throat."
Anna was so afraid at the moment she felt her heart pounding fast ," It's fake it nottt rrreal." She lied thinking that she can get rid of him this way , but he didn't get fooled he placed his knife down her shoulders and he cut it, she began to cry , He smiled, " If you don't give me your jewelry I will force myself on you ." He kissed her neck and moved away feeling disgusted. Then she heard some one shouting at the man, " Leave the lady alone or you will regret it!" Anna and the man turned around and Anna was so glad to see Sly. The man asked, " And who might you be?" Sly held a sword in his hand pointed it towards the man and said, " I am the man who is going to slit your throat if you don't leave her alone."
The man then pushed Anna aside and said, " Ok I let her go ,no worries now you can put the sword down and call it truce. " Sly was angry, " Not in your life you scum." He put down the sword and highered his fists and said , " I am going to fight you like a man you wimp."They began to fist -fight and Sly didn't allow the man to runaway ,he fought him until he was blue in the face and then the let him go." Never come back you loser." Sly went to Anna and held her in his arms and asked, " Are you ok?" Anna said, " Oh Sly hold me please hold me." He held her tightly and said, " Come on let us take you back inside the castle and fast." Anna was shaking like a leaf so Sly took off his jacket and covered her with it, " Here this will keep you warm ."
They walked slowly towards the castle and when they reached two guards saw her and called the king and the queen, " King Author and queen Mary come here quickly!" " What is going on here?" Queen Mary asked, she then was in tears, " Oh my Anna what happened?" She was about to faint so Sly held her and said, " No time to explain where is her room ?" Queen Mary led him to her room and called the king and a doctor. King Author came to see his daughter and not knowing what had happen he thought Sly was responsible and screamed and pointed at Sly, " You harmed my daughter , guards seize him and place him in the cell. Sly tried to explain, " No it wasn't me it was some robbers in the forest." No one listened to what he had to say so the guards took him away.
No one listened to what he had to say so the guards took him away. They took him under the castle and locked him in a cell. Sly kept on screaming, " Please believe me I didn't do it."
Lady Mary called a doctor to see Anna, the doctor whose name was Jane examined and stayed with her all night, till she awoken the next day. Anna felt so weak when she opened her eyes, she saw a woman sitting next to her on the bed scrubbing her forehead with a wet towel. Anna said, " What happened and who are you?" Jane replied, " I am a doctor Anna ,don't talk too much you need to keep your strength after the attack." Anna didn't recall the attack, " What do you mean?" Then she closed her eyes and remembered the robbers from the forest and asked, " Did they catch them? " Jane replied, " Yes they caught him even though he is denying that he has attacked you, his name is Lord Hemingway." Anna stopped her , " Lord Hemingway no it was not him who attacked me, Lord Hemingway saved me." She got up and said, " I have to tell... my.. dad."
Jane stopped her, " No you stay here and I will inform your dad." Jane went to get the king and queen , after hearing what their daughter had to say, Queen Mary said " Oh dear so he was telling the truth I will tell the guards to let him go and I will go and see Anna."
In the cell Sly could stop thinking about Anna and he prayed she was doing well, Unfortunately he was stuck in this cell with no way out so it killed him that he was not there to comfort her. He closed his eyes and recalled when he carried her to the castle . " Those robbers should be punished not me." A guard came and opened the cell door and said, " You are free to go." Sly thought to himself , " That means Anna woke up." He ran out to see her and rushed to her room. She was lying in bed so week and she said, " I am glad to see you." She cried in his arms and said, " I am glad to see you too Anna." The king and queen came in and said, " We are so sorry Lord Hemingway, Anna just informed us that you saved her and we wrongfully thought that you were the attacker." Sly replied, " That's fine. I understand how worried you were about your daughter. And I was worried too."