` Did they all see it that way ? ' said Hobden . ` All but one that was called Robin -- if you 've heard of him . What are you laughin ' at ? ' Tom turned to Dan . ` The Pharisees 's trouble did n't tech Robin , because he 'd cleaved middlin ' close to people , like . No more he never meant to go out of Old England -- not he ; so he was sent messagin ' for help among Flesh an ' Blood . But Flesh an ' Blood must always think of their own concerns , an ' Robin could n't get through at 'em , ye see . They thought it was tide-echoes off the Marsh . ' ` What did you -- what did the fai -- Pharisees want ? ' Una asked . ' A boat , to be sure . Their liddle wings could no more cross Channel than so many tired butterflies . A boat an ' a crew they desired to sail 'em over to France , where yet awhile folks had n't tore down the Images . They could n't abide cruel Canterbury Bells ringin ' to Bulverhithe for more pore men an ' women to be burnded , nor the King 's proud messenger ridin ' through the land givin ' orders to tear down the Images . They could n't abide it no shape . Nor yet they could n't get their boat an ' crew to flit by without Leave an ' Good-will from Flesh an ' Blood ; an ' Flesh an ' Blood came an ' went about its own business the while the Marsh was swarvin ' up , an ' swarvin ' up with Pharisees from all England over , strivin ' all means to get through at Flesh an ' Blood to tell 'em their sore need ... I do n't know as you 've ever heard say Pharisees are like chickens ? ' ` My woman used to say that too , ' said Hobden , folding his brown arms . ` They be . You run too many chickens together , an ' the ground sickens , like , an ' you get a squat , an ' your chickens die .
Same way , you crowd XXXXX all in one place -- they do n't die , but Flesh an ' Blood walkin ' among 'em is apt to sick up an ' pine off .
Dan England Pharisees Una givin liddle messagin ringin strivin tide-echoes