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Let us open a bottle and do our best to save each other's souls.
— Friar Tuck · Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Friar Tuck proposes sharing a bottle as a way of doing spiritual work. Saving each other's souls becomes an excuse for a drink. The humour is in mixing piety with indulgence, as if wine were part of the sacred duty.
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