Answer:
Rebels inspire loyalty.
Step-by-step explanation:
The excerpt is taken from 'The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood.' The novel is written by Howard Pyle. The novel is about Robin Hood, an outcast, and his merry men.
In the excerpt, the universal theme of 'rebels inspire loyalty' is presented.
When Robin Hood meets with a tinker, he offers him to marry his merry men groupp and offers him a good deal for this. In the given excerpt, Robin Hood's rebel against Tinker wins him his loyalty as at last the Tinker leaves Robin Hood, without arrestiing him and his merry men.
Thus second option is correct.