"Feist,.Raymond.E.-.Riftwar.3.-.Darkness.At.Sethanon" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dragon Stories)

the Upright Man sent word of the location of the
Nighthawks. Arutha and a company of trusted soldiers
raided the Nighthawks' headquarters, the basement of the
most expensive brothel in the city. Every assassin was
killed or committed suicide. The priding of the body of
Golden base, a thief and false friend to Jimmy, revealed
that the Nighthawks had indeed infiltrated the Mockers.
Then the dead assassins rose up, again by some dark
power, and only by burning the entire building were they
destroyed.
At the palace, Arutha decided the immediate danger
was over, and life returned to a semblance of normalcy.

the King, the Ambassador from Great Kesh, and other
dignitaries arrived at the pallaCe, and Jimmy caught a
glimpse of Laughing jack in the crowd. Jimmy was
shocked, for he had been certain the false thief had died.
Arutha alerted his most trusted advisers of the danger
and learned strange things were occurring in the north. It
was decided there was a connection between those events
and the assassins. Jimmy arrived with the news that the
palace was honeycombed with secret pasSages and his fear
that he had seen Jack. Arutha decided upon a course of
Caution, taking care to guard the palace, but determined to
proceed with the wedding.
The wedding became a gathering point for all those who
had been separated since the Riftwar.' in addition to the
royal party, Pug the magician came from Stardock, site of
the Academy of Magicians. He was a onetime resident of
Crydee, home to the King and his family. Kulgan, his old
teacher, attended along with Vandros, Duke of Yabon,
and Kasumi, the former Tsurani commander, now Earl of
Lamut. With King Lyam came Father Tully, another of
Arutha's boyhood teachers, now an adviser to the King.
Just before the wedding, Jimmy discovered that a
window had been tampered with and Laughing Jack was
secreted in a cupola overlooking the hall. Jack overpowered
the boy and bound him. When the wedding
Started, Jimmy managed to foil Jack's attempt at killing
Arutha by wiggling forward and kicking Jack. They both
fell, but were saved by Pug's magic. But after he had been
cut loose, Jimmy discovered jack's crossbow 'bolt had
struck Anita.
After examining the wounded Anita, Father Nathan, in
conference with Father Tully, announced that the bolt had
been poisoned and the Princess was dying. Jack was
questioned and revealed the truth behind the Nighthawks.
He had been saved from death by a strange power named
Murmandamus, in return for attempting to kill Arutha.
All he knew of the poison was that it was called