"Duncan, Dave - Impossible Odds v1" - читать интересную книгу автора (Duncan Dave)

Trudy led the way back to the door to begin. The lantern-bearing
footmen followed, and the Blades retreated to the staircase in the
center, so their bindings would not distract the Sisters. Trudy
closed her eyes and listened. She inhaled, licked the roof of her
mouth, queried her skin for odd senн

5 Impossible Odds

sations... did all the curious things that promoted her senнsitivity to
the spirits, tricks she had been taught at Oakнendown. She missed
Oakendown and all her friends there, although it had been
seriously deficient in boypeople, who were turning out to be just as
much fun as she had dreamed.

УNothing here, Mother.Ф She began walking around the edge of the
hall, stopped at the first corner. УThere is someнthing above here,
though! Mostly air, some fire and water. And love.Ф Except for trivia
like good luck charms, conjuraнtions were forbidden within the
palace.

Celandine stifled a yawn. УThen weТre under the Grand DukeТs
bedroom. He wears some sort of a translation device.Ф

УItТs a seeming, surely? I mean,Ф Trudy added before the old
harridan could take offense, УitТs more like a seeming than anything
else IТve met.Ф

Mother Celandine pursued thin lips, wrinkling them more than ever.
УI do believe youТre right! Yes. ThatТs good. We missed that
possibility. But itТs harmless, you agree?Ф

Maybe, but the rules said... Trudy had been reprimanded twice
already that day for talking back. The Prioress was threatening to
post her to uttermost Wylderland if she did not learn proper
respect for her seniors. УYes, Mother.Ф She hoped the King did not
sign anything when he was near that enchantment.

With the footmen in attendance, Sister and Mother paнraded
around the ground floor, through deserted kitchens, a dining room,
an office. Trudy detected nothing untoward until she was almost
back where she had begun.

УThereТs something here! Upstairs, I mean.Ф This one was much
harder, and she struggled for several minutes, but the jangle of
elementals defied analysis. УThereТs more than one conjuration. I
canТt make them out. A lot of them, all mixed up.Ф Her skin crawled.
УI think we should go up and have a close look at that!Ф

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