"Bethmoora" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)

the sight of men in his old evil heart, and he would have
Bethmoora silent and undisturbed, save for the weird love he
whispers at her gates.
If I knew what that message was that the three men
brought on mules, and told in the copper gate, I think that
I should go and see Bethmoora once again. For a great
longing comes on me here in London to see once more that
white and beautiful city; and yet I dare not, for I know not
the danger I should have to face, whether I should risk the
fury of unknown dreadful gods, or some disease unspeakable
and slow, or the desert's curse, or torture in some little
private room of the Emperor Thuba Mleen, or something that
the travellers have not told -- perhaps more fearful still.