"Dunsany, Lord - Plays of Gods and Men" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)

any guilt? Will not the people...

King Karnos:
Not while he is a prophet; but if he has prophesied
falsely his death is due to the gods. The people once
even burned a prophet themselves because he had taken
three wives.

Ichtharion: {Aside to Ludibras}
It is most unfortunate, but what can we do?

Ludibras: {Aside to Ichtharion}
He will not be killed if he betray us instead.

Ichtharion: {Aside}
Why... that is true.

{All are whispering.}

King Karnos:
Why do you whisper?

Tharmia:
Your Majesty, we fear that the gods will destroy us all
and...

King Karnos:
You do not fear it.

{Dead silence.}

{A plaintive lament off. Enter the Queen. Her face is
pale as paper.}

Queen: {Loq.}
O your Majesty. Your Majesty. I have heard the
lutanist, I have heard the lutanist.

King Karnos:
She means the lute that is heard by those about to die.

Queen:
I have heard Gog-Owza, the lutanist, playing his lute.
And I shall die, O I shall die.

King Karnos:
No. No. No. You have not heard Gog-Owza. Send for
her maidens, send for the Queen's maidens.

Queen: