"Lord Dunsany - The Gods Of The Mountain (2)" - читать интересную книгу автора (Dunsany Lord)Oogno: {reflectively} They have been thus for many months. What thing has befallen them? Thahn: Some evil thing. Ulf: There has been a comet come near to the earth of late and the earth has been parched and sultry so that the gods are drowsy and all those things that are divine in man, such as benevolence, drunkenness, extravagance, and song, have faded and died and have not been replenished by the gods. Oogno: It has indeed been sultry. Thahn: I have seen the comet o' nights. Ulf: The gods are drowsy. Oogno: of our order I for one shall forsake the calling and buy a shop and sit at ease in the shade and barter for gain. Thahn: You will keep a shop? {Enter Agmar and Slag. Agmar, though poorly dressed, is tall, imperious, and older than Ulf. Slag follows behind him.} Agmar: Is this a beggar who speaks? Oogno: Yes, master, a poor beggar. Agmar: How long has the calling of beggary existed? Oogno: Since the building of the first city, master. Agmar: |
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