"Books - David Eddings - Belgarath the Sorcerer" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

"I shall tell my Master you have come," I said politely. I wasn't
certain which God he was, but something about this over pretty stranger
didn't sit very well with me.

"That is not needful, Belgarath," he told me in a tone that irritated
me even more than his manner.

"My brother knows I am here. Convey me to his tower."

I turned and led the way without trusting myself to answer.

When we reached the tower, the stranger looked me full in the face.

"A bit of advice for thee, Belgarath," he said, "by way of thanks for
thy service. Seek not to rise above thyself. It is not thy place to
approve or to disapprove of me. For thy sake I hope that when next we
meet, thou wilt remember this instruction and behave in a more seemly
manner." His eyes seemed to bore directly into me, and his voice
chilled me.

But, because I was still who I was and not even the two thousand years
and more I had lived in the Vale had entirely put the wild, rebellious
boy in me to sleep, I answered him somewhat tartly.

"Thank you for the advice," I told him.

"Will you require anything else?" It wasn't up to me to tell him where
the door was or how to open it. I waited, watching hopefully for some
hint of confusion.

"Thou art pert, Belgarath," he observed.

"Perhaps one day I shall give myself leisure to instruct thee in proper
behavior and customary respect."

"I'm always eager to learn," I replied. As you can see, Torak and I
got off on the wrong foot almost immediately. You'll notice that I'd
deduced his identity by now.

He turned and gestured, and the stone door of the tower opened.

Then he went inside.

We never knew exactly what passed between our Master and his brother.
They spoke together for hours, then a summer storm broke above our
heads, so we were forced to take shelter and thus missed Torak's
departure.

When the storm had cleared, our Master called us to him, and we went up
into his tower. He sat at the table where he had labored so long over