"Elenium 02 - The Ruby Knight" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

heaved himself to his feet and poured Sparhawk a goblet
of red wine. The goblet, Sparhawk saw, was none too
clean. 'You're out late, friend,' the fellow observed,
handing the big knight the sticky goblet.
'Business,' Sparhawk shrugged. 'A friend of mine said
you have a garret on the top floor of the house.'
The tavern-keeper's eyes narrowed suspiciously. 'You
don't look like the sort of fellow who'd have a burning
interest in garrets,' he said. 'Does this friend of yours
have a name?'
'"not one he cares to have generally known,' Sparhawk
replied, taking a sip of his wine. It was a distinctly
inferior vintage.
'Friend, I don't know you, and you have a sort of
official look about you. Why don't you just finish your
wine and leave? - that's unless you can come up with a
name I can recognize.'
'This friend of mine works for a man named Platime
You may have heard the name.'
The tavern-keeper's eyes widened slightly. 'Platime
must be branching out. I didn't know that he had
anything to do with the gentry - except to steal from
them.'
'He owed me a favour.' Sparhawk shrugged.
The unshaven man still looked dubious. 'Anybody
could throw Platime's name around,' he said.
'Neighbour,' Sparhawk said flatly, setting his wineglass
down, 'this is starting to get tedious. Either we go
up to your garret or I go out looking for the watch. I'm
sure they'll be very interested in your little enterprise.'
The tavern-keepers face grew sullen. "It'll cost you a
silver half-crown.'
'All right.'
"you're not even going to argue?'
'i'm in a bit of a hurry. We can haggle about the price
next time.'
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"you seem to be in quite a rush to get out of town,
friend. You haven't killed anybody with that spear
tonight, have you?'
'Not yet.' Sparhawk's voice was flat.
The tavern-keeper swallowed hard. 'Let me see your
money.'
'Of course, neighbour. And then let's go upstairs and
have a look at this garret.'
We'll have to be careful. With this fog, you won't be
able to see the guards coming along the parapet.'
"I can take care of that.'
'No killing. I've got a nice little sideline here. If