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

Sephrenia,' he declared, 'I'll break open Hell itself to save
that girl.'
'He's such a child sometimes,' Sephrenia sighed to
Vanion. 'Can't you think of some way to make him grow
uP?'
'i was sort of considering going along,' the Preceptor
replied, smiling. 'Sparhawk might let me hold his cloak
while he kicks in the gate. I don't think anybody's
assaulted Hell lately.'
'You too?' She covered her face with her hands. 'Oh,
dear,' she sighed. 'All right then, gentlemen,' she said,
giving up, 'if you're all so bent on this, we'll try it - but
only on one condition. If we do find Bhelliom, and it
restores Ehlana, we must destroy it immediately after the
task is done.'
'Destroy it?'Ulath exploded. 'Sephrenia, it's the most
precious thing in the world.'
'And also the most dangerous. If Azash ever comes to
possess it, the world will be lost, and all mankind will be
plunged into the most hideous slavery imaginable. I
must insist on this, gentlemen. Otherwise, I'll do everything
in my power to prevent your finding that accursed
stone.'
"I don't see that we've got much choice here,' Ulath
said gravely to the others. 'Without her help, we don't
have much hope of unearthing Bhelliom.'
'Oh, somebody's going to find it all right,' Sparhawk
told him firmly. 'One of the things Aldreas told me was
that the time has come for Bhelliom to see the light of day
again, and that no force on earth can prevent it. The only
thing that concerns me right now is if it's going to be one
of us who finds it, or some Zemoch, who'll carry it back to
Otha.'
'Or if it rises from the earth all on its own,' Tynian
added moodily. 'Could it do that, Sephrenia?'
'Probably, yes.'
'How did you get out of the chapterhouse without
being seen by the Primate's spies?' Kalten asked
Sparhawk curiously.
"I threw a rope over the back wall and climbed down.'
'How about getting in and out of the city after the gates
were all closed?'
'By pure luck the gate was still open when I was on my
way to the cathedral. I used another way to get out.'
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'That garret I told you about?' Talen asked
Sparhawk nodded.
'How much did he charge you?'
'A silver half-crown.'