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

if any of them saw King Sarak on the field and if any
know where he might be buried. It's exhausting, but the
cause is worth it.'
'I'll be able to aid you, Tynian,' Sephrenia told him. "I
don't practise necromancy myself, but I know the proper
spells.'
Kurik rose to his feet. 'I'd better get the things we'll
need together,' he said. 'Come along, Berit. You too,
Talen.'
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'There'll be ten of us,' Sephrenia told him
'Ten?'
'We'll be taking Talen and Flute along with us.'
'is that really necessary?' Sparhawk objected. 'Or even
WiSe?'
"Yes, it is. We'll be seeking the aid of some of the
Younger Gods of Styricum, and they like symmetry. We
were ten when we began this search, so now we have to
be the same ten every step of the way. Sudden changes
disturb the Younger Gods.'
'Anything you say.' He shrugged.
Vanion rose and began to pace up and down. 'We'd
better get started with this,' he said. "It might be safer if
you left the chapterhouse before daylight and before this
fog lifts. Let's not make it too easy for the spies who
watch the house.'
'I'll agree with that,' Kalten approved. 'I'd rather not
have to race Annias's soldiers all the way to Lake
Randera.'
'All right, then,' Sparhawk said, 'let's get at it. Time's
running a little short on us.'
'Stay a moment, Sparhawk,' Vanion said as they began
to file out.
Sparhawk waited until the others had left, and then he
closed the door.
"I received a communication from the Earl of Lenda this
evening,' the Preceptor told his friend.
friend.
'Oh?'
'He asked me to reassure you. Annias and Lycheas are
taking no further action against the queen. Apparently
the failure of their plot down in Arcium embarrassed
Annias a great deal. He's not going to take the chance of
making a fool of himself again.'
'That's a relief.'
'Lenda added something I don't quite understand,
though. He asked me to tell you that the candles are still
burning. Do you have any idea what he meant by that?'
'Good old Lenda,' Sparhawk said warmly. "I asked him