"Terry Goodkind - Sword of Truth 4 - Temple of the Winds" - читать интересную книгу автора (Goodkind Terry)

"Yes. Do you know why she's here?"
"She said she wished to speak with Lord Rahl."
Kahlan's brow drew tighter. She noticed that Cara's did, too. "What about?"
"She said that she's looking for a man-Cy something-I didn't recognize his
name. She said he's been missing since last autumn, and she was told that Lord
Rahl would be able to help her."
"Is that right," Kahlan said. "And did she say what business she has with this
missing man?"
The captain glanced to the woman and then brushed his sandy hair back from his
forehead. "She said that she's to marry him."
Kahlan nodded. "It could be that she's a dignitary, but if she is, I'm
embarrassed to admit that I don't know her name."
The captain glanced at a tattered list with scribbles all over it. He turned
the paper and scanned the other side until he found what he was looking for.
"She said her name was Nadine. She gave no title."
"Well, please see to it that Lady Nadine is taken to a private waiting room
where she will be comfortable. Tell her that I will come speak with her and
see if I can help. Have dinner brought to her, along with anything else she
might require. Give her my apology and tell her that I have something of vital
importance that I must attend to first, but I will come see her as soon as I
am able, and that I wish to do what I can to help her."
Kahlan could understand the woman's distress if she really was separated from
her love and was searching for him. Kahlan had been in that situation herself
and knew well the anguish.
"I'll see to it at once, Mother Confessor."
"One other thing, captain." Kahlan watched the woman twisting her kerchief.
"Tell Lady Nadine that there is trouble about, what with the war with the Old
World, and that for her own safety we must insist that she remain in the room
until I can come to speak with her. Post a heavy guard outside the room. Place
archers at a safe distance down the hall to either side of the door.
"If she comes out, insist that she must return to the room at once and wait.
If you must, tell her that it is by my command. If she still tries to leave"-
Kahlan looked into the captain's waiting blue eyes-"kill her."
The captain bowed as Kahlan swept on through the passageway, Cara right at her
heels.
"Well, well," Cara said, once outside Petitioners' Hall, "at last the Mother
Confessor comes to her senses. I knew I had a good reason for allowing Lord
Rahl to keep you. You will make him a worthy wife."
Kahlan turned down the corridor toward the room where guards held the man. "I
haven't changed my mind about anything, Cara. Considering our strange visitor,
I'm giving Lady Nadine every chance to live, every chance I can afford to
give, but you're mistaken if you think I'll balk at doing whatever it takes to
protect Richard. Besides being the man I love more than life itself, Richard
is a man of vital importance to the freedom of the people of both D'Hara and
the Midlands. There's no telling what the Imperial Order would try in order to
get to him."
Cara smiled, sincerely, this time. "I know he loves you the same. That's why I
don't like you going to see this man; Lord Rahl may separate me from my hide
if he thinks I allowed you near danger."
"Richard is one born with the gift; I, too, have been born with magic. Darken