"Jordan, Robert - Wheel of Time 09 - Winter's Heart" - читать интересную книгу автора (Jordan Robert)

regained the Bowl of the Winds, but assembling nineteen more
sisters to join you requires time. I know you worry about the
ships that were at Ebou Dar when the Seanchan came. Have
Renaile make a gateway to Tear. There are hundreds of AthaТan
Miere vessels there.Ф Every report said so. УYou can learn
what they know, and rejoin your people. They will have need
of you, against the Seanchan.Ф And she would be rid of them.
УThe other sisters will be sent to you as soon as can be
arranged.Ф Merilille did not move from the doorway, but her
face took on a green tinge of panic at the possibility of
being alone among the Sea Folk.
Zaida gave over looking through the kaleidoscope and eyed
Elayne sideways. A smile quirked her very full lips. УI must
remain here, at least until I speak to Rand alТThor. If he
ever comes.Ф That smile tightened for an instant before
blooming once more; Rand would have a hard time with her.
УAnd I will keep Renaile and her companions, for the time. A
handful of Windfinders more or less will make no great
difference against these Seanchan, and here, the Light
willing, they may learn what will be useful.Ф Renaile
snorted, just loudly enough to be heard. Zaida frowned
briefly and began fiddling with the eyepiece that stood level
with the top of her head. УThere are five Aes Sedai here in
your palace, counting yourself,Ф she murmured thoughtfully.
УPerhaps some of you might teach.Ф As though the idea had
just occurred to her. And if that were so, Elayne could lift
both Sea folk women with one hand!
УOh, yes, that would be wonderful,Ф Merilille burst out,
taking a step forward. Then she glanced at Renaile and
subsided, a blush suffusing her Cairhienin paleness. Folding
her hands at her waist once more, she snatched meekness around
herself like a second skin. Birgitte shook her head in
amazement. Dyelin stared as if she had never seen the Aes
Sedai before.
УSomething may be worked out, if the Light pleases,Ф Elayne
said cautiously. Not rubbing at her temples took effort. She
wished she could blame the ache inside her skull on the
incessant thunder. Nynaeve would erupt at the suggestion, and
Vandene likely would ignore any such order, but Careane and
Sareitha might be possible. УFor no more than a few hours a
day, you understand. When they have time.Ф She avoided
looking at Merilille. Even Careane and Sareitha might rebel
at being tossed into that winepress.
Zaida touched the fingers of her right hand to her lips.
УIt is agreed, under the light.Ф
Elayne blinked. That was ominous; in the WavemistressТs
eyes, apparently, they had just made another bargain. Her
limited experience of dealing with the AthaТan Miere was that
you were lucky to walk away with your shift. Well, this time
things were going to be different. For instance, what were