"Katherine Kerr - Deverry 04 - Dragonspell" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kerr Katherine)

тАШWhatever you say, my lord.тАЩ

тАШI want to know how you feel.тАЩ
 тАШWell enough, then.тАЩ Perryn threw back the covers and swung himself up to sit on the edge of the bed.
In his long white night-shirt he looked like some impossibly awkward stork. тАШEr, ah, IтАЩm a bit
light-headed.тАЩ

тАШThatтАЩs to be expected. Elaeno, hand him his clothes, will you?тАЩ

Once Perryn was dressed Nevyn sat him down in a chair right by the charcoal brazier, which was
heaped with glowing coals. HeтАЩd brought with him a small cloth sack filled with chips of cedar, juniper,
and a strange Bardek wood with a sweet but clean scent called sandalwood. Casually he strewed the
chips over the coals, where they began to smoke in a concatenation of scent.

тАШJust somewhat to cleanse the stale humours from the air,тАЩ Nevyn said, lying cheerfully. тАШAh, weтАЩve
got some good coals. I always like to look into a fire. It always seems that you can see pictures in the
coals, doesnтАЩt it?тАЩ

тАШSo it does.тАЩ Automatically Perryn looked at the lambent flames and the gold-and-ruby palaces
among the heaped-up sticks and knobs. тАШWhen I was a lad I used to see dragons crawling in the fire. My
Mam had lots of tales about dragons and elves and suchlike. I used to wish they were real.тАЩ

тАШIt would be pretty, truly.тАЩ

Nodding a little, Perryn stared into the brazier while the sweet smoke drifted lazily into the room.
When Nevyn opened up the second sight, he noted with a certain professional pleasure that the ladтАЩs
aura had expanded to normal from the shrunken size it had been during his illness. The Seven Stars were
glowing brightly, but they were all oddly coloured and slightly displaced from their proper positions.
Nevyn sent a line of light from his own aura to the Star that drifted over PerrynтАЩs forehead and made it
swirl, slapping it like a child lashes a top with a whip.

тАШYou see pictures in the coals now, donтАЩt you, lad?тАЩ Nevyn whispered. тАШTell me what you see. Tell
me everything you see.тАЩ

тАШJust a fire. A leaping fire.тАЩ Perryn sounded as if he were drunk. тАШBig logs. It must be winter.тАЩ

тАШWhoтАЩs nearby? WhoтАЩs sitting at the hearth?тАЩ

тАШMam and Da. Mam looks so pale. SheтАЩs not going to die, is she?тАЩ

тАШHow old are you?тАЩ

тАШFour. She is going to die. I heard Uncle Benoic yelling at the herbman last night. I donтАЩt want to go
live with him.тАЩ

Then go back, go back to the fall of the year. Do you see your Mam? Is she better?тАЩ

тАШShe is.тАЩ

тАШThen go back, go back further, to the spring.тАЩ