"Katherine Kerr - Deverry 06 - A Time Of Omens" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kerr Katherine)

тАЬYou stupid blithering dolt!тАЭ Jill was yelling, but she did remember to use Deverrian. тАЬI could strangle
you!тАЭ
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тАЬDo calm down, will you now?тАЭ Salamander stepped back, honestly frightened. тАЬI donтАЩt understand why
your heart is so troubled, I truly donтАЩt.тАЭ

Jill stopped, the anger ebbing, and considered the question as seriously as it did indeed deserve. She
was worried about the girl, she supposed, who thought she was marrying a young traveling player much
like herself while the truth was a fair bit stranger.

тАЬWell, my apologies for getting so angry,тАЭ she said at last. тАЬI suppose itтАЩs because sheтАЩs so young, and
youтАЩre not, no matter how handsome your elven blood keeps you.тАЭ

тАЬBut thatтАЩs a reason in itself. Here, consider this. IтАЩm well over a century old, my turtledove, old for a
human being, young for a full-blooded man of the People, but IтАЩm neither, am I?тАЭ His voice cracked with
bitterness, quickly covered. тАЬWho knows how long a half-breed lives? MarkaтАЩs little more than a child,
truly. I keep hoping that this time, weтАЩll have the chance to grow old together. Before, even if she hadnтАЩt
caught that fever, I would have lived long past her.тАЭ

тАЬOh.тАЭ Jill couldnтАЩt find it in her heart to reproach him. тАЬWell. I mean, none of my affair, is it now?
Whether the lass marries you or no.тАЭ

тАЬMayhap I was a bit sudden about it. It was seeing her with those tiles. Ye gods, how many hours have I
watched her, sitting there at that little table, poring over those tiles, and joking with me about what she
was seeing, orтАФтАЭ

тАЬEven if they should be incarnations of the same soul, Marka and Alaena are not the same person. No
one is, truly, from life to life.тАЭ

His eyes filled with tears, and he tossed his head, turning half away. Jill let out her breath in a long sigh.
They were sitting in their tent, off at the edge of the campground. From outside Jill could hear Marka,
babbling in a frenzy of joy, and KeetaтАЩs low voice, celebrating with her. It was certainly impossible to
make Salamander go back on his offer.

тАЬWell, thatтАЩs torn it, then,тАЭ she said. тАЬIтАЩll be going on to Anmurdio alone.тАЭ

тАЬWhat? I canтАЩt let you do that!тАЭ

тАЬAnd I canтАЩt let you drag that child along with us, either.тАЭ

тАЬWhy not? Is it any more dangerous than the life sheтАЩs used to, wandering the roads and never knowing
where her next copperтАЩs going to come from? WeтАЩll be safe enough. ThatтАЩs why IтАЩve been building up
the troupe.тАЭ