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

тАЬThe woman we saw earlier, when we were talking with the king and his son. The one little Faren called
strange.тАЭ

тАЬOh, her.тАЭ Calonderiel burped profoundly. тАЬHope I didnтАЩt interrupt anything, er, important.тАЭ

тАЬNot in the least, my friend, not in the least. Huh, I wonder if Faren has a touch of the second sight or
suchlike. We should have Aderyn take a look at the lad the next time we meet up with the old man.тАЭ

тАЬI thought the Wise One would be here already, as a matter of fact. Um, why are you talking in
Deverrian?тАЭ

тАЬAm I? Well, IтАЩm sorry.тАЭ He switched back easily to his adopted tongue. тАЬThat woman was speaking it,
you see.тАЭ

тАЬWhat woman?тАЭ

тАЬThe one you didnтАЩt see. DonтАЩt worry about it. LetтАЩs get back to camp, shall we?тАЭ

When he went to sleep that night, Rhodry was glad that he shared a tent with a warband. Somehow he
would have felt in danger if heтАЩd been off by himself.

Close to dawn the entire camp woke in a swirl of yelling and cursing from the herd-guards. Rhodry
pulled on his trousers and boots, then dashed outside, slipping on his shirt in the chilly night, to find the
rest of the warband running for the herd of horses to the east of the encampment. From the snatches of
shouted conversation he could figure out that something had panicked the stock.

By the time they reached the grazing ground, the mounted herders had rounded up most of the
runaways. Rhodry found a horse that knew him, swung up bareback, and riding with just a halter joined
the hunt for the others. Although he lacked the full night vision of the People, he could see far better than
the average human in the dark, and certainly well enough to hunt for horses in moonlight. He found four
mares and their half-grown colts, herded them into a little group, and brought them back just as the sky
was turning gray in the east with the tardy autumn dawn. Riding out among the assembled herds were
three of the women, counting up the stock with a call or a pat for every animal. Rhodry turned his mares
into the muling mass, then found Calonderiel, mounted on his golden stallion off to one side, and rode up
beside him.

тАЬWhat was all this about?тАЭ

тАЬCursed if I know.тАЭ Calonderiel shrugged eloquently. тАЬOne of the boys told me that all of a sudden, the
herd just went mad: neighing and rearing, kicking out at something. He said he could just barely see
shapes moving, doglike shapes, but then they vanished. Some of the Wildfolk, I suppose, up to their
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rotten infuriating pranks. They know thereтАЩs naught we can do to them, blast them, and they probably
thought it a fine jest to see us all riding round yelling our heads off.тАЭ