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

тАЬExactly right, Your Highness. She represents the sovereignty of the kingdom.тАЭ

Maryn groaned and went back to studying the floor.

тАЬWell, I hope she is pr-pr-pretty,тАЭ the prince said at last. тАЬNow that I know what . . . тАЭ And then he did
blush, looking at that moment some ten years old. тАЬIтАЩd best get to b-b-bed.тАЭ

тАЬSo you had. If I were you, IтАЩd pretend to be asleep and snoring when Maddyn comes storming in. Our
bard didnтАЩt seem to find the eveningтАЩs sport amusing.тАЭ



In the morning, over breakfast, Maddyn assembled the silver daggers whoтАЩd been at the Tupping Ram
to piece out what had happened. He knew that it would be a good bit better for the miscreants if he
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settled this matter before Caradoc or Owaen took it in hand. As this less-than-pleasant meal progressed,
he noticed that Branoic sat at the end of the table as far from him as possible, ate nothing, and spoke only
when the others tormented him into doing so. Although Maddyn started out furious, by the time Branoic,
stammering as much as the prince and twice as red, repeated the whoreтАЩs remark about coring apples, he
was laughing as hard as all the other men there.

тАЬOh, well and good, then,тАЭ Maddyn said at last. тАЬNo one was killed, and so thatтАЩs an end to it. Cheer
up, Branno. I canтАЩt lie and say that IтАЩd never have done such if IтАЩd been you.тАЭ

Everyone smirked and nodded agreement. Looking a bit less miserable, Branoic grabbed a slab of
bread and busied himself in buttering it. Although everyone went on eating, Maddyn could tell that
something was still bothering a couple of the men.

тАЬOut with it, Stevyc.тАЭ

тАЬWell, by the hells, Maddo, I was just wondering.тАЭ He glanced at Branoic. тАЬDid you ever find out what
they meant? About coring apples I mean?тАЭ

тАЬI didnтАЩt. Everything happened too fast.тАЭ

When Stevyc swore in honest regret, everyone howled and hooted. There was the true end to the
matter, Maddyn assumed, and he pitched into his breakfast. Yet, as he was leaving the tavern room
afterward, his little blue sprite appeared, and with her were two gray gnomes, dancing up and down with
their normally slack mouths twisted into frowns. Her mindless blue eyes peered up at him in something
like worry.

тАЬWhatтАЩs all this?тАЭ Maddyn whispered. тАЬYouтАЩre not even supposed to be here. YouтАЩd best run away
before Nevyn sees you. Whist!тАЭ

Yet they stayed with him, the sprite riding on his shoulder, the gnomes clinging to his brigga leg like
frightened children. He considered for a moment, then went upstairs to NevynтАЩs chamber with the