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

тАЬDonтАЩt leave me.тАЭ

тАЬI wonтАЩt. WeтАЩve got to get Caudyr over here.тАЭ

тАЬWonтАЩt do any good.тАЭ

Like a spear in his own heart Maddyn felt the truth of it.

тАЬIтАЩll make a song for you. Just like you were a lord.тАЭ

Aethan smiled up at the sky with bloody lips. It was a long time before Maddyn realized that he was
dead. He shut AethanтАЩs eyes, laid him down, and sat back on his heels, simply sat there for a long time,
staring at nothing, trying to put together a proper gorchan for Aethan and wondering why the words
wouldnтАЩt come. Out of nowhere, it seemed, Caradoc materialized and knelt down beside him.

тАЬHe was a good lad. IтАЩll miss him.тАЭ

Maddyn nodded. When Caradoc laid a hand on his arm, he shook it off, and after a few minutes the
captain went away againтАФMaddyn never noticed in what direction or why. All at once he was so tired
that the world seemed distant and faint, stripped of all color and sound. He lay down next to Aethan on
the blood-soaked earth, threw one arm around him, and rested his head on his shoulder. Dimly he heard
his own voice in his head telling him that he was daft, that nothing in this world or under it was going to
bring Aethan back, but at the time, reason no longer mattered. Daft or sane, he wanted to stay there with
Aethan for a while, just a little while before they dumped him into a shallow grave on the battlefield.
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Although he was never conscious of falling asleep, all at once it was dark, and Caradoc was shaking him
hard.

тАЬGet up. Get up, or IтАЩll slap you up. YouтАЩve got to come away.тАЭ

When Maddyn sat, Branoic grabbed him by one hand and the captain by the other, and between them
they hauled him to his feet.

тАЬStay with him, Branno. IтАЩve got to get back to the prince. For the godsтАЩ sakes keep him from watching
the burying.тАЭ

Maddyn let Branoic lead him like a blind man to the camp upriver, where the barges were safely tucked
into shore and already campfires bloomed in the meadow. Branoic sat him down by one of the fires, then
rummaged in a saddlebag and brought out a clean shirt.

тАЬYouтАЩre all over gore. ChangeтАФyouтАЩll feel better.тАЭ

Maddyn nodded like a half-wit and changed his shirt, tossing the filthy one onto the ground, then took
the tankard of ale Branoic handed him.