"Katherine Kerr - Deverry 08 - A Time Of Justice" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kerr Katherine)

'What's his name?' Jill said.

'Bellgyn, Mam's pretty little Bello. Oh you just can't know how glad I am to have him here and safe.'

'Urn, well. My heart's pleased for you, anyway. Can I ask who his father was? Some good-looking
young rider?'
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Her face dead-pale, Vyna busied herself with arranging Bellgyn's little shirt.

'My apologies. It's no affair of mine, and I don't need to press on an old bruise.тАЩ

'Bruise? I suppose it is.тАЩ

'Didn't it ache your heart to love a man and then have him refuse to claim you?'

Vyna shook her head in a hard shudder

тАШThere was never any way he would have married me. I always knew that All this time, I've been
carrying the secret in my heart, and it hurts like poison. It was Lord Madryc, Beryn's son.тАЩ

'So that's why his noble mother was so kind.тАЩ

She nodded, her eyes brimming tears.

'Did you love him?'

'I hated him and every inch of his twisted guts, but how could I say him nay? He always stank of ale, and
he'd grab me so hard that I truly thought he'd kill me some night in his pleasure. When I heard he'd been
hanged, I laughed and laughed and laughed.тАЩ

'Ah. He sounds a man much like his father. I can't say I honour this stinking Beryn, if he'd be ready to kill
his own grandson to drive home a threat.тАЩ

тАШThat's not true. His lordship would never know who sired my baby. Madryc never would have
admitted the thing, not to his father. I swear, the old man has twice the honour of his rotten ugly son, and
he might have beaten him black-and-blue Her ladyship made me promise never to tell the lord. That was
the price of the coins she gave me You should have seen her, Jill, mincing and practically holding her
noble nose, and all because her precious little son had blasted well raped me. Ah ye gods, I hated him,
always stinking of sweat and ale.тАЩ

Picking up her mood, the baby began to whine and fuss. Jill finished her dressing and left them alone.

Although Jill rode behind Rhodry for most of the way to town, when they came in sight of the walls she
dismounted and walked on alone, getting a good headstart in case Vyna's mysterious contact should be
waiting at the town gates. Following the kitchen lass's instructions, Jill went past the market square,