"Mercedes Lackey & Josepha Shennan - Castle of Deception" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lackey Mercedes)

And wouldn't that be grand? Kevin pictured his
Master in elegant Bardic robes, people bowing respect-
fully as he passed. He would be a major power in court-
And his brave young apprentice would be a figure of
importance too....

"Right," Kevin muttered. "And pigs could fly."

His Master had tremendous musical talent, no
doubt about that; every dme the old Bard took his own
well-worn mandolin and showed the boy how a song
should be played, a litde shiver of wonder ran through
Kevin, and with it a prayer: Ah, please, please, let me some-
day play Uke that, wrth such grace, suchтАФsuch glory! Of late
he had begun to hope that his prayers, if not answered,
had at least begun to be heard. But even Ada insisted
Master Aidan was also an adept at Bardic Magic....

Idon't understand it! IfIhad such a gift, fdbeusmgit, not
тАФnot fading it away m the middle of nowhere!

Oh yes, "if," Kevin thought darkly. It wasn't as
though every Bard had the innate gift for Bardic
Magic, after all. Master Aidan seemed to believe he pos-
sessed it, had assured Kevin over and over that in some
bardhngs the gift blossomed fairly late. But surely if he
was going to show any sign of magic, it would have sur-
faced by now. After all, he was nearly a man! Yet so far
he hadn't felt the slightest angle of Power no matter
how hard he'd tried. To him, the potentially magical
songs his Master had taught him remained just that:

songs.

CASTLE OF DECEPTION 7

The bardling gave the lute an impatient strum, then


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winced. Sour! Lute strings went out of pitch all too easily.

As he retimed them, Kevin admitted to himself that
yes, he did take a great deal of joy in creating music,
and in creating it well. But aside from that music, what
did he have? Of course it was true that a musician
seldom had time for much else; if he was to succeed at