"Marc Laidlaw - An Evening's Honest Peril" - читать интересную книгу автора (Laidlaw Marc)

тАЬHi,тАЭ said Aynglin as he came to a stop at the entrance of the tomb. His eyes were the same shade of
violet as his pants. тАЬI mean, hail. Hope IтАЩm not late. You said to meet you at twilight, right?тАЭ

тАЬWell met,тАЭ said Jinrae. тАЬYouтАЩre right on time. YouтАЩll have to lose that gullock hide, though. It would only
bog you down where weтАЩre going.тАЭ

The ends of AynglinтАЩs mouth turned drastically downward. тАЬReally? I heard this was the best.тАЭ

She couldnтАЩt suppress a laugh. тАЬI hope you didnтАЩt pay a great deal for it.тАЭ

тАЬNo, IтАжI found it.тАЭ

тАЬWell, that should tell you something of its value. Someone didnтАЩt think enough of it to lug it along or even
throw it on their mule. A perfect hide is well worth its weight, but that oneтАЩs imperfectly tanned. See the
hunks of fur, never quite scraped away? ItтАЩs the work of a not particularly promising apprentice. In the
hands of an expert, this would have made a coat I wouldnтАЩt mind wearing myself.тАЭ

He mumbled a glum, тАЬOh.тАЭ

тАЬAnyway, letтАЩs see what IтАЩve got that you can use.тАЭ

She reached into a pack sheтАЩd dropped on the terraced hillside, and pulled out a cloak of sheer material,
supple as silk but silvery as the scales of some freshwater fish swimming in light. She leapt down next to
Aynglin, eliciting hungry moans from the lurkers in the tomb. Aynglin took a backwards step.

тАЬDonтАЩt fear,тАЭ she said. тАЬTheyтАЩre bound within. Now put this on. ItтАЩs meadowshark.тАЭ

тАЬReally?тАЭ

тАЬYou can keep that. And IтАЩll give you matching pants later, if you accompany me back to CowperтАЩs
Rest. TheyтАЩre not violet, though. They wonтАЩt match your eyes.тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs okay! IтАФthese were just temporary till I found something better.тАЭ

тАЬEverythingтАЩs temporary. DonтАЩt get attached to anything. That way you wonтАЩt suffer when you lose it.
Which you will.тАЭ

тАЬOkay. I guess IтАЩm ready.тАЭ The gullock coat lay in a heap on the gravel path. тАЬIs this it? Just the two of
us?тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs for the best,тАЭ she said. тАЬYouтАЩll progress much faster.тАЭ

тАЬBut whereтАЩs your partner? IsnтАЩt heтАж?тАЭ

тАЬNot anymore. Let me see your sword.тАЭ

Aynglin unsheathed his blade and held it out to her.

For a moment Jinrae felt painfully disoriented.