"Lawhead, Stephen - Albion 02 - The Silver Hand" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lawhead Stephen)

"I am sorry, Tegid," he said.

"I should have told you, but I thought you would prevent me."

"Prevent you from leaving?"

"From doing what I had to do-what I must do," he said, and I could feel
the turmoil seething within him. I made to speak a soothing word, but
he prevented me, saying, "No, Tegid, not yet. I have to say this."

He was quiet a little longer. We listened to the soft swish of our
feet through the long grass. Ahead, the first of the procession had
reached the entrance of the glen and were dousing their torches in the
stream. By the time we came to the place, all that remained was the
lingering scent of steam and smoke. The procession had moved out into
the Vale of Modornn. A pale moon had risen and we could see, drawn in
silver on the darkness of the valley floor, the long lines of walkers
stretching out before us.

It made my heart ache to see it, for it seemed to me as if we were a
dying race walking through the fading light into oblivion's darkness.
But I kept this to myself, and waited for Llew to speak his heart to
me.

He began again as we moved out from the mouth of the black glen.

"There is a war raging in my world," said Liew softly.

"It is not a war of swords and spears-I wish it were: we could fight
the enemy then. But the enemy is here," he struck his fist against his
chest.

"The enemy is within us-it has poisoned us and made us sick. We are
sick inside, Tegid. Siawn and I have been poisoned, and we have
brought this poison to Albion. i~ we stay here, we will poison
everything-we will destroy everything."

"Liew, but for you it would have been destroyed already. You saved us
when no one else could."

He seemed not to hear me, for he continued as before.

"Simon-Siawn has already spread the poison far. He has put ideas into
the prince's head-ideas that have no place here in Albion."

"He would have little trouble there. Meldron was ever greedy for more
than he was given."

"I believe the murder of Meldryn Mawr was Siawn's idea. He thought