"Stephen Lawhead - Byzantium" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lawhead Stephen)

It was an honour rare to one so young, and well I knew it. Not that I


could easily forget, for I was reminded at every turn by my brother


monks, many of whom regarded me with ill-disguised envy. Of the


younger priests, I was considered the most able and learned, and


therefore most likely to attain the honour we all sought.




The dream, however, poisoned my happiness; I knew my life would end in


agony and fear. This the dream had shown me, and I was not fool enough


to doubt it. I knew--with the confidence of fire-tested


conviction--that what I dreamed would be. Sure, I am one of those


wretched souls who see the future in dreams, and my dreams are never


wrong.
Word of the bishop's plan had reached us just after the Christ Mass.




"Eleven monks will be selected," Abbot Fraoch informed us that night at


table. "Five monks from Hy, and three each fromLindisfarneand


Cenannus."