"Ursula K. LeGuin - The Barrow" - читать интересную книгу автора (Le Guin Ursula K)

тАЬItтАЩs their doing.тАЭ

тАЬWho? The mountain folk?тАЭ

тАЬRemember the gutted sheep we found last autumn? Kass said then
it was an evil sign. TheyтАЩd been killing to Odne, he meant.тАЭ

тАЬWhat else would it mean?тАЭ

тАЬWhat are you talking about?тАЭ the foreign priest demanded.

тАЬThe mountain folk, Sir Priest. The heathen.тАЭ

тАЬWhat is Odne?тАЭ

A pause.

тАЬWhat do you mean, killing to Odne?тАЭ
 тАЬWell, sir, maybe itтАЩs better not to talk about it.тАЭ

тАЬWhy?тАЭ

тАЬWell, sir, as you said of the singing, holy things are better, tonight.тАЭ
Kass the blacksmith spoke with dignity, only glancing up to indicate the
room overhead; but another man, a young fellow with sores around his
eyes, murmured, тАЬThe Barrow has ears, the Barrow hearsтАжтАЭ

тАЬBarrow? That hillock by the road, you mean?тАЭ

Silence.

Freyga turned to face the priest. тАЬThey kill to Odne,тАЭ he said in his
soft voice, тАЬon stones beside the barrows in the mountains. WhatтАЩs inside
the barrows, no man knows.тАЭ

тАЬPoor heathen men, unholy men,тАЭ old Father Egius murmured
sorrowfully.

тАЬThe altarstone of our chapel came from the Barrow,тАЭ said the boy
Gilbert.

тАЬWhat?тАЭ

тАЬShut your mouth,тАЭ the blacksmith said. тАЬHe means, sir, that we took
the top stone from the stones beside the Barrow, a big marble stone,
Father Egius blessed it and thereтАЩs no harm in it.тАЭ

тАЬA fine altarstone,тАЭ Father Egius agreed, nodding and smiling, but on
the end of his words another howl rang out from overhead. He bent his