"Jean Lorrah - Empire 01 - Savage Empire" - читать интересную книгу автора (Lorrah Jean)

boys would learn much faster if for a portion of each day we blindfolded
themтАФaye, and stopped their ears, too. Then . they'd have to learn to
Read."

For a moment, Torio's enthusiasm woke in Lenardo the delight he had
felt whenever Galen had proposed a new ideaтАФbut Galen was gone now.
Lenardo's fault for not teaching him to master his enthusiasm. He must
not make the same mistake with this boy, who shone above the other boys
just as Galen had.

"When you are Master here, Torio, then you may institute your own
techniques."

"But you will be Master long before that, Magister. And even now you
might try my suggestions."

Will I ever be worthy to be a Master? Lenardo blocked the thought,
then covered his discomfiture with a laugh. 'Torio, Torio, just appointed
tutor today and already trying to run the academy!"

As he had hoped, the boy was distracted. "Tutor! YesтАФ if I have a
student, then I am officially a tutor! Oh, thank you, Magister Lenardo!" .

"You deserve the post. I shall consult with Master Clement about your
tutoring one or two beginning Readers. If you don't frighten them to
death, you will have the chance to demonstrate whether your method
produces good Readers in less time."

"Frighten them?тАж Oh, yesтАФI understand. I must Read the new boys to
comprehend the fear of the dark, for I have never feared it. Dark was all I
knew until I was seven years oldтАФand you showed me light."

"It was you who Read me, Torio," said Lenardo, recalling the surge of
joy ten years before, when he found in the little blind boy the talent that
would release him from his dark and circumscribed world. In those days
he had never questioned his calling to teach. Now he was no longer
certainтАФno longer trusted his judgment to guide the young Readers. How
well had he guided Galen, that the boy had come to question the lawтАФand
.been branded a criminal, thrust beyond the pale, where he would have to
cease ReadingтАФor die?

Surely he is dead by now, Lenardo thought. And yetтАж I would know. I
loved that boy. I cannot Read for him into the savage landsтАФbut surely I
would perceive if he were dead.

"Magister?"

"What? Oh, I'm sorry, Torio. It's nearly midday. Come тАФlet's see what
the refectory has to offer."