"George R. R. Martin - Ice and Fire 0.6 - The Sworn Sword" - читать интересную книгу автора (Martin George R R)

they were a pale green, squinty small, close set, and shiny-bright with malice. тАЬOnly two casks,тАЭ he
observed. тАЬSer Useless wanted four.тАЭ

тАЬWe were lucky to find two,тАЭ said Dunk. тАЬThe drought reached the Arbor, too. We heard the grapes are
turning into raisins on the vines, and the ironmen have been piratingтАФтАЭ

тАЬSer?тАЭ Egg broke in. тАЬThe waterтАЩs gone.тАЭ

Dunk had been so intent on Bennis that he hadnтАЩt noticed. Beneath the warped wooden planks of the
bridge only sand and stones remained.ThatтАЩs queer. The stream was running low when we left, but it was
running.

Bennis laughed. He had two sorts of laughs. Sometimes he cackled like a chicken, and sometimes he
brayed louder than EggтАЩs mule. This was his chicken laugh. тАЬDried up while you was gone, I guess. A
droughtтАЩll do that.тАЭ

Dunk was dismayed.Well, I wonтАЩt be soaking now. He swung down to the ground.WhatтАЩs going to
happen to the crops? Half the wells in the Reach had gone dry, and all the rivers were running low, even
the Blackwater Rush and the mighty Mander.

тАЬNasty stuff, water,тАЭ Bennis said. тАЬDrank some once, and it made me sick as a dog. WineтАЩs better.тАЭ

тАЬNot for oats. Not for barleycorn. Not for carrots, onions, cabbages. Even grapes need water.тАЭ Dunk
shook his head. тАЬHow could it go dry so quick? WeтАЩve only been six days.тАЭ

тАЬWasnтАЩt much water in there to start with, Dunk. Time was, I could piss me bigger streams than this
one.тАЭ

тАЬNotDunk ,тАЭ said Dunk. тАЬI told you that.тАЭ He wondered why he bothered. Bennis was a mean-mouthed
man, and it pleased him to make mock. тАЬIтАЩm called Ser Duncan the Tall.тАЭ

тАЬBy who? Your bald pup?тАЭ He looked at Egg and laughed his chicken laugh. тАЬYouтАЩre taller than when
you did for Pennytree, but you still look a properDunk to me.тАЭ

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Dunk rubbed the back of his neck and stared down at the rocks. тАЬWhat should we do?тАЭ

тАЬFetch home the wines, and tell Ser Useless his streamтАЩs gone dry. The Standfast well still draws, he
wonтАЩt go thirsty.тАЭ

тАЬDonтАЩt call him Useless.тАЭ Dunk was fond of the old knight. тАЬYou sleep beneath his roof, give him some
respect.тАЭ

тАЬYou respect him for the both oтАЩ us, Dunk,тАЭ said Bennis. тАЬIтАЩll call him what I will.тАЭ

The silvery gray planks creaked heavily as Dunk walked out onto the bridge, to frown down at the sand