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

these ditchdiggers have a lick of sense, theyтАЩll run. ThunderтАЩs hooves kicked up clods of dirt.

One man dropped his shovel at the sight of the oncoming knights, but that was all. There were a score of
the diggers, short and tall, old and young, all baked brown by the sun. They formed a ragged line as
Bennis slowed, clutching their spades and picks. тАЬThis is Coldmoat land,тАЭ one shouted.

тАЬAnd thatтАЩs an Osgrey stream.тАЭ Bennis pointed with his longsword. тАЬWho put that damned dam up?тАЭ

тАЬMaester Cerrick made it,тАЭ said one young digger.

тАЬNo,тАЭ an older man insisted. тАЬThe gray pup pointed some and said do this and do that, but it were us
who made it.тАЭ

тАЬThen you can bloody well unmake it.тАЭ

The diggersтАЩ eyes were sullen and defiant. One wiped the sweat off his brow with the back of his hand.
No one spoke.

тАЬYou lot donтАЩt hear so good,тАЭ said Bennis. тАЬDo I need to lop me off an ear or two? WhoтАЩs first?тАЭ

тАЬThis is Webber land.тАЭ The old digger was a scrawny fellow, stooped and stubborn. тАЬYou got no right to
be here. Lop off any ears and mтАЩlady will drown you in a sack.тАЭ

Bennis rode closer. тАЬDonтАЩt see no ladies here, just some mouthy peasant.тАЭ He poked the diggerтАЩs bare

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brown chest with the point of his sword, just hard enough to draw a bead of blood.

He goes too far.тАЬPut up your steel,тАЭ Dunk warned him. тАЬThis is not his doing. This maester set them to
the task.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs for the crops, ser,тАЭ a jug-eared digger said. тАЬThe wheat was dying, the maester said. The pear trees,
too.тАЭ

тАЬWell, maybe them pear trees die, or maybe you do.тАЭ

тАЬYour talk donтАЩt frighten us,тАЭ said the old man.

тАЬNo?тАЭ Bennis made his longsword whistle, opening the old manтАЩs cheek from ear to jaw. тАЬI said, them
pear trees die, or you do.тАЭ The diggerтАЩs blood ran red down one side of his face.

He should not have done that.Dunk had to swallow his rage. Bennis was on his side in this. тАЬGet away
from here,тАЭ he shouted at the diggers. тАЬGo back to your ladyтАЩs castle.тАЭ

тАЬRun,тАЭSer Bennis urged.

Three of them let go of their tools and did just that, sprinting through the grass. But another man,
sunburned and brawny, hefted a pick and said, тАЬThereтАЩs only two of them.тАЭ