"Elizabeth Moon - Those who Walk in Darkness" - читать интересную книгу автора (Moon Elizabeth)

тАЬIтАЩm afraidтАФтАЭ
тАЬI can see that.тАЭ The Marshal moved, turning to call. тАЬKevis! Bring
me some water, and bandages.тАЭ He gathered Selis in his arms again.
тАЬWeтАЩll get you to bed, boy, and get these cleaned out. When did you
eat last?тАЭ
тАЬI donтАЩt knowтАФтАЭ The motion from chair to bed made him dizzy;
the Marshal rolled him neatly onto his belly.
тАЬI expect youтАЩve more welts belowтАФis it so?тАЭ
тАЬYes, MastтАФMarshal,тАЭ said Selis.
тАЬDonтАЩt use that scumтАЩs name here,тАЭ said the Marshal grimly. тАЬI
thought soтАФthey werenтАЩt content with her, they had to take a child
as well. Here, lift your hips. Damn them. YouтАЩll carry these marks
for life, boy.тАЭ Selis heard footsteps, another manтАЩs voice.
тАЬAnything else, Marshal?тАЭ
тАЬFood, Kevis. Who else is keeping vigil?тАЭ
тАЬArbad, Rahel, and Ar├▒e.тАЭ
тАЬGood. IтАЩll be with this boy awhile, until heтАЩs settledтАФтАЭ
тАЬThatтАЩsтАФтАЭ
тАЬLiartтАЩs work, yes. By GirdтАЩs cudgel, weтАЩve a house-cleaning to do
in this place, yeoman marshal, and no regency council fop will stop
us this time.тАЭ
тАЬAye. ThatтАЩs what I thought.тАЭ The other man went away. Selis
dared to look around; he was lying face down on a narrow bed
against the wall of a small cleanroom. A dark blue robe hung on one
peg, a swordbelt and sword on another. A low table and broad chair

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completed the furniture. On the table was a bowl of water and pile
of cloth strips neatly rolled into bandages. The Marshal was dipping
a cloth in water.
тАЬThis will sting,тАЭ he said, meeting SelisтАЩs eye. тАЬIтАЩm sorry for it, but
evil deeds last longer than the doing.тАЭ He began working on SelisтАЩs
back; it felt worse than stinging to Selis. He bit his lip, and thought
of the paladin. тАЬThese are inflamed,тАЭ the Marshal went on. тАЬHow
long ago were you beaten?тАЭ
тАЬFour days,тАЭ said Selis, in a jerky voice. тАЬIтАФI think it was four
days.тАЭ
тАЬHmmph. And youтАЩve been lurking the streets since?тАЭ
тАЬNoтАФMarshal. IтАФouch!тАЭ He clenched his fists; the Marshal
seemed to be digging into one of the welts with his fingers.
тАЬSorry, lad. This one was going bad; full of pus. It has to come out.тАЭ
тАЬItтАФdidnтАЩtтАФfeel likeтАФthat beforeтАФтАЭ Selis had buried his face in
the blanket.
тАЬI know. The ones that go bad quit hurting for a time. Those
damned hooks they use dig in and make a deep place for wound
fever to grow.тАЭ By the time the Marshal finished, Selis was shaking