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

tying her arms again. But she did not wakeтАФтАЭ
тАЬNo. And you say she showed no fearтАФтАЭ
тАЬNo, sir. At first I wonderedтАФI couldnтАЩt believe the gods would let
a paladinтАФif it was a paladinтАФтАЭ He floundered for a moment,
catching an expression on the MarshalтАЩs face that frightened him
again. тАЬI mean, sir, that I had heard about paladinsтАФand she had no
sword, evenтАФand did not fightтАФтАЭ
тАЬAnd you doubted she was a fighter at all?тАЭ
Selis shook his head. тАЬNoтАФIтАЩve seen fighters; she looked like that.
But paladinsтАФthe priests said it was all a lie, and that she was no
more than any other fighter. I thought if she was, the gods would do

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something, and they didnтАЩt. The priests went on, and the othersтАФтАЭ
тАЬWhat others?тАЭ
тАЬTheтАФthe ones there. Everyone, nearly. The priests require it.тАЭ
тАЬThat everyone join the torment?тАЭ
тАЬYes, sir.тАЭ Selis glanced quickly up and away, letting his eyes roam
around the bare room.
тАЬWere you there for all of it, Selis?тАЭ The MarshalтАЩs voice was
curiously gentle; it surprised him enough to face that blue gaze.
тАЬYes, sir. They said I had to stay for it all. They wouldnтАЩt let my
father even speak to me that day, or the day afterтАФтАЭ
тАЬHow many times did they beat you?тАЭ
тАЬOnly the once, sir. But thenтАФthey made me sit on the other side,
with the children, and they told me they would beat me again if I
angered them.тАЭ
тАЬI see.тАЭ The MarshalтАЩs lips folded in a tight line. Selis watched him,
sure of anger when he spoke again. After a moment, the Marshal
shook his head slightly. тАЬBoyтАФ SelisтАФif you had stayed on the
streets until morning, in this cold, youтАЩd have had wound-fever
enough to keep you abed until spring. The priests knew that:
wounds festering four days, hunger, a cold night. They must need a
hold on your father. Remember that, Selis: they serve a bad master
with bad service; thereтАЩs enough pain in the world without causing
more.тАЭ
He stretched, and went on more briskly. тАЬNowтАФyou need rest
before anything else. Sleep here. Do not leave this room without
permission; if you wake, you may eat and drink again, but do not

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leave. ThereтАЩs a pot under the bed. Is that clear?тАЭ
тАЬYes, Marshal.тАЭ
тАЬAnd will you stay?тАЭ