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

grown and bearing a sword, but she had had no sword. Yet she had
been GirdishтАФshe had said so. Gird the protector, she had said.
Selis found himself halfway to the light before he realized it; his
teeth chattered harder than ever. Gird the protector. But Gird had
not protected her, not even from a scared boy like himself. He felt
another wave of nausea at the thought of her blood in his mouth.
How could he turn to Gird, if Gird would not protect her? But she
had not been afraid. Had Gird taken her fear, and left her the rest? It
might be worth that pain not to be afraid, even for a night.
Quickly, giving himself no time to think, Selis threw himself
forward, into the light, skidding to a halt just inside the door. Fear
flooded his mind, clouding his eyes for a moment so that all he
could discern was a huge shadowy shape looming over him, with
light behind it. He opened his mouth to scream, but as in a

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nightmare no sound came. The shadow bent over him; he felt strong
arms around him, lifting him gently.
тАЬShhh,тАЭ said a voice. тАЬItтАЩs all right. YouтАЩre safe here.тАЭ He was
shivering with cold and fright together; he felt tears burning his
eyes, running hot on his cold cheeks. The man carried him easily,
speaking to someone else, directions that Selis did not follow, being
deaf to anything but his fear. Gradually it eased.
He was warm. He was cradled in someoneтАЩs lap, his legs dangling,
and as his sobs died away, the man began to speak.
тАЬThere, little ladтАФwere you the frightened rabbit crouched by the
wall earlier? DonтАЩt fearтАФwhatтАЩs made you fear Gird, of all saints?
Here, nowтАФтАЭ A hiss followed, as the man touched his back. тАЬAh,
youтАЩre hurt. WeтАЩll ease that; let me help you with your tunic.тАЭ Selis
sat up, seeing blurrily through the last of his tears a freckled face
under thinning red hair, pale blue eyes that met his steadily. He
fumbled with the laces of his tunic; the man waited until he dragged
it over his head, wincing at the pain.
тАЬIтАФIтАЩm sorryтАФтАЭ he mumbled, not knowing what else to say. The
manтАЩs face had stiffened, seeing his back. He saw the blue eyes turn
cold.
тАЬGirdтАЩs arm, boy, who dealt those blows?тАЭ Selis shivered again, his
fear returning. He could not answer, shaking his head helplessly
when the man asked again. Then the man sighed. тАЬI think I knowтАФ
if thatтАЩs not the mark of a crooked lash, IтАЩm no Marshal. And why
are you sorry, boy, unless you dealt such blows to another?тАЭ
тАЬIтАФтАЭ Selis bowed his head, fighting back another bout of sobs.


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