"Kerrion Empire - 03 - Earth Dreams" - читать интересную книгу автора (Morris Janet E)

JANET MORRIS

breeding privilege, and the name he had decided to give
to his son. ..."

'That must have thrilled his father, old Richter being
consul general and bound to maintain the Orrefors
bond's position that Earth's ground-dwellers are
subhuman."

"You know more of consular hatreds than most men.
And of bondkin loyalty. Because this JesseЧand there
were other Jesses born in Troy that year, once rumor
spread of what that child could claimЧmight be sprung
from the very consular house of Orrefors, many enchant-
ers have chosen not to notice what he does. I heard that
at the beginning of the insurrection, when Kerrion ac-
quired Orrefors Earth and the secessions began, a group
of loyal enchanters tracked him down and offered their
service: fealty to the only accessible member of the de-
posed ruling house. They wanted to go into battle in his
name, regain him Earth and the Stump, at least. But he
killed them, to the man. He hates all enchanters, some of
whom dallied with his mother, and one of whom slew
her."

"You have been here six days, and you know all this?"

"I went into Bolen's town, to the inn. Folk know me.
They do not fear me. But then, I do not dress up like an
enchanter, or ride a killer horse."

Chaeron ignored her reproof. "That still does not ex-
plain why you know so much about him, or why you
asked him back, or why you seemed to know him."

"Are you jealous, then?"

He laughed and put up his palms. ",You have found me
out. I have come all this long and arduous way, have
ridden horseback and slept on stone, in order to make
use of my dream dancer, and end up listening to some-
one else snore through her dreams in my place."

"You would not be satisfied if I said that you should
make his acquaintance, that he is just the sort who can
aid you here? No? Then, I give in. When I was thirteen
in Bolen's town, he intervened in my behalf, out of com-
mon chivalry. He will not remember, and I will never tell