"Andre Norton - Huon of the Horn" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norton Andre)

face and drooping body of his brother. And out of
his deep foreboding he spoke to his men:

"Cursed be King Charlemagne if this deed was
of his planning! If it was his secret purpose to so
put an end to the line of SevinтАФthen has he lost.
For while I live and stand upright on my two feet
and have an arm strong enough to swing my


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father's sword, I shall avenge this foul deed. Even
in the very beard of the King shall I speak my
mind concerning this. For such treachery there is
no pardonтАФthat we should be so enticed to our

deaths!"

And naught that the Abbot could say would
abate the great rage of Huon which was ever
freshly kindled by the sight of Gerard who now
and again moaned and cried aloud upon the name
of Our Lord Jesu for reason of the keen pain of his

hurt.

Meanwhile the Earl Amaury did issue forth
from his ambush in the wood to speak sharply to
those about the body of Chariot, ordering them to
take up the dead Prince and tie him across his
own saddle. Then, leading the burdened charger
with his own hand he, too, rode to the King's court,
followed by his men and those of Chariot's house-
hold. On the way he thought much of the ill he
could now do to Huon because of this slaying and
how he might best arouse the King's full wrath
against the youth from Bordeaux.

First to reach the court of Charlemagne was
Huon and his party. And straight into the King's
presence they strode, bearing with them on a lit-
ter, fashioned of cloaks and lances, the swooning

Gerard.

All those assembled thereтАФpeers, nobles and

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