"Andre Norton - Merlin' s mirror" - читать интересную книгу автора (Norton Andre)
his hands to see who spoke. But the very fact that he
heard lessened his first terror, for surely no firedrake nor
ghoul would use'the tongue of man!
"There is no need of fear," the same words repeated.
The boy drew a deep breath and, summoning the full
force of his courage, he dropped his hands.
There was so much to be seen, and the objects were so
alien to all his experience, that wonder overcame the last
of his fear. For here was no scaled monster, no evil crea-
ture. Instead, under the light stood burnished squares and
cylinders for which his native language had no names.
There was also a kind of life which he could sense, though
it was not the life of fleshed creatures, but of another spe-
cies altogether.
The cavern seemed very large to him, and it was very
full of the objects. Some flashed small colored lights along
the surfaces facing him. Others were blank, yet they all
possessed that alien life.
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Myrddin still could not see who had spoken to him and
he was too cautious to venture far into the crowded cham-
ber. Now he moistened his lips with tongue tip and an-
swered with all the boldness he could summon, his voice
sounding shrill in that chamber.
"I am not afraid!" Which was in part a lie, but in part
only, for the fascination of this place was far outweighing,
with every moment he lingered, his first wariness.
He expected to see someone step into view around the
bulk of those huge square or round pillars. But, as
the moments passed, no one came. Again he spoke, now a
little displeased that there had been no real answer.
22 Andre Norton
"I am Myrddin, of the clan of Nyren." He took two
more steps into the rock-walled place. "Who are you?"
The lights spun in broken patterns, the things about him
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