"Richard Paul Russo - Watching Lear Dream" - читать интересную книгу автора (Russo Richard Paul)

"I'd better get back," he told her. He handed her the rest of his local money.
"Get what you need, clothes, food, whatever. If you need more money, I'll get
it." It was easier to think about practical matters.

"When will you be back?" she asked.

"It won't be easy. Late afternoon, if I can."

She reached across the table, took his hand in hers, and gently rubbed his
fingers while looking directly at him. Those eyes, still glowing even in the
light of day. Samuel finally got up, reluctantly pulled his hand away, and left.

No one seemed to have noticed that he'd been gone all night. Rashida asked him
where he'd been, and when he said he'd gone into the village for breakfast, that
satisfied her.

Lear, apparently, had not dreamed anything new into existence during the night,
but he still seemed disturbed and confused. "Walk with me," he said to Samuel.

They walked through the grove of fruit trees, side by side in silence for a
while, two old friends with long lives between them. Samuel could already feel
the guilt beginning to settle into him, and he knew that, just as before, the
guilt would not stop him. Other things might, but not the guilt.

"I feel lost," Lear said. "Something's happened, and I don't know what it is. I
feel as if a piece has been carved out of me and devoured." He looked at Samuel
and smiled, shaking his head. "I know, I sound like a madman."

Samuel shrugged. He still didn't know what to say to his old friend. There was a
wooden bench under the largest of the fruit trees, and Lear led the way to it.
He dropped onto the bench with a heavy sigh, and Samuel sat beside him. Lear
tipped his head back and gazed up through the leaf- and fruit-filled branches,
gazed up at tiny windows of aquamarine sky.

"I miss her," Lear said.

"Who?

"Teresa. I still miss her after all these years." He lowered his gaze and looked
off in the direction of the river, though they couldn't see it from here. "I've
been thinking about her a lot."

Which was no surprise to Samuel. But he didn't say anything.


file:///C|/3278%20Sci-Fi%20and%20Fantasy%20...%20Russo%20-%20Watching%20Lear%20Dream.html (10 of 20) [1/17/2005 6:53:29 PM]
 file:///C|/3278%20Sci-Fi%20and%20Fantasy%20E-books/Richard%20Paul%20Russo%20-%20Watching%20Lear%20Dream.html