"Nancy Springer - Isle 02 - The Silver Sun" - читать интересную книгу автора (Springer Nancy)

met yesterday."



"Yesterday? And how did Alan come to be hurt?"



Alan broke his silence, knowing that Hal could not

very well recount his own exploit- "Let me tell you, Ket.

I was not paying proper attention, I suppose, when that

troop of lordsmen came along. I was far too hungry. . . ."



Alan described his predicament and his rescue, gloss-

ing over the fright of the horses; he did not know how to

explain that. The outlaws listened intently, and laughed

heartily when he mentioned the captain's red face.



"So that was how the big bastard came to be pelting

through theForest yesterday, with his britches soiled and

his helmet askew, and his face red as a beet!" cried Ket.

"We saw, but we little knew the reason. Twas sweetly

done, lad." Then he sobered. "They'll be looking for ye,
long and hard. Ye must be wary."



Hal winced at the praise, and he changed the subject

"Ket, if you are no longer angry with me, I would like to

ask your help. I have shot a deer. Half is for you. And I

would like to trade a haunch and the hide for bread and