"Stasheff, Christopher - Warlock 04 - The Warlock Enraged" - читать интересную книгу автора (Stasheff Christopher)

"No, because I don't want to walk into an ambush. Not
that I expect to, mindЧI just don't want to take any chances."
He gave the pot a last tap and held it up to admire. "You
boys did a good job."

"We shall ever do our best, for thee," Magnus responded.
"Papa... if thou dost gain this firm evidence that thou
speakest of... What then?"

Rod shrugged. "Depends. If it's nothing major, we'll fix
whatever's wrong, and go on to the northern seacoast for a
couple of weeks of swimming and fishing. You've never
tried swimming in the ocean, boys. Let me tell you, it's
very different from the little lake near our house."

"I shall hope to discover it," Gregory piped. "Papa...
what if the evidence is of great wrongness?"

"Then you three boys will turn right around, and take
your mother and your sister right home," Rod said promptly.

"And thou... ?"

"I'm the High Warlock, aren't I?" Rod grinned at them.
"They gave me the title. I've got to live up to it."

Gregory and Magnus looked at each other, and locked
gazes.

"I prithee, my lord, calm your heart," Gwen eyed him
anxiously as she laid the campfire. " 'Twas not the forester's
fault that we may not hunt."

"YeahЧbut the way he dragged Magnus in, as though
he were some kind of criminal!" Rod folded a hand around
his trembling fist. "He should only know how close he came
to disaster! Good thing Magnus remembered his disguise."

" 'Twas not the child's self-rule that troubled me." Gwen
shuddered. "My lord, if thou couldst have but seen thine
own face...."

"I know, I know," Rod snapped, turning away. "So it's
not surprising he reached toward his knife. But so help me,
if he had touched it..."

"He would have died," Gwen said simply, "and men-at-
arms would have caught us on the morrow."