"Jack Vance - The Gray Prince" - читать интересную книгу автора (Vance Jack)

Schaine laughed. тАЬIтАЩm seldom anxious to burn my enemies, one by one, тАШwith six thousand fires and six
thousand pangsтАЩ.тАЭ

тАЬThe Gray Prince, incidentally, is supposed to be here tonight.тАЭ

тАЬThe Gray PrinceтАФisnтАЩt he the Uldra messiah, or rabble-rouser, or some such special agent?тАЭ

тАЬSo IтАЩm told. He advocates what he calls тАШPan-UldraтАЩтАФan association of the Retent tribes, which then
will absorb the Treaty tribes and ultimately eject the land-barons from Uaia. Over here heтАЩs sponsored by
the Redemptionists, which means almost everyone in Szintarre.тАЭ

тАЬIncluding yourself?тАЭ

тАЬWellтАФI donтАЩt like to admit it to the daughter of a land-baron.тАЭ

Schaine sighed. тАЬI donтАЩt really mind. IтАЩm going back to live at Morningswake, and IтАЩve determined not to
quarrel with my father.тАЭ

тАЬArenтАЩt you putting yourself in a very awkward position? I feel in you a certain awareness of justice and
fair playтАФтАЭ

тАЬIn other words, am I a Redemptionist? I hardly know what to say. Morningswake is my home, so IтАЩve
been brought up to believe. But what if I really didnтАЩt have any right to be there, would I still want to
keep it? To be candid, IтАЩm glad that my opinion carries absolutely no weight, so that I can enjoy going
home without suffering pangs of conscience.тАЭ

Elvo Glissam laughed. тАЬAt least youтАЩre honest. If I were you I might feel the same way. Kelse is your
brother? Who is the grim dark-haired fellow with the stomach-ache?тАЭ

тАЬThatтАЩs Gerd Jemasze of Suaniset, the domain next east to ours. HeтАЩs always been lofty and saturnine,
ever since I can remember.тАЭ



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тАЬI think someone saidтАФprobably ValtrinaтАФthat an erjin attacked Kelse.тАЭ

тАЬYes, it was absolutely horrible, and erjins terrify me to this day. I canтАЩt believe those great beasts are
tame.тАЭ

тАЬThere are many different kinds of human beings; maybe there are different kinds of erjins.тАЭ

тАЬPerhapsтАжWhen I see those great maws and awful arms, I think of poor little Kelse, all chewed and
ripped.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs a miracle heтАЩs alive.тАЭ

тАЬHeтАЩd be dead except for an Uldra boy we called Muffin, who came with a gun and blew the erjinтАЩs head