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

тАЬYes, Muffin has come a vast distance, and I intend to go as far againтАФeven at the risk of
inconveniencing my old friends.тАЭ His glance now included Kelse and Gerd; then he turned back to
Schaine. тАЬAnd what will you do now?тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩm returning to Morningswake tomorrow. We meet Father in Galigong and fly home from there.тАЭ

тАЬAs an тАШintransigentтАЩ?тАЭ

тАЬWhatтАЩs an тАШintransigentтАЩ?тАЭ

Kelse said in a bored voice: тАЬThe opposite of тАШRedemptionistтАЩ, or so I suppose.тАЭ

Schaine said: тАЬIтАЩm going as myself, nothing more, and I intend to quarrel with no one.тАЭ

тАЬYou might find it more difficult than you think.тАЭ


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Schaine smilingly shook her head. тАЬFather and I can accommodate to each other. HeтАЩs neither cruel nor
unreasonable, as you well know.тАЭ

тАЬHeтАЩs a force of nature! Storms, lightning, torrentsтАФtheyтАЩre not cruel or unreasonable either, but they
cannot be defeated by kindness and rationality.тАЭ

Schaine laughed sadly. тАЬAnd you intend to defeat my poor father?тАЭ

тАЬI must. I am a Redemptionist. I intend to win back for my people the lands they lost to the violence of
your people.тАЭ

Gerd looked up toward the ceiling and turned half away. Kelse said: тАЬSpeaking of my father, I had a letter
from him today: a most curious letter. He mentions you as well. Listen. тАШYou might be seeing that scamp
Jorjol. If so, try to bring him to his senses, for his own sake. Perhaps the prospect of a career at
Morningswake no longer appeals to him; tell him nevertheless that when his bubble breaks he is always
welcome here, for reasons of which we are all aware.

тАЬтАШI have just returned from the Volwodes and I canтАЩt wait to see you. IтАЩve had some remarkable
adventures and I have a wonderful story to tell you, a most wonderful joke, a most prodigious and
extraordinary joke which has put ten years on my life, and which might well amuse and edify JorjolтАжтАЩ
ThatтАЩs about all here to interest you.тАЭ

Jorjol raised his bleached white eyebrows. тАЬWhat kind of joke? I am not interested in jokes.тАЭ

тАЬI donтАЩt know what his joke might be; IтАЩm anxious to find out.тАЭ

Jorjol pulled at his long nose, which apparently had been surgically cropped of its drooping Uldra tip.
тАЬUther Madduc was never a great humorist, to my recollection.тАЭ