"T. H. White - The Once and Future King" - читать интересную книгу автора (White T.H)

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"I do need it," he said. And then, with a suddenness which surprised them both: "May I come tonight?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Lance, please don't ask. You know that Arthur is at home, and it is much too dangerous."
"Arthur won't mind."
"If Arthur were to catch us," she said wisely, "he would have to kill us."
He denied it.
"Arthur knows all about us. Merlyn warned him in so many words, and Morgan le Fay sent him two
broad hints, and then there was the trouble with Sir Meliagrance. But he doesn't want to have things
upset. He would never catch us unless he was made to."
"Lancelot," she said angrily, "I am not going to have you talking about Arthur as if he were a go-
between."
"I am not talking about him like that. He was my first friend, and I love him."
"Then you are talking about me as if I were worse."
"And now you are behaving as if you were."
"Very well, if that is all you have to say, you had better go."
"So that you can make love to him, I suppose."
"Lancelot!"
"Oh, Jenny!" He jumped up, nimble as ever, and caught her. "Don't be angry. I am sorry if I was
unkind."
"Go away! Leave me alone."
But he continued to hold her tightly, like someone restraining a wild animal from running away.
"Don't be angry. I am sorry. You know I didn't mean it."
"You are a beast."
"No, I am not a beast, and nor are you. Jenny, I shall go on holding you until you stop being cross. I said
it because I was miserable."
Her muffled and restrained voice remarked plaintively: "You said you were happy just now."
"Well, I am not happy. I am very unhappy and miserable about the whole world."
"Do you suppose you are the only one?"

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"No, I don't. And I am sorry for what I said. It will make me unhappy for having said it. There, please be
a dear and don't make me unhappy for longer?"
She relented. The years had smoothed their earlier tempers.
"Then I won't."
Bet her smile and yielding only moved him afresh.
"Come away with me, Jenny?"
"Please don't start it all over again."
"I can't help starting," he said desperately. "I don't know what to do. God, we have been going over this
all our lives, but it seems to be worse in the spring. Why won't you come with me to Joyous Card and
have the whole thing above board?"
"Lance, let go of me and be sensible. There, sit down and we will have another song."
"But I don't want to sing."