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

He held down his head so that she could reach, and she, stretching up backward with a white arm,
twisted his forelock round her finger. She tugged until he made a face.
"Yes, it still hurts. What a relief!"
"Was that how your sisters pulled it?"
"Yes, but I pulled theirs much harder. Whenever I came near one of my sisters she used to hold her
pigtails in both hands, and glare at me."
She laughed.
"I'm glad I wasn't one of your sisters."
"Oh, but I should never have pulled yours. Yours is too beautiful. I should have wanted to do something

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else with it."
"What would you have done?"
"I should ... well, I think I should have curled up inside it like a dormouse, and gone to sleep. I should
like to do that now."
"Not until it is finished."
"Jenny," he asked suddenly, "do you think this will last?"
"What do you mean?"
"Gareth came to me just now, to warn us that Arthur had gone away on purpose to set a trap, and that
Agravaine or Mordred was going to catch us out."
"Arthur would never do a thing like that."
"That's what I said."
"Unless he was made to," she reflected.
"I don't see how they could make him."
She went off at a tangent.
"It was nice of Gareth to go against his brothers."
"Do you know, I think he is one of the nicest people at court. Gawaine is decent, but he is quick-
tempered and rather unforgiving,"
"He is loyal."
"Yes, Arthur used to say that if you were not an Orkney, they were frightful: but, if you were, you were
a lucky man. They fight like cats, but they adore each other really. It is a clan."
The Queen's tangent had somehow brought her back to the circle,
"Lance," she asked In a startled voice, "do you think they could have forced the King's hand?"
"How do you mean?"
"Arthur has a terrific sense of justice."
"I wonder,"
"There was that conversation last week. I thought he was trying to warn us, Listen! Did you hear
something?"
"No."
"I thought I heard somebody at the door."

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"I'll go and see,"