"Xanth 18 - Geis Of The Gargoyle" - читать интересную книгу автора (Xanth)

"Then will you go away?"

She shook a fine firm finger. "Answer mine, then I'll
answer yours, you refugee from a horror house. What are
you?"

"I am a gargoyle."

"Who are you?"

"Gary Gar."

"And what are you doing, Gary Gargoyle?"

"I am performing according to my geis."

"What's a gaysh?"

"Forget it, demoness! You promised to answer mine af-
ter three of yours."

She frowned prettily. "Very well, Gary Garble. Ask your
stupid question." A large mug appeared in her hand.
"Would you like a drink from Ein Stein first?"

"What's tha-" he started to ask, but caught himself al-
most barely in time. She was trying to trick him into wast-
ing his stupid question. "No. I don't know what that is, so
I won't risk it."

'Too bad," she said. "One drink from this would have
made you Xanth's smartest creature, capable of concluding
that Eeee equals Emcee squared." The mug disappeared.

"I can live without that Conclusion," he said. "Who are
you?"

She fidgeted, beginning to lose definition. "That's awk-
ward to answer."

GEIS OF THE GARGOYLE____3

"Well, make the effort, smokeface."

Her features reformed, lovelier than before. "I'm
D. Mentia, but that's only a half-truth."

"What's the other half of the truth?"

"I'm the alter ego of the Demoness Metria. She did