Your Highness has a perceptive mind. Shall I take that as a compliment or a threat, Fenring? I meant it only as a sign of my respect. I share your fear of the Baron's schemes. My father can handle the Baron, Fenring. It is this Muad'dib I'm curious about. Halt! He caught Korba from behind, Muad'dib. One of my newcomers. -Sardaukar. -Not a chance. The only possible explanation if he overcame Korba. Submit, Captain. Submit, Captain. Sardaukar. -Gurney. -Let me kill him, Milord. No. Gurney Halleck is right. We must take his water. Otheym, see that he's not harmed. We'll have use for him soon. Chani, now you can return to the southern sietch. I want you to bring my mother here. Your mother? Milord, we were told she was taken by the Harkonnen. That she is dead. She is very much alive, old friend. And you will see her soon. Come. We have another raid to plan. Muad'dib never sleeps. They say Muad'dib never eats. They believe he can see into the future. They believe he cannot be killed. -No one has ever seen him? -No, Highness. Though many claim they have. Sometimes in several places, at the same time. But what does he look like? I want to know what he looks like. No one will say for sure. Perhaps he doesn't even exist. Perhaps he's just a legend. A ghost. There were no such things as ghosts. We were able to jam their signals. No communications escaped, but I think you should see this. The Guild agent. Quite a distance from the comforts on Kaitain. May I remind you that I am protected by the lmperial Treaties for Commerce... ...by the C.H.O.A.M. Declaration, paragraph 12, subparagraph D... ...and by Articles 3, 8 and 14 of the Great Convention, which-- Imperial law is void where Muad'dib stands. -The forms must be obeyed. -Be quiet. Shall we take their waters now, Muad'dib? We have surrendered without resistance. We have put our lives at your mercy. Mercy is a word I no longer understand. Milord. Tell me. Are there many Guild agents on Arrakis these days? We are neutral in the matters between you and the Harkonnen. Are there? Arrakis is crawling with them. Buying up the spice as if there was precious little left. You're afraid, aren't you? The spice must flow. Otheym, disarm their thopters. Fuel them only as much as needed to reach Arrakeen. You are letting them go? Take a message to your masters. Tell them your fight is hopeless. Tell them the forces of Muad'dib cannot be defeated. Tell them the days are numbered. The men are going to question your intentions. The men, Stil, can't possibly imagine what my intentions are. Gurney. Your son shares a bond with this man. It runs very deep. Very deep. The kind only men can have. And my little man. You are so thin. Is he being fed enough? His appetite is as healthy as any I've seen. He should be with the other children. I cherish the time I spend with my grandson. He can't learn the ways of the sietch if he's kept apart. There are things he must learn that extend beyond the ways of the sietch. There will be time enough to learn those things. Does Paul share that sentiment? Muad'dib relies on my judgement where our son is concerned. You have been a good companion to my son, Chani. But he is not like other men. -I'm sure I know that better than most. -He is noble-born. The rightful heir to the House Atreides. An alliance with one of the other great houses must remain a possibility. You don't have to worry, Reverend Mother. I will only do what's best for him. Just as you did for your duke. Pleasure to see you again, Baron Harkonnen. So the Emperor seems to be entertaining some of the other royal houses as well. There is much to discuss. Really? Your Majesty, these people are mad. The women throw their babies at us. They hurl themselves onto our weapons to open a wedge for their men to attack. Indeed. I can wipe the planet clean of the entire race, Your ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Мой друг Иван Лапшин на английском - текст Небо зовёт на английском - текст Шестнадцать свечей на английском - текст Золотой ребёнок на английском - текст Дама с собачкой на английском |