depends. - On what? On whether you expect a husband to follow you around... ...jump every time you clap your hands. Wouldn't you jump for me? No, of course not. You're a warrior. From this day, my kingdom is no more. Nor mine. A single kingdom under our children. Agreed. I give fire to water. It will not return, except from the hand of the woman I choose as my wife. I take fire from water. I give it only to the man whom I choose as my husband. Take the fire from my hand. Call the roll, guards! - Slayers! - Arm yourselves! - We'll fight together. - No. Is there a safe way out? - An underground passage. - Come on! My place is with you. - Do you love me? - Of course I love you. Then go. Colwyn, hurry back to me. Everyone in the centre of the room, get back! Take it! Here! Colwyn! Lyssa! Colwyn! Colwyn! Father! Lyssa! She's alive. Where? Stay still! Where? For now, beyond your reach. Who are you? I am Ynyr. The old one. Well, not as old as all that. You've come down from the Granite Mountains. Yes. I am needed now. Father! There's no time now for grief. You haven't lost a father and a bride on the same day. Nor have I become king on that day. I have no kingdom. Your kingdom may be greater than you know. I give it to you, old man, and welcome to it. I came to find a king... ...and I find a boy instead. Lyssa? They will hold her in the Black Fortress. Can you lead me to it? You must have help. I'll find men on the way. In the Fortress, you will face more than the Slayers. You will face the Beast, who is their leader. He can be killed. Perhaps. But no man has ever seen him and lived. You will need more than men and swords. You will need the power of the Glaive. The Glaive is nothing but an ancient symbol. It doesn't really exist. It exists, up there. In a cave on the highest peak. Without the Glaive, you will never be able to reach Lyssa. I need weapons, not symbols. Once, the Glaive was a very powerful weapon. It can be so again. But only in the hands of the right man. For only the right man can retrieve the Glaive. Am I that man? I wish I knew. I cannot go with you. Don't worry. If it's there, I'll come back with it. If you do not come back with it... ...you'll not come back at all. You have been brought here for a marriage. I am the king you will choose. Do not use it until you need it. - How will I know when? - You'll know. If you lead me to the Black Fortress, I'll use it soon enough. That will not be so easy. At each sunrise, the Black Fortress moves. Sometimes it is in the mountains, sometimes in the desert... ...sometimes in the sea. Never the same place twice. But you told me you knew where to find it! There are kingly virtues other than bravery. Courtesy is one of them. I'm sorry. It's the thought of Lyssa there. I, too, was young... ...once. I, too, loved as you do. But your love will be... ...luckier than mine. What I told you is that I knew how to find the Fortress... ...and that is by seeking the vision of the blind Emerald Seer. But his place isn't known either. It is known to me. It is a day's journey from here. Come. Help! Help! I'm drowning! This might have been quicksand! I might have been sucked to my death while you stood there gawking! Where is this place? The forest near the Granite Mountains. Blast! 1,000 miles off course. I was rushed. There was a difference of opinion concerning a gooseberry pie. The man left it sitting on his windowsill. - What did he expect? - Perhaps he expected to eat it. For that rudeness, lout, I think I'll turn you into a bat. Might teach you some manners to hang upside down for an hour or two. The Hill People lack the power to do harm. We shall see about that, old man. We'll see about that! No, that's a recipe for hot fudge sauce. It'll have to be a goose. Fat and ugly. Very fat. Very ugly. From that, you see what I could've ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Железный орёл на английском - текст Начало на английском - текст Завещание профессора Доуэля на английском - текст Проверка на дорогах на английском - текст Меченосец на английском |