"David Eddings - The Dreamers 02 - The Treasured One" - читать интересную книгу автора (Eddings David)

‘No, young man,’ I told him. ‘It was my little boy, Ashad, this time, and there were
some very peculiar things involved. We’re hoping that Veltan might be able to
explain them for us.’ I paused for a moment. ‘Now that I think about it, though, you
can probably explain them even better than Veltan. Why don’t you come along?’

‘Of course. Your brother’s back in Commander Narasan’s cabin at the stern.’

‘Is Narasan with him?’ Zelana asked.

‘No, Lady Zelana. The commander’s over on the Seagull conferring with Captain
Sorgan.’

‘Good,’ I said. ‘I’m not sure that Narasan’s going to be very happy about some of
the peculiarities that showed up in Ashad’s dream. Is your commander particularly
religious?’

‘Not noticeably,’ Keselo replied. ‘Is that likely to be very significant?’

‘We’ll get to that in just a few minutes. Let’s go talk with Veltan.’

‘All right,’ the young man replied, turning and leading us back toward the ornate,
almost house-like structure at the aft end of the ship. He rapped politely on the door.

‘Come in,’ Veltan’s voice came from inside.

Keselo opened the door and stood aside to let us go on in ahead of him.

The cabin was much more ornate than I’d really expected. In some ways it
resembled a room in a house rather than part of a ship. The ceiling wasn’t very high,
and, since the sailors used the cabin’s roof as a deck, there were substantial beams to
keep the ceiling from tumbling down on those who slept there. There was also a large
window across the back of the cabin to give the people inside the cabin something to
look at. All in all, I thought the whole thing was just a bit silly, but I decided not to
make an issue of that.

Veltan was seated at a large table examining a map. ‘Is something amiss?’

‘Not really,’ I told him. ‘At least not yet. My little boy Ashad had one of those
dreams last night, and we were right about one thing, at least. The servants of the
Vlagh will be coming your way soon.’

‘Did he tell you exactly when?’

‘ “When” never comes up in these dreams, Veltan,’ I told him. ‘You should know
that by now. Now we come to the complicated part. Ashad told me that there was a
second invasion in his dream, and those particular invaders had absolutely no
connection with the servants of the Vlagh.’

‘Who were they, then?’