"Myst - 01 - The Book Of Atrus" - читать интересную книгу автора (Miller Rand)

down the narrow steps, ducking beneath the stone lintel into the interior. The
baby was in the small inner chamber. She crossed the room and ducked inside as
its cries grew louder.

She stood over it a moment, staring down at its pale blue eyes, then picked it
up, cradling it against her.

"You poor thing," she whispered, kissing its neck, feeling it relax against her.
"You poor, poor thing."

She went out and stood against the rail, watching as Gehn crouched by the pool,
washing. She saw how the pool was muddied, its precious liquid sullied. Again
there was a carelessness about his actions that angered her. He was thoughtless.
Gehn had always been thoughtless. But she held her tongue, knowing that it was
not the moment to mention such things.

"You want me to dress the child for the journey?"

Gehn did not answer, and for a moment she thought that maybe he had not heard,
but when she went to speak again, he turned and glared at her.

"Keep it. Bury it with its mother, if you must. But don't bother me with it. You
saved it, you look after it."

She bristled, then held the child out, over the gap.

"This is your son, Gehn. Your Jon.'You gave him life. You are responsible for
him. That is the way of things in this world."

Gehn turned away.

She drew the child back. As she did, it began to cry again. Below her, Gehn
stamped across the churned ground and quickly climbed the steps, pushing past
her roughly to go inside. A moment later he was back, his glasses perched on his
head. Anna stared at him, noting that he had discarded his cloak.

"Your cloak, Gehn ... You'll need your cloak out there."

He turned from her, looking out toward the lip of the volcano, just visible from
where they stood. "Keep it," he said, his eyes moving fleetingly across her
face. "I'll not need it anymore!"

His words frightened her, made her fear for his sanity after all that had
happened. She stared at the child in her arms, not knowing at that moment what
was best. Even so, she was determined he would hold the child once before he
went.

She made to give the child to Gehn, but he brushed past her and stepped out onto
the rope bridge. In a moment he was gone.