"Terry Goodkind. Faith of the Fallen (англ.)" - читать интересную книгу автора

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the more within the province of Richard's gift. Yet Richard had
always treated prophecy as a viper in his bed.

Tenderly, as if there were no more precious thing in the whole
world, Richard lifted her hand. "You know how I always talk about the
beautiful places only I know way back in the mountains to the west of
where I grew up? The special places I've always wanted to show you? I'm
going to take you there, where we'll be safe."

"D'Harans are bonded to you, Lord Rahl," Cara reminded him, "and
will be able to find you through that bond."

"Well, our enemies aren't bonded to me. They won't know where we
are."

Cara seemed to find that thought agreeable. "If people don't go to
this place, then there won't be any roads. How are we going to get the
carriage there? The Mother Confessor can't walk."

"I'll make a litter. You and I will carry her in that."

Cara nodded thoughtfully. "We could do that. If there were no
other people, then the two of you would be safe, at least."

"Safer than here. I had expected the people here to leave us to
ourselves. I hadn't expected the Order to foment unrest this far away-at
least not this quickly. Those men usually aren't a bad lot, but they're
working themselves up into a dangerous mood. "

"The cowards have gone back to their women's skirts. They won't be
back until morning. We can let the Mother Confessor rest and then leave
before dawn."

Richard cast Cara a telling look. "One of those men, Albert, has a
son, Lester. Lester and his pal, Tommy Lancaster, once tried to put arrows
into me for spoiling some fun Tommy was about to have hurting someone. Now
Tommy and Lester are missing a good many teeth. Albert will tell Lester
about us being here, and soon after, Tommy Lancaster will know, too.

"Now that the Imperial Order has filled their heads with talk of a
noble war on behalf of good, those men will be fancying what it would be
like to be war heroes. They aren't ordinarily violent, but today they were
more unreasonable than I've ever seen them.

"They'll go drinking to fortify their courage. Tommy and Lester
will be with them by then, and their tales of how I wronged them and how