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

I'm a danger to decent folks will get everyone all worked up. Because they
greatly outnumber us, they'll begin to see the merit in killing us-see it
as protecting their families and doing the right thing for the community
and their Creator. Full of liquor and glory, they won't want to wait until
morning. They'll be back tonight. We have to leave now."

Cara seemed unconcerned. "I say we wait for them, and when they
come back, we end the threat."

"Some of them will bring along other friends. There will be a lot
of them by the time they get here. We have Kahlan to think about. I don't
want to risk one of us being injured. There's nothing to be gained by
fighting them."

Richard pulled the ancient, tooled-leather baldric, holding the
gold-and-silverwrought scabbard and sword, off over his head and hung it
on the stump of a branch sticking out of a log. Looking unhappy, Cara
folded her arms. She would rather not leave a threat alive. Richard picked
his folded black shirt off the floor to the side, where Kahlan hadn't seen
it. He poked an arm through a sleeve and drew it on.

"A vision?" Kahlan finally asked again. As much trouble as the men
could be, they were not her biggest concern just then. "You've had a
vision?"

"The sudden clarity of it felt like a vision, but it was really
more of a revelation."

22

"Revelation." She wished she could manage more than a hoarse
whisper. "And what form did this vision revelation thing take?"

"Understanding."

Kahlan stared up at him. "Understanding of what?"

He started buttoning his shirt. "Through this realization I've
come to understand the larger picture. I've come to understand what it is
I must do."

"Yes," Cara muttered, "and wait until you hear it. Go ahead, tell
her."

Richard glared at Cara and she answered him in kind. His attention
finally returned to Kahlan.

"If I lead us into this war, we will lose. A great many people
will die for nothing. The result will be a world enslaved by the Imperial
Order. If I don't lead our side in battle, the world will still fall under