Волхв

Chapter 61

           Itdidnotlooklikeacourtofjustice;butacourtofinjustice;aStarChamber,aninquisitorialcommittee.Iwasmadetogoforward.Wemarcheddownonesideoftheroom,pastthecrescenttableanduptowardsthethrone.IsuddenlyrealizedthatIwastositthere.Theypausedformetostepupontothedais.Therewerefourorfivestepsleadingtoalittleplatformatthetop,onwhichstoodthethrone.Liketheroughlycarpentereddais,itwasnotarealthrone,simplyabitofstageproperty,paintedblack,witharmrests,apointedbackandcolumnsoneitherside.Inthemiddleofthesolidblackpanelwasawhiteeye,likethosethatMediterraneanfishermenpaintonthebowsoftheirboatstowardoffevil.Afiatcrimsoncushion;Iwasmadetosit.AssoonasIhaddoneso,myguards’endsofthehandcuffswereunlocked,thenimmediatelysnappedontothearmrests.Ilookeddown.Thethronewassecuredtothedaisbystrongbrackets.Imumbledthroughthegag,butAdamshookhishead.Iwastowatch,nottospeak.Theothertwoguardstookuppositionsbehindthethrone,ontheloweststepofthedais,againstthewall.Adam,likesomemadvalet,checkedthehandcuffs,pulleddowntheshirtIhadtriedtoshrugbackontomyleftshoulder,thenwentdownthestepstotheground.Thereheturned,asiftothealtarinachurch,andmadeaslightbow;afterwhichhewentroundthetableandoutthroughthedoorattheend.Iwasleftsittingwiththesilentpairbehindmeandthefaintcrackleoftheburningtorches.

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