Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           SoIrepeat,letusnotmakethesamemistakeastheelves!"

           Raindropsknockedagainstthewindowpanesandthewindhowledeerily.QueenMeveraisedherhead.Shethoughtsheheardthecroakingofravensandcrows,butitwasonlythewind.Thewindandrain.

           "Donotcompareustotheelves,"saidHenseltofKaedwen."Youdishonouruswithsuchacomparison.Theelvesdidnotknowhowtofight–theyretreatedbeforeourancestorsandhidinthemountainsandforests.TheelvesdidnottreatourancestorstoaSodden.ButweshowedtheNilfgaardianswhatitmeanstopickaquarrelwithus.DonotthreatenuswithNilfgaard,Vizimir,don’tsowtheseedsofpropaganda.Nilfgaard,yousay,isattheYaruga?IsaythatNilfgaardissittingasquietasachurchmousebeyondtheriver.BecausewebroketheirspineatSodden.Webrokethemmilitarily,andaboveallwebroketheirmorale.Idon’tknowwhetheritistruethatEmhyrvarEmreiswas,atthetime,againstaggressiononsuchascale,thattheattackonCintrawastheworkofsomepartyhostiletohim–Itakeitthatiftheyhaddefeatedus,hewouldbeapplauding,anddistributingprivilegesandendowmentsamongstthem.ButafterSoddenitsuddenlyturnsouthewasagainstit,andthateverythingwhichoccurredwasduetohismarshals"insubordination.Andheadsfell.Thescaffoldsflowedwithblood.Thesearecertainfacts,notrumours.Eightsolemnexecutions,andmanymoremodestones.