Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов

           "Soletitbeknownthat,naturally,theprospectofsavingyourneckfromtheexecutioner’saxeexistsonlyifyoudonotmakeamistakethistime.Yourchancesofafullpardonaresmall.Yourchancesofmyforgivingandforgettingare…nonexistent."

           Theyoungknightintheblackarmourdidnotflinchthistimeeither,butCoehoorndetectedtheflashinhiseyes.Hedoesn’tbelievehim,hethought.Hedoesn’tbelievehimandisdeludinghimself.Heismakingagreatmistake.

           "Icommandyourfullattention,"continuedthemanbehindthetable."Yours,too,Coehoorn,becausetheordersIamabouttogiveconcernyoutoo.Theycomeinamoment,forIhavetogivesomethoughttotheirsubstanceanddelivery."

           MarshalMennoCoehoorn,GovernoroftheProvinceofCintraandfutureCommander-in-ChiefoftheDolAngraarmy,liftedhisheadandstoodtoattention,hishandonthepommelofhissword.Thesameattitudewasassumedbytheknightinblackarmour

           withthebird-of-prey-wingedhelmet.Theybothwaited.Insilence.Patiently.Thewayoneshouldwaitfororders,thesubstanceandpresentationofwhichwerebeingponderedbytheEmperorofNilfgaard,EmhyrvarEmreis,DeithwenAddanynCarnaepMorvudd,theWhiteFlameDancingontheGrave-MoundsofEnemies.

           Ciriwoke.

           Shewaslying,orratherhalf-sitting,withherheadrestinghighonseveralpillows.Thecompressesonherforeheadhadgrownwarmandonlyslightlydamp.