Мор - ученик смерти

           Withtremblingfingersheopeneditatthelastpage,andgroaned.

           ’Theprincess’sassassinationattheageoffifteen,’heread,’wasfollowedbytheunionofStoLatwithStoHelitand,indirectly,thecollapseofthecitystatesofthecentralplainandtheriseof—’

           Hereadon,unabletostop.Occasionallyhegroanedagain.

           Finallyheputthebookback,hesitated,andthenshoveditbehindafewothervolumes.Hecouldstillfeelitthereasheclimbeddowntheladder,shriekingitsincriminatingexistencetotheworld.

           Therewerefewocean-goingshipsontheDisc.Nocaptainlikedtoventureoutofsightofacoastline.Itwasasorryfactthatshipswhichlookedfromadistanceasthoughtheyweregoingovertheedgeoftheworldweren’tinfactdisappearingoverthehorizon,theywereinfactdroppingovertheedgeoftheworld.

           Everygenerationorsoafewenthusiasticexplorersdoubtedthisandsetouttoproveitwrong.Strangelyenough,noneofthemhadevercomebacktoannouncetheresultoftheirresearches.

           Thefollowinganalogywould,therefore,havebeenmeaninglesstoMort.

           Hefeltasifhe’dbeenshipwreckedontheTitanicbutinthenickoftimehadbeenrescued.BytheLusitonia.

           Hefeltasthoughhe’dthrownasnowballonthespurofthemomentandwatchedtheensuingavalancheengulfthreeskiresorts.

           Hefelthistoryunravellingallaroundhim.

           Hefeltheneededsomeonetotalkto,quickly.