Дюна
Book One: Dune
Paulstaredattheplacewherehisfatherhadstood.ThespacehadbeenemptyevenbeforetheDukelefttheroom.Andherecalledtheoldwoman’swarning:“...forthefather,nothing.”
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OnthatfirstdaywhenMuad‘DibrodethroughthestreetsofArrakeenwithhisfamily,someofthepeoplealongthewayrecalledthelegendsandtheprophecyandtheyventuredtoshout:“Mahdi!”Buttheirshoutwasmoreaquestionthanastatement,forasyettheycouldonlyhopehewastheoneforetoldastheLisanal-Gaib,theVoicefromtheOuterWorld.
Theirattentionwasfocused,too,onthemother,becausetheyhadheardshewasaBeneGesseritanditwasobvioustothemthatshewasliketheotherLisanal-Gaib.
—from“ManualofMuad’Dib”bythePrincessIrulan
THEDUKEfoundThufirHawataloneinthecornerroomtowhichaguarddirectedhim.Therewasthesoundofmensettingupcommunicationsequipmentinanadjoiningroom,butthisplacewasfairlyquiet.TheDukeglancedaroundasHawatarosefromapaper-clutteredtable.Itwasagreen-walledenclosurewith,inadditiontothetable,threesuspensorchairsfromwhichtheHarkonnen
“H”hadbeenhastilyremoved,leavinganimperfectcolorpatch.
“Thechairsareliberatedbutquitesafe,”Hawatsaid.“WhereisPaul,Sire?”
“Ilefthimintheconferenceroom.I’mhopinghe’llgetsomerestwithoutmetheretodistracthim.”
Hawatnodded,crossedtothedoortotheadjoiningroom,closedit,shuttingoffthenoiseofstaticandelectronicsparking.
