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Faith of the Fallen :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 32 из 617"I guess maybe you were too low in the carriage to see me there behind him. I had my attention on him. I didn't mean to let him frighten you."
"If you were there the whole time, why did you allow him to nearly kill me?"
"He did not nearly kill you." Cara smiled without humor. "But I wanted to let him believe it. It's more of a shock, more of a horror, if you let them think they've won. It crushes a man's spirit to take him then, when you've caught him dead to rights."
Kahlan's head was swimming in confusion and so she decided not to press the issue. "What's going on? What's happened? How long have I been asleep?"
"We have been traveling for two days. You have been in and out of sleep, but you didn't know anything the times you were awake. Lord Rahl was fretful about hurting you to get you into the carnage, and about having told you. . what you forgot."
Kahlan knew what Cara meant: her dead baby. "And the men?"
"They came after us. This time, though, Lord Rahl didn't discuss it with them." She seemed especially pleased about that. "He knew in enough time that they were coming, so we weren't taken by surprise. When they came charging in, some with arrows noched and some with their swords or axes out, he shouted at them-once-giving them a chance to change their minds."
"He tried to reason with them? Even then?"
"Well, not exactly. He told them to go home in peace, or they would all die."
"And then what?"
"And then they all laughed. It only seemed to embolden them. They charged, arrows flying, swords and axes raised. So Lord Rahl ran off into the woods."
"He did what?"
"Before they came, he had told me that he was going to make them all chase after him. As Lord Rahl ran, the one who thought he would cut your throat yelled at the others to `get Richard, and finish him this time. Lord Rahl had hoped he would draw them all away from you, but when that one went after you instead, Lord Rahl gave me a look and I knew what he wanted me to do."
Cara clasped her hands behind her back as she scrutinized the gathering darkness, keeping watch, should anyone try to surprise them. Kahlan's thoughts turned to Richard, and what it must have been like, all alone as they chased him.
"How many men?"
"I didn't count them." Cara shrugged. "Maybe two dozen."
"And you left Richard alone with two dozen men chasing after him? Two dozen men intent on killing him?"
Cara shot Kahlan an incredulous look.
"If you were there the whole time, why did you allow him to nearly kill me?"
"He did not nearly kill you." Cara smiled without humor. "But I wanted to let him believe it. It's more of a shock, more of a horror, if you let them think they've won. It crushes a man's spirit to take him then, when you've caught him dead to rights."
Kahlan's head was swimming in confusion and so she decided not to press the issue. "What's going on? What's happened? How long have I been asleep?"
"We have been traveling for two days. You have been in and out of sleep, but you didn't know anything the times you were awake. Lord Rahl was fretful about hurting you to get you into the carnage, and about having told you. . what you forgot."
Kahlan knew what Cara meant: her dead baby. "And the men?"
"They came after us. This time, though, Lord Rahl didn't discuss it with them." She seemed especially pleased about that. "He knew in enough time that they were coming, so we weren't taken by surprise. When they came charging in, some with arrows noched and some with their swords or axes out, he shouted at them-once-giving them a chance to change their minds."
"He tried to reason with them? Even then?"
"Well, not exactly. He told them to go home in peace, or they would all die."
"And then what?"
"And then they all laughed. It only seemed to embolden them. They charged, arrows flying, swords and axes raised. So Lord Rahl ran off into the woods."
"He did what?"
"Before they came, he had told me that he was going to make them all chase after him. As Lord Rahl ran, the one who thought he would cut your throat yelled at the others to `get Richard, and finish him this time. Lord Rahl had hoped he would draw them all away from you, but when that one went after you instead, Lord Rahl gave me a look and I knew what he wanted me to do."
Cara clasped her hands behind her back as she scrutinized the gathering darkness, keeping watch, should anyone try to surprise them. Kahlan's thoughts turned to Richard, and what it must have been like, all alone as they chased him.
"How many men?"
"I didn't count them." Cara shrugged. "Maybe two dozen."
"And you left Richard alone with two dozen men chasing after him? Two dozen men intent on killing him?"
Cara shot Kahlan an incredulous look.