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Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 475 из 495"Ready for what?"
Richard took her by the elbow. "I need you to help me see."
"Help you see? Is it progressing that fast?"
"Just listen. We're going to move along the balcony to the left and open the doors. Do your best to keep the women calm. We're going to break them out of here."
Kahlan was a bit confused by everything-it was completely different from the plans she had been hearing along with Nicholas. She knew she would just have to follow Richard and Cara's lead.
Outside, on the simple wooden balcony, there were no lamps or torches.
The moon was down behind the black sprawl of the mountains. Kahlan's sight when Nicholas had controlled her had been like looking through a greasy pane of wavy glass. The sparkling vault of stars overhead had never looked so beautiful. In that starlight, Kahlan could see simple buildings lined up around the outer wall of the fortification.
Richard and Cara moved along the balcony, opening doors. At each one, Cara quickly ducked inside. Some of the women came out in their nightshirts; some Kahlan could hear inside rushing to get dressed. In some of the rooms, babies cried.
While Cara was in one of the rooms, Richard opened another door. He leaned close to Kahlan and whispered, "Go in and tell the women inside that we've come to help them escape. Tell them that their men have come to get them out. But they must be as quiet as possible, or we'll be caught."
Kahlan rushed in, as best she could on unsteady legs, and woke the young woman in the bed to the right. She sat up, terrified, but silent.
Kahlan reached around and shook the woman in the other bed.
"We've come to help you escape. You mustn't make any noise. Your men are going to help. You have a chance to be free."
"Free?" the first woman asked.
"Yes. It's up to you, but I strongly advise you to take the chance, and to hurry."
The women flew out of their beds and grabbed for clothes.
Richard, Kahlan, and Cara moved farther down the balcony, asking the women who had already come out to help rouse the others. In a matter of a few minutes, hundreds of women were huddled together out on the balcony.
There was no problem keeping them quiet; they were all too familiar with the consequences of causing trouble. They didn't want to do anything to get themselves caught trying to escape. Before long, they had made it all the way around the fortification balcony.
Many of the women had very young babies-ones too young to be taken away.
Richard took her by the elbow. "I need you to help me see."
"Help you see? Is it progressing that fast?"
"Just listen. We're going to move along the balcony to the left and open the doors. Do your best to keep the women calm. We're going to break them out of here."
Kahlan was a bit confused by everything-it was completely different from the plans she had been hearing along with Nicholas. She knew she would just have to follow Richard and Cara's lead.
Outside, on the simple wooden balcony, there were no lamps or torches.
The moon was down behind the black sprawl of the mountains. Kahlan's sight when Nicholas had controlled her had been like looking through a greasy pane of wavy glass. The sparkling vault of stars overhead had never looked so beautiful. In that starlight, Kahlan could see simple buildings lined up around the outer wall of the fortification.
Richard and Cara moved along the balcony, opening doors. At each one, Cara quickly ducked inside. Some of the women came out in their nightshirts; some Kahlan could hear inside rushing to get dressed. In some of the rooms, babies cried.
While Cara was in one of the rooms, Richard opened another door. He leaned close to Kahlan and whispered, "Go in and tell the women inside that we've come to help them escape. Tell them that their men have come to get them out. But they must be as quiet as possible, or we'll be caught."
Kahlan rushed in, as best she could on unsteady legs, and woke the young woman in the bed to the right. She sat up, terrified, but silent.
Kahlan reached around and shook the woman in the other bed.
"We've come to help you escape. You mustn't make any noise. Your men are going to help. You have a chance to be free."
"Free?" the first woman asked.
"Yes. It's up to you, but I strongly advise you to take the chance, and to hurry."
The women flew out of their beds and grabbed for clothes.
Richard, Kahlan, and Cara moved farther down the balcony, asking the women who had already come out to help rouse the others. In a matter of a few minutes, hundreds of women were huddled together out on the balcony.
There was no problem keeping them quiet; they were all too familiar with the consequences of causing trouble. They didn't want to do anything to get themselves caught trying to escape. Before long, they had made it all the way around the fortification balcony.
Many of the women had very young babies-ones too young to be taken away.