"Are you frightened of Sk... «The Once and Future King»
rusya_oyster6 апреля 2013"Are you frightened of Sk Mordred, Agnes?" "Yes, madam, that I am." "So am I. He walks about so softly lately, and... looks at people in a queer way. And then there are all these speeches about Gaels and Saxons and Jews, and all the shouting and hysterics. I heard him laughing last week, by himself. It was horrible." "He is a sly one. Maybe he is listening now." "Agnes!" Guenever dropped her needle as if she had been struck. "Oh, come now, madam: you must not take on. I was only having my joke." But the Queen remained frozen. "Go to the door. I believe you are right" "Oh, madam, I couldn't do that." "Open it at once, Agnes." "Madam, but suppose he is there!" She had caught the feeling. The hopeless rushlights were not enough. He might have been in the room itself, in a dark corner. She rose in a flutter, like a partridge while the hawk is over, and plucked at her skirt. For both women the castle was suddenly too dark, too empty, too lonely, too northerly, too full of night and winter. "If you open it, he will go away." "But we must give him time to go away." They strove with their voices, feeling thelmselves to be under a black wing. "Stand near it and speak loudly then, before you open." "Madam, what shall I say?" "Say 'Shall I open the door?' Then I will say, "Yes, I think it is time to go to bed." "I think it is time to go to bed." "Go on." "Very good, madam. Shall I begin?" "Begin, yes, quickly." "I don't know as I can do it." ' "Oh, Agnes, please be quick!" "Very well, madam. I think I can do it now." Facing the door as if it might attack her, Agnes addressed it at the top of her voice. "I am going to open the door!" "It is time to go to bed!" Nothing happened.. "Now open it," said the Queen. She lifted the latch and threw it open, and there was Mordred smiling in the frame. "Good evening, Agnes." "Oh, sir!"
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