Reedle Откройте в мобильном приложении
Понятно
Понятно
Для того чтобы воспользоваться закладками, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Отмена
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
Отмена
551
At
the
opposite
end
of
the
hall
,
Richard
noticed
,
with
the
dispassionate
clarity
that
comes
when
a
lunatic
is
about
to
slit
your
throat
with
a
piece
of
broken
glass
,
people
were
throwing
themselves
to
the
ground
,
bowing
low
,
and
remaining
on
the
floor
.
A
small
black
shape
was
coming
toward
them
along
the
ground
.
"
I
think
a
moment
s
reflection
might
prove
that
we
re
all
being
very
silly
,
"
said
Richard
.
He
had
no
idea
what
the
words
meant
,
just
that
they
were
coming
out
of
his
mouth
,
and
that
as
long
as
he
was
talking
,
he
was
not
dead
.
"
Now
,
why
don
t
you
put
that
away
,
and
excuse
me
,
that
s
my
bag
,
"
this
last
to
a
thin
,
bedraggled
girl
in
her
late
teens
who
had
taken
Richard
s
bag
and
was
roughly
tipping
his
possessions
out
onto
the
ground
.
552
The
people
in
the
hall
continued
to
bow
,
and
to
stay
bowed
,
as
the
small
shape
came
closer
.
It
reached
the
group
of
people
around
Richard
,
although
not
a
one
of
them
noticed
it
.
They
were
all
looking
at
Richard
.
553
It
was
a
rat
,
which
looked
up
at
Richard
,
curiously
.
He
had
the
bizarre
and
momentary
impression
that
it
winked
one
of
its
little
black
oildrop
eyes
at
him
.
Then
it
cluttered
,
loudly
.
Отключить рекламу
554
The
man
with
the
glass
dagger
threw
himself
on
his
knees
.
So
did
the
people
gathered
around
them
.
So
,
too
,
after
a
moment
s
hesitation
,
and
a
little
more
awkwardly
,
did
the
homeless
man
,
the
one
they
had
called
Iliaster
.
In
a
moment
,
Richard
was
the
only
one
standing
.
The
thin
girl
tugged
at
his
elbow
,
and
he
,
too
,
went
down
on
one
knee
.
555
Lord
Rat
-
speaker
bowed
so
low
that
his
long
hair
brushed
the
ground
,
and
he
chittered
back
at
the
rat
,
wrinkling
his
nose
,
showing
his
teeth
,
squeaking
and
hissing
,
for
all
the
world
like
an
enormous
rat
himself
.
556
"
Look
,
can
anybody
tell
me
.
.
.
"
muttered
Richard
.
557
"
Quiet
!
"
said
the
thin
girl
.
Отключить рекламу
558
The
rat
stepped
a
little
disdainfully
,
it
seemed
into
the
Lord
Rat
-
speaker
s
grubby
hand
,
and
the
man
held
it
,
respectfully
,
up
in
front
of
Richard
s
face
.
It
waved
its
tail
languidly
as
it
inspected
Richard
s
features
.
"
This
is
Master
Longtail
,
of
the
clan
Gray
,
"
said
the
Lord
Rat
-
speaker
.
"
He
says
you
looks
exceeding
familiar
.
He
wants
to
know
if
he
s
met
you
afore
.
"
559
Richard
looked
at
the
rat
.
The
rat
looked
at
Richard
.
"
I
suppose
it
s
possible
,
"
he
admitted
.
560
"
He
says
he
was
discharging
an
obligation
to
the
marquis
de
Carabas
.
"