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Название книги: Olders
Автор(ы): Ursula Le Guin
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Olders-183367.html
The moon slips and shines in the wrinkled mirror before the prow, and from the
northern sky the Bright Companions shoot glancing arrows of light along the
water. In the stern of the boat the polesman stands in the watchful solemnity
of
his task. His movements as he poles and steers the boat are slow, certain,
august. The long, low channelboat slides on the black water as silently as the
reflection it pursues. A few dark figures huddle in it. One dark figure lies
full length on the half deck, arms at his sides, closed eyes unseeing that
other
moon slipping and shining through wisps of fog in the luminous blue night sky.
The Husbandman of Sandry is coming home from war.They had been waiting for him on Sandry Island ever since last spring, when he
went with seven men, following the messengers who came to raise the Queen's
army. In midsummer Four of the men of Sandry brought back the news that he was
wounded and was lying in the care of the Queen's own physician. They told of
his
great valor in battle, and
Название книги: Olders
Автор(ы): Ursula Le Guin
Жанр: Научная Фантастика
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/Olders-183367.html
The moon slips and shines in the wrinkled mirror before the prow, and from the
northern sky the Bright Companions shoot glancing arrows of light along the
water. In the stern of the boat the polesman stands in the watchful solemnity
of
his task. His movements as he poles and steers the boat are slow, certain,
august. The long, low channelboat slides on the black water as silently as the
reflection it pursues. A few dark figures huddle in it. One dark figure lies
full length on the half deck, arms at his sides, closed eyes unseeing that
other
moon slipping and shining through wisps of fog in the luminous blue night sky.
The Husbandman of Sandry is coming home from war.They had been waiting for him on Sandry Island ever since last spring, when he
went with seven men, following the messengers who came to raise the Queen's
army. In midsummer Four of the men of Sandry brought back the news that he was
wounded and was lying in the care of the Queen's own physician. They told of
his
great valor in battle, and
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