Dragon 2 - The Dragon Knight by Gordon R Dickson

Author:Gordon R Dickson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2011-11-05T05:07:31+00:00

He fell into a new silence, and this one lasted to the point where Jim understood that the other was through talking. Jim lifted his reins and rode his horse forward to rejoin Giles and Brian.

“Dafydd is very unhappy,” Jim said when he rejoined the other two.

Giles looked at him, a little bewildered. Brian stared straight ahead, his jaw clamped.

“Under God,” said Brian, “each of us makes his own life; and that life is like a house, where one must be invited to enter, before coming in. If I am so invited I’ll do what I can. Otherwise, we each have our own houses to live in; and those houses presently are concerned not with Dafydd but with what lies ahead. It is high time we talked about that, rather than other things; now that we are on the road, and none can possibly overhear us.”

He looked at Jim suddenly.

“Unless by magic?” he asked. “James, could we be overheard by magical means?”

“I’m afraid I’m not enough of a magician yet so I can be sure about answering that,” Jim said, “but I’m almost sure we can’t be. That doesn’t rule out the possibility. I just don’t think so.”

“Then let us talk!” said Sir Giles, almost explosively. “By St. Cuthbert, I have had enough of whispers and silence in this matter! We have before us an estate owned by a man, who is holding our royal Prince as prisoner. Let us to the business of discussing how he may be freed and taken safely away from there. “

“It was Sir Raoul’s rede, if you remember,” said Brian, “that we meet one who was formerly a man of his father’s, in the woods surrounding the castle of this magician; and this man would show us a means of entrance and a way to find where our Prince is being held. We all have directions to find this place of meeting, in memory.”

“Er - yes,” said Jim guiltily. His directions were written down.

“But the question arises,” went on Brian, “whether the directions may not be sufficient to let us find this spot. Or, that for some reason, the former servant of his father will not be free to come and look for us there, even though we wait several nights. The longer we stand around in that wood, the more likely we are to be surprised by others of Malvinne’s guardians. Therefore, it would not be an ill thing if we made plans for a case in which we must needs do without the help of his former servant.”

“What plans can we make?” asked Sir Giles. “If the castle is as extensive as Sir Raoul gave us to believe, we could take weeks to simply search all around it for some safe means of entrance.”

“Yes,” said Jim, “that’s a real problem. Right at the moment I don’t see any way around it.”

“It’s possible I may have,” said Brian. “It was for this reason I suggested that I come with you, James and Giles; and also would have it that we bring along Aargh and Dafydd.

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