The Eyes of God by John Marco

Author:John Marco
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, azw3
Publisher: DAW
Published: 2003-01-07T06:00:00+00:00

When Gilwyn awoke he felt amazingly refreshed. He was still in the catalog room, but the great machine had ceased its whirring and now stood silent, stretching out into the dark recesses of the chamber. The single candle had burned to a nub. Alarmed, Gilwyn lifted his head and glanced around. Figgis was on the other side of the desk, kneeling next to it and quickly writing in a tablet.

“Figgis?” asked Gilwyn. “What happened? Did I fall asleep?”

Figgis kept writing. “In a manner of speaking. You told me the most remarkable tale. Do you remember any of it?”

Gilwyn thought for a moment, and suddenly a perfect picture of the little woman from the alley popped into his mind. “Yes! I can see her now. The woman.”

“It’s all right here,” said Figgis. He stood up and held the tablet out for Gilwyn to see. “I wrote it all down, Gilwyn, every word of it. Remarkable!”

The alley, the midget woman with her bodyguard Trog, the glowing amulet and the spirits she had summoned; everything was written in Figgis’ tablet.

“It’s incredible, Gilwyn,” said Figgis. “You saw the Witch of Grimhold!”

“Did I?” Gilwyn wasn’t so certain. “How can you be sure?”

“I’ve been reading about Grimhold, everything I could find. Your story matches much of what I’ve read. You said she was tiny, like a midget, and that she had striking white hair. That’s what the stories say!”

“And she wore a coat,” Gilwyn remembered suddenly. “With lots of colors.”

“Like a rainbow,” said Figgis excitedly. “The legends talk of that too, and how she controls spirits, like the ones you spoke of.”

Gilwyn couldn’t believe his ears. “All the stories say this?”

“No, not all of them,” Figgis admitted. “That would be impossible. There’s a lot of conjecture about Grimhold, a lot of nonsense and hearsay. But enough of the stories tell the same tale, enough to make me believe we’ve discovered something.” Figgis sighed with deep satisfaction. “Amazing. I can hardly believe it’s all true.”

It was a night for miracles, no doubt about it. Gilwyn’s head was reeling. “Figgis, she helped me. That’s all I know for sure. We don’t know that she’s the Witch of Grimhold. We don’t know anything!”

“I know,” said Figgis. “I feel it in my bones.”

“But why?” Gilwyn got up from the chair. “Even if she is from Grimhold, what’s she doing in Koth?”

“I don’t know, but she has the amulet,” said Figgis. “You saw it, and it’s exactly like Cassandra’s. It’s the one I’ve been searching for, the other Eye of God.” Still shaking with excitement, Figgis took his turn in the chair again. His watery eyes narrowed on the nubby candle. “So many questions,” he whispered. “I was wrong about Kadar’s wife having the other Eye.”

“Who’s Kadar?” asked Gilwyn.

“Kahan Kadar of Jador. He’s like their king. He was the one that had the first Eye of God. The legend said that his zirhah—his wife—had the other one. But I was wrong. I was wrong about a lot of things. You see, there’s an old book I have from Jador.

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