Dragon King #03 - The Sword and the Flame by Stephen R. Lawhead

Author:Stephen R. Lawhead [Lawhead, Stephen R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Epic, Fiction, General, Christian, Religious, Juvenile Fiction, Fantasy & Magic, Christian Life
ISBN: 9781595543813
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 1984-01-02T00:00:00+00:00

The Sword And The Flame

The three left the Ariga library, passing among the tall...

honeycombed shelves and tables stacked with scrolls, back up the

stairway and through the narrow courtyard to the street. Morwenna led

them a little way further along the street to a blue-tiled arch in a

white brick wall. She pushed open the gate and ushered them into a

green expanse of garden filled with flowering shrubs ofmanykinth.

“What a wonderful garden,” said Bria. “Who lives here?” She indicated

the tiny house that joined the wall at the far end of the garden

pathway.

“That you will see soon enough,” replied Morwenna. She raised her hand

toward a huge, spreading sycamore standing in the center of the yard,

and beneath k a figure propped up In a high, wide bed. Beside the bed

anothwe, that of a woman, bent a the one on the bed. This see emt s’

Iris recognised as thof her mother.

“Mother, what ate you doing hem?” asked Iris with souse mar Prise when

they came up. Then she ghacedat the figure lying is the bed beneath

cool white linens. “Diorkisi Oh, forg she blushed, embarrassed, “I

mea st so come to you soon mme fitgavemeforahunninganoldfriend.”

Biorkis, bald as a knob now, but his beard longetand whiter than ever,

squinted his eyes merrily and replied, N need, no needi You have been

very busy since you ame I know. A Queen’s tine is not her own. Alines

has brought me your greetings, and rw met your daughtera lovely little

creatures, I must say. lust like th mother.”

“I hey. only just sent them away with the other children to said Miom.

Biorkis and I were taking about ” she the news of the kingdom.”

Biorkis started forward. I am no stranger to trouble there is no need

to shelter me from its pain. I have lived long enough to The Swoid and

the Thu.

know that fretting over it does no good.” He paused and favored them

each with a long, appraising gaze. “Yes, here you are. And though

trouble brought you, lam glad to see you, my friends. It has been a

long time.”

“Too long,” said Bria, “and for that lam sorry. Sometimes we do not

remember how much our friends mean to us until we see them again.”

“Do not be sorry for this old badger!” protested the aged priest. “I

am not sorry for myself, nor should anyone be who is loved and cared

for as I am here. Look! lam old and cannot walk anymore, so what do

they do? They carry my bed outdoors for me! And in return I tell them

stories and read to them from the old books This, they daim, pleases

them so I am allowed to stay.”

Morwenna smiled and settled on the edge of the bed. “This one is a

most highly regarded servant of the Most High. We would sooner turn

out an elder thanBiorkis. We would have made him an elder long ago,

but he would not hear of it.”

Biorkis replied gleefully, “Prepoaterousl The former High Priest of the

temple of Ariel an elder? That would never do! No, I am content as I

am. But please, my Ladies, sit down. I will have more chairs

brought.

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