The Carpet Makers by Eschbach Andreas 1959-

Author:Eschbach, Andreas, 1959- [Eschbach, Andreas, 1959-]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science films
ISBN: 0765305933
Publisher: New York : Tom Doherty Associates Books
Published: 2005-06-15T00:00:00+00:00

T3he Emperor' 1 s Archivist

ONCE, THIS HAD BEEN his realm. Once, when the Emperor was still alive. Back then, silence had reigned in the great marble halls containing the documents of the glorious history of the Empire, and he had not had to hear any sounds but the shuffling of his own steps and the rush of his own breathing. Here he had spent his days, his years, and had grown old in the service of the Emperor.

The most exalted hours were when the Emperor himself came— came to him here in the Archive he guarded for the Divine One. He always had the giant steel entry doors thrown wide open and all the lamps brightly illuminated, and then he waited on the lowest step of the semicircular staircase until the Emperor’s sedan drove up. And after that, he stood modestly in the entry hall, somewhat to the side, near one of the columns; he kept his eyes directed humbly toward the floor, and his greatest reward was when the Emperor walked past and nodded regally at him, just slightly, but in view of everyone else. Nodded to him, the hunchback. To him, Emparak, his most faithful servant. To him, who knew the Empire better than any other mortal.

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