-
Главная
-
- Книги
-
- Авторы
-
- Колин Маккалоу
-
- Поющие в терновнике
-
- Стр. 522/535
Для того чтобы воспользоваться озвучкой предложений, необходимо
Войти или зарегистрироваться
Озвучка предложений доступна при наличии PRO-доступа
Купить PRO-доступ
"
Herzchen
,
your
mother
is
lonely
,
"
he
said
,
burning
his
boats
.
If
this
was
what
Meggie
wanted
,
how
could
he
continue
to
think
himself
right
and
her
wrong
?
Justine
was
her
daughter
;
she
must
know
her
far
better
than
he
.
"
Yes
,
perhaps
,
"
said
Justine
with
a
frown
,
"
but
I
ca
n't
help
feeling
there
's
something
more
at
base
of
it
.
I
mean
,
she
must
have
been
lonely
for
years
,
so
why
this
sudden
whatever
it
is
?
I
ca
n't
put
my
finger
on
it
,
Rain
,
and
maybe
that
's
what
worries
me
the
most
.
"
"
She
's
growing
older
,
which
I
think
you
tend
to
forget
.
It
's
very
possible
things
are
beginning
to
prey
upon
her
which
she
found
easier
to
contend
with
in
the
past
.
"
His
eyes
looked
suddenly
remote
,
as
if
the
brain
behind
was
concentrating
very
hard
on
something
at
variance
with
what
he
was
saying
.
"
Justine
,
three
years
ago
she
lost
her
only
son
.
Do
you
think
that
pain
grows
less
as
time
passes
?
I
think
it
must
grow
worse
.
He
is
gone
,
and
she
must
surely
feel
by
now
that
you
are
gone
,
too
.
After
all
,
you
have
n't
even
been
home
to
visit
her
.
"
She
shut
her
eyes
.
"
I
will
,
Rain
,
I
will
!
I
promise
I
will
,
and
soon
!
You
're
right
,
of
course
,
but
then
you
always
are
.
I
never
thought
I
'd
come
to
miss
Drogheda
,
but
lately
I
seem
to
be
developing
quite
an
affection
for
it
.
As
if
I
am
a
part
of
it
after
all
.
"
He
looked
suddenly
at
his
watch
,
smiled
ruefully
.
"
I
'm
very
much
afraid
tonight
is
one
of
those
occasions
when
I
've
used
you
,
Herzchen
.
I
hate
to
ask
you
to
find
your
own
way
home
,
but
in
less
than
an
hour
I
have
to
meet
some
very
important
gentlemen
in
a
top-secret
place
,
to
which
I
must
go
in
my
own
car
,
driven
by
the
triple-A-security-clearanced
Fritz
.
"
"
Cloak
and
dagger
!
"
she
said
gaily
,
concealing
her
hurt
.
"
Now
I
know
why
those
sudden
taxis
!
I
am
to
be
entrusted
to
a
cabby
,
but
not
the
future
of
the
Common
Market
,
eh
?
Well
,
just
to
show
you
how
little
I
need
a
taxi
or
your
security-clearanced
Fritz
,
I
'm
going
to
catch
the
tube
home
.
It
's
quite
early
.
"
His
fingers
lay
rather
limply
around
hers
;
she
lifted
his
hand
and
held
it
against
her
cheek
,
then
kissed
it
.
"
Oh
,
Rain
,
I
do
n't
know
what
I
'd
do
without
you
!
"
He
put
the
hand
in
his
pocket
,
got
to
his
feet
,
came
round
and
pulled
out
her
chair
with
his
other
hand
.
"
I
'm
your
friend
,
"
he
said
.
"
That
's
what
friends
are
for
,
not
to
be
done
without
.
"
But
once
she
parted
from
him
,
Justine
went
home
in
a
very
thoughtful
mood
,
which
turned
rapidly
into
a
depressed
one
.
Tonight
was
the
closest
he
had
come
to
any
kind
of
personal
discussion
,
and
the
gist
of
it
had
been
that
he
felt
her
mother
was
terribly
lonely
,
growing
old
,
and
that
she
ought
to
go
home
.
Visit
,
he
had
said
;
but
she
could
n't
help
wondering
if
he
had
actually
meant
stay
.
Which
rather
indicated
that
whatever
he
felt
for
her
in
the
past
was
well
and
truly
of
the
past
,
and
he
had
no
wish
to
resurrect
it
.
It
had
never
occurred
to
her
before
to
wonder
if
he
might
regard
her
as
a
nuisance
,
a
part
of
his
past
he
would
like
to
see
buried
in
decent
obscurity
on
some
place
like
Drogheda
;
but
maybe
he
did
.
In
which
case
,
why
had
he
re-entered
her
life
nine
months
ago
?
Because
he
felt
sorry
for
her
?
Because
he
felt
he
owed
her
some
kind
of
debt
?
Because
he
felt
she
needed
some
sort
of
push
toward
her
mother
,
for
Dane
's
sake
?
He
had
been
very
fond
of
Dane
,
and
who
knew
what
they
had
talked
about
during
those
long
visits
to
Rome
when
she
had
n't
been
present
?
Maybe
Dane
had
asked
him
to
keep
an
eye
on
her
,
and
he
was
doing
just
that
.
Waited
a
decent
interval
to
make
sure
she
would
n't
show
him
the
door
,
then
marched
back
into
her
life
to
fulfill
some
promise
made
to
Dane
.
Yes
,
that
was
very
likely
the
answer
.
Certainly
he
was
no
longer
in
love
with
her
.
Whatever
attraction
she
had
once
possessed
for
him
must
have
died
long
since
;
after
all
,
she
had
treated
him
abominably
.
She
had
only
herself
to
blame
.
