Corrag. Susan Fletcher

Чтение книги онлайн.

СКАЧАТЬ to survive it.

       Hardy?

      Aye. Savage. No laws – or not the laws that Lowland folk live by. They have their own language. Their own faith. He sipped from his broth. He found a bone in it, plucked it out, looked at it. Then he put it in the fire, said they are hated.

       By who?

       Lowland hates Highland like horses hate flies. You’ll see that, soon enough.

       Why?

      He shrugged. For being lawless. For having their Catholic ways. They say the Highland parts weigh this nation down…That the clans are barbarous. They scrap amongst themselves, is what I hear – and there are many known rogues up there. Even I know of them – me! Down here! The MacDonalds, mostly.

       Who?

       A clan with as many branches as a tree has. The Glencoe ones are spoken of plenty – their flashing blades…Thieving.

      I did a stitch. I thought of how little I knew of the world. Of how far away my old life was, with its holly, and frogs in marshes. It seemed a good life, briefly – that Thorneyburnbank one. I had known it, and its people. I’d not met a person who spoke a language of their own. This life, now, seemed harder. More shadows to pass by.

      I was quiet for a time. Then I whispered what of us? Of people like me? What does witch mean here? They hang them or drown them in pools, where I’m from. Or they try them by a judge, and do not kill them – but they are called witch for forever, then, and have stones thrown at them all their lives.

      He watched me. How he looked at me made me wonder if he’d ever had a child at all – for it was the kind of gentle look a parent gives. It was partly sad. Maybe he wished I might have more than this – more than witch, and sewing jerkins in a wood. He rubbed his plum-red patch with the heel of his hand. There were fevers in my youth, I’ll say that. Witch-hunting times – as there were in the south. They burnt a woman in Fife and in the market square they trod on a wetness that must have been her. Her body. Maybe he saw my face, for he said very quickly that was east. That was out in fishing villages, where it’s been worst. So don’t go east.

      Конец ознакомительного фрагмента.

      Текст предоставлен ООО «ЛитРес».

      Прочитайте эту книгу целиком, купив полную легальную версию на ЛитРес.

      Безопасно оплатить книгу можно банковской картой Visa, MasterCard, Maestro, со счета мобильного телефона, с платежного терминала, в салоне МТС или Связной, через PayPal, WebMoney, Яндекс.Деньги, QIWI Кошелек, бонусными картами или другим удобным Вам способом.

/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAgEASABIAAD/7Ql4UGhvdG9zaG9wIDMuMAA4QklNA+0KUmVzb2x1dGlvbgAA AAAQAEgAAAABAAEASAAAAAEAAThCSU0EDRhGWCBHbG9iYWwgTGlnaHRpbmcgQW5nbGUAAAAABAAA AB44QklNBBkSRlggR2xvYmFsIEFsdGl0dWRlAAAAAAQAAAAeOEJJTQPzC1ByaW50IEZsYWdzAAAA CQAAAAAAAAAAAQA4QklNBAoOQ29weXJpZ2h0IEZsYWcAAAAAAQAAOEJJTScQFEphcGFuZXNlIFBy aW50IEZsYWdzAAAAAAoAAQAAAAAAAAACOEJJTQP1F0NvbG9yIEhhbGZ0b25lIFNldHRpbmdzAAAA SAAvZmYAAQBsZmYABgAAAAAAAQAvZmYAAQChmZoABgAAAAAAAQAyAAAAAQBaAAAABgAAAAAAAQA1 AAAAAQAtAAAABgAAAAAAAThCSU0D+BdDb2xvciBUcmFuc2ZlciBTZXR0aW5ncwAAAHAAAP////// //////////////////////8D6AAAAAD/////////////////////////////A+gAAAAA//////// /////////////////////wPoAAAAAP////////////////////////////8D6AAAOEJJTQQIBkd1 aWRlcwAAAAAQAAAAAQAAAkAAAAJAAAAAADhCSU0EHg1VUkwgb3ZlcnJpZGVzAAAABAAAAAA4QklN BBoGU2xpY2VzAAAAAGsAAAAGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKFAAAB9AAAAAUAYwBvAHYAZQByAAAAAQAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH0AAAChQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAA4QklNBBERSUNDIFVudGFnZ2VkIEZsYWcAAAABAQA4QklNBBQXTGF5ZXIgSUQgR2Vu ZXJhdG9yIEJhc2UAAAAEAAAAAThCSU0EDBVOZXcgV2luZG93cyBUaHVtYm5haWwAAAXZAAAAAQAA AFcAAABwAAABCAAAc4AAAAW9ABgAAf/Y/+AAEEpGSUYAAQIBAEgASAAA/+4ADkFkb2JlAGSAAAAA Af/bAIQADAgICAkIDAkJDBELCgsRFQ8MDA8VGBMTFRMTGBEMDAwMDAwRDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwM DAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAENCwsNDg0QDg4QFA4ODhQUDg4ODhQRDAwMDAwREQwMDAwMDBEMDAwMDAwM DAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwM/8AAEQgAcABXAwEiAAIRAQMRAf/dAAQABv/EAT8AAAEFAQEB AQEBAAAAAAAAAAMAAQIEBQYHCAkKCwEAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAQACAwQFBgcICQoLEAABBAED AgQCBQcGCAUDDDMBAAIRAwQhEjEFQVFhEyJxgTIGFJGhsUIjJBVSwWIzNHKC0UMHJZJT8OHxY3M1 FqKygyZEk1RkRcKjdDYX0lXiZfKzhMPTdePzRieUpIW0lcTU5PSltcXV5fVWZnaGlqa2xtbm9jdH V2d3h5ent8fX5/cRAAICAQIEBAMEBQYHBwYFNQEAAhEDITESBEFRYXEiEwUygZEUobFCI8FS0fAz JGLhcoKSQ1MVY3M08SUGFqKygwcmNcLSRJNUoxdkRVU2dGXi8rOEw9N14/NGlKSFtJXE1OT0pbXF 1eX1VmZ2hpamtsbW5vYnN0dXZ3eHl6e3x//aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8A80d9E/Ar6O+rv/ie6X/4Tx// AD0xfOJ+ifgV9HfV3/xPdL/8J4//AJ6YrXM7BToJJJKqpSSSSSlJJJJKUkkkkpSSSSSn/9DzQ/RP wK+jvq7/AOJ7pf8A4Tx//PTF84n6J+BX0d9Xf/E90v8A8J4//npitczsFOgkkkqqlJJJJKUkkkkp SSSSSlJJJJKf/9HzUtca3PDSWDQugwCeAXL6N+rv/ie6X/4Tx/8Az0xeA1i0dBynait11YbAEO2z v3Ojf+j3MXv31d/8T3S//CeP/wCemKzzJ0Hmp0EkklWUpJJJJSkkkklKSS

СКАЧАТЬ