Потерянный континент: история Атлантиды
2. Back To Atlantis
Myself,Ioversawthelayingofeverycourse.Andbesides,hereinYucatan,wehavenotthenicetiesofyouroldworlddiplomacy,anddonotlisten,becausewecountitshametodoso.”
Tathoshruggedhisshoulders.“Iactedonlyaccordingtomineeducation.Athome,aloosetonguemakesaloosehead,andtherearethosewhosetradeitistocarrytales.Still,whatIsayisthis:Thethroneshakes,andPhoreniceseestheneedofsturdyprops.Soshehassentthisproclamation.”
“Butwhycometome?ItistwentyyearssinceIsailedtothiscolony,andfromthatdayIhavenotreturnedtoAtlantisonce.Iknowlittleoftheoldcountry’spolitics.Whatsmallparcelofnewsdriftsouttousacrosstheocean,readswithslenderinteresthere.Yucatanisanotherworld,mydearTatho,asyouinthecourseofyourgovernmentwilllearn,withnewinterests,newpeople,neweverything.Toushere,Atlantisisonlyafigment,ashadow,farawayacrossthewaters.ItisforthisnewworldofYucatanthatIhavestriventhroughalltheseyears.”
“IfDeucalionhassmalltimetosparefromhisgovernmentforbroodingoverhisfatherland,Atlantis,atleast,hasfoundleisuretoadmirethedeedsofherbrilliantson.Why,sir,overyonderathome,yournamecarriesmagicwithit.WhenyouandIwereladstogether,itwasthecustominthecollegestoteachthatthemenofthepastwerethegreatestthisworldhaseverseen;butto-daythisteachingischanged.ItisDeucalionwhoisheldupasthemodelandexample.MothersnametheirsonsDeucalion,asthemostvaluablebirth-gifttheycanmake.
