Міжзірковий мандрівник
Chapter 15
TohimIreportedeverydetailthatoccurredwhenhewasnotwithme;andhe,withfurrowedbrows,sittingdarklingbythehour,likeapatientspiderunravelledthetangleandspunthewebafresh.Asmybodyslaveheinsisteduponattendingmeeverywhere;beingonlybarredonoccasionbyYunsan.OfcourseIbarredhimfrommymomentswiththeLadyOm,buttoldhimingeneralwhatpassed,withexceptionoftendererincidentsthatwerenothisbusiness.
IthinkHamelwascontenttositbackandplaythesecretpart.Hewastoocold-bloodednottocalculatethattheriskwasmine.IfIprospered,heprospered.IfIcrashedtoruin,hemightcreepoutlikeaferret.Iamconvincedthathesoreasoned,andyetitdidnotsavehimintheend,asyoushallsee.
“Standbyme,”ItoldKim,“andwhatsoeveryouwishshallbeyours.Haveyouawish?”
“IwouldcommandtheTigerHuntersofPyeng-Yang,andsocommandthepalaceguards,”heanswered.
“Wait,”saidI,“andthatwillyoudo.Ihavesaidit.”
Thehowofthematterwasbeyondme.Buthewhohasnaughtcandispensetheworldinlargess;andI,whohadnaught,gaveKimcaptaincyofthepalaceguards.ThebestofitisthatIdidfulfilmypromise.KimdidcometocommandtheTigerHunters,althoughitbroughthimtoasadend.
