если я должен развивать амбиции дальше = для дальнейших целей).
`Could you not steal it yourself (а сам ты не можешь украсть это)?
`Of course not (конечно, нет). How could I leave my island (как я могу покинуть свой остров)? They would destroy me then, of a certainty (тогда они уничтожат меня, несомненно).
`Who would destroy you (кто уничтожит тебя)?
exactly [Ig`zxktlI] task [tRsk]
`But you could not use a Mabden for the task you have in mind, Corum said grimly. `Am I right?
`Your brains are sharpening. That is exactly the truth. No Mabden could survive what you must survive. And I am not sure that even a Vadhagh…
`What is the task?
`To steal something I need if I am to develop my ambitions further.
`Could you not steal it yourself?
`Of course not. How could I leave my island? They would destroy me then, of a certainty.
`Who would destroy you?
`My rivals, of course — the Sword Rulers and the rest (мои противники, разумеется — Повелители Мечей и другие)! I only survive because I protect myself with all manner of devices and spells (я выживаю лишь потому, что защищаю себя всевозможными средствами и заклинаниями;
consequences [`kOnsIkwqnsIz] courage [`kArIG] thoroughly [`TArqlI]
`My rivals, of course — the Sword Rulers and the rest! I only survive because I protect myself with all manner of devices and spells which, though they have, at this moment, the power to break, they dare not do so for fear of the consequences. To break my spells might lead to the very dissolution of the Fifteen Planes — and the extinction of the Sword Rulers themselves. No, you must do the thieving for me. No other, in this whole plane, would have the courage — or the motivation. For if you do this thing, I will restore Rhalina to you. And, if you still wish it, you will have the power to take your vengeance on Glandyth-a-Krae. But, I assure you, the real one to blame for the very existence of Glandyth is the Knight of the Swords, and by stealing this thing from him, you will be thoroughly avenged.
Corum said: `What must I steal (что я должен украсть)?
Shool chuckled.
`His heart, Master Corum (его сердце, господин Корум).
`You wish me to kill a God and take his heart (ты хочешь, чтобы я убил бога и забрал его сердце) …
`Plainly you know nothing of Gods (очевидно, ты ничего не знаешь о богах). If you killed the Knight, the consequences would be unimaginable (если ты убьешь Рыцаря, последствия будут невообразимыми). He does not keep his heart in his breast (он не хранит свое сердце в груди). It is better guarded than that (оно лучше охраняется, чем так = оно охраняется гораздо лучше). His heart is kept on this plane (его сердце находится в этой плоскости). His brain is kept on another — and so on (его мозг хранится в другой — и так далее). This protects him, do you see (это защищает его, понимаешь)?
Corum sighed (Корум вздохнул).
unimaginable [, AnI`mxGInqbl] heart [hRt] sigh [saI]
Corum said: `What must I steal?
Shool chuckled.
`His heart, Master Corum.
`You wish me to kill a God and take his heart…
`Plainly you know nothing of Gods. If you killed the Knight, the consequences would be unimaginable. He does not keep his heart in his breast. It is better guarded than that. His heart is kept on this plane. His brain is kept on another — and so on. This protects him, do you see?
Corum sighed.
`You must explain more later (ты должен объяснить подробнее позднее). Now (теперь). Release Rhalina from that ship and I will try to do what you ask of me (верни Ралину с того корабля и я попытаюсь сделать /то/, что ты просишь от меня).
`You are excessively obstinate, Master Corum (ты чрезмерно упрямый)!
`If I am the only one who can help you further your ambitions, Prince Shool, then I can surely afford to be (если я единственный, кто может помочь тебе осуществить твои амбиции, принц Шул, тогда я несомненно могу позволить себе быть /таким/;
The young lips curled in a growl that was almost Mabden (юные губы искривились в оскале, который был почти мабденским;
`I am glad you are not immortal, Master Corum (я рад, что ты не бессмертный, господин Корум). Your arrogance will only plague me for a few hundred years at the most (твое высокомерие будет досаждать мне лишь несколько сотен лет максимум;
obstinate [`ObstInIt] plague [pleIg] deliver [dI`lIvq]
`You must explain more later. Now. Release Rhalina from that ship and I will try to do what you ask of me.
`You are excessively obstinate, Master Corum!
`If I am the only one who can help you further your ambitions, Prince Shool, then I can surely afford to be.
The young lips curled in a growl that was almost Mabden.
`I am glad you are not immortal, Master Corum. Your arrogance will only plague me for a few hundred years at the most. Very well, I will show you Rhalina. I will show that she is safe. But I will not release her. I will keep her here and deliver her to you when the heart of the Knight of the Swords is brought to me.
