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.And if any suspected, they kept careful silence.The man came at the king's call."Did you read the man that Ferenc brought to me for the guard?" Janos asked."Yes.""What did you see in him? And was he telling the truth about a seeress?""He was truthful at all times, m'lord.Iwas limited in reading him because his native tongue is unfamiliar to me, butI assure you he was truthful.I believe he is unable to lie.""You're joking!"The counselor bowed slightly."I never joke, Your Highness.There is thatabout him which makes me believe he is unable to lie.""Amazing.That must truly be a handicap."Sometimes you are almost discerning, the counselor thought to himself.Andordinarily I would agree with that reaction.I wish the swine held discoursewith himself.I've never known anyone before who could stand fully consciousfor several minutes and not talk to himself within his mind.And it isn't ascreen.I will watch him carefully.88The guard soon accepted Nils as one of them, despite their normal animositytoward foreigners.In sparring he was never bested, but even so, the mensensed that he held himself in, and they interpreted that correctly as adesire to avoid making anyone look bad.His disposition was mild andharmonious.And he learned quickly, so that in a few weeks he could converseslowly on a fair assortment of subjects.One day of his first week Nils was being instructed in Magyar by SergeantBela, when a boy in his early teens entered the guard room; he was dressed asa squire and spoke to the sergeant.Bela turned back to Nils."This is Imre Rakosi, Nils, a squire to the king.He wants to talk to youthrough me, as he doesn't have much confidence in the little Anglic hespeaks.First he wants to know if it's true that you are a great swordsman.""It is true," Nils said.He sensed an openness and honesty in the boy."And is it true that you come from a barbaric land far from the sun and havetraveled in many lands?""That's true, too," Nils admitted.Page 35 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Except that I have traveled only in several lands."Bela repeated in Magyar, then turned back to Nils."Imre would like to becomefluent inAnglic.And he believes it would be better to learn it from you than from someother tutor.You cannot lapse into Magyar, and in the learning he hopes tohear about lands and customs that we know little of in our land.Will youteach him?""I'll be glad to."The boy addressed Nils directly now, in Anglic.89"Thank you," he said carefully, holding out his hand.Nils shook it."He would like to begin after supper this evening," Bela said, "in the outerhall, for it's always open and the benches there are comfortable.If he can'tbe there, he'll get word to you.Is that all right?""Certainly," said Nils, and Imre Rakosi left."Are squires here the sons of knights only?" Nils asked."Usually.This one is the son of LordIstvan Rakosi of the eastern marches.""And was he sponsored earlier by the older king, Janos II?""No, he's been with Janos III for almost eight years, since the boy was sevenand old enough to serve as a page.The king is a widower, and childless," thesergeant went on."This boy is like a son to him.And he's a good lad, asJanos is a good master."Nils had the third and fourth watches-from 0800 to 1600-and his duties wereprimarily two.When Janos held court, Nils was one of his personal guards,standing behind his throne toits right.At other hours, when Janos was in the throne room, Nils's post wasoutside the thick door.And in a chamber behind the throne room, a lean, dark-brown man sat in a blackrobe reading the mind of the king's visitors.But always, whetherNils stood by the throne or outside the heavy door, the secret counselormonitored the big warrior's mind with one small part of his superbly sensitivepsychic awareness.He received almost nothing in the way of either thoughts oremotions there, 90however, for mostly Nils simply received, sorting and filing data of almostevery kind without discussing it with himself.But the evidence was increasingly unmistakable.One winter evening the counselor took from a small chest a gray plastic box,closed a switch, and patiently waited.He didn't wait long.As a hair-likeneedle twitched on the dial, a voice in his mind commanded him.His mind reviewed the event of Nils's arrival and what he had observed, thelittle he had been able to learn from Nils's mind, and what he had learnedfrom the minds of others when they had thought about Nils."And there is noquestion," he thought, "the barbarian is a psi, and I feel he is not hereaccidentally.I don't know any details, forI can read nothing specific myself.But you could force him, Master."His thoughts paused, as if hesitating, and there was a sharp painful tug atthe counselor's mind that made him wince and continue."And today, as I watched, I became aware that he knows I am here, and that helet me know purposely, realizing I would know it was on purpose.Of course, he could easily know of me from the king's mind.But he knows moreabout me than the king does;it may be he knows all that I am."And he as an undisturbed as a stone."That winter at Pest was the coldest of memory, Nils was told.Old people, andeven the middle-aged, complained that winters were longer and colder than whenthey were young.But even recentPage 36 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.And if any suspected, they kept careful silence.The man came at the king's call."Did you read the man that Ferenc brought to me for the guard?" Janos asked."Yes.""What did you see in him? And was he telling the truth about a seeress?""He was truthful at all times, m'lord.Iwas limited in reading him because his native tongue is unfamiliar to me, butI assure you he was truthful.I believe he is unable to lie.""You're joking!"The counselor bowed slightly."I never joke, Your Highness.There is thatabout him which makes me believe he is unable to lie.""Amazing.That must truly be a handicap."Sometimes you are almost discerning, the counselor thought to himself.Andordinarily I would agree with that reaction.I wish the swine held discoursewith himself.I've never known anyone before who could stand fully consciousfor several minutes and not talk to himself within his mind.And it isn't ascreen.I will watch him carefully.88The guard soon accepted Nils as one of them, despite their normal animositytoward foreigners.In sparring he was never bested, but even so, the mensensed that he held himself in, and they interpreted that correctly as adesire to avoid making anyone look bad.His disposition was mild andharmonious.And he learned quickly, so that in a few weeks he could converseslowly on a fair assortment of subjects.One day of his first week Nils was being instructed in Magyar by SergeantBela, when a boy in his early teens entered the guard room; he was dressed asa squire and spoke to the sergeant.Bela turned back to Nils."This is Imre Rakosi, Nils, a squire to the king.He wants to talk to youthrough me, as he doesn't have much confidence in the little Anglic hespeaks.First he wants to know if it's true that you are a great swordsman.""It is true," Nils said.He sensed an openness and honesty in the boy."And is it true that you come from a barbaric land far from the sun and havetraveled in many lands?""That's true, too," Nils admitted.Page 35 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.html"Except that I have traveled only in several lands."Bela repeated in Magyar, then turned back to Nils."Imre would like to becomefluent inAnglic.And he believes it would be better to learn it from you than from someother tutor.You cannot lapse into Magyar, and in the learning he hopes tohear about lands and customs that we know little of in our land.Will youteach him?""I'll be glad to."The boy addressed Nils directly now, in Anglic.89"Thank you," he said carefully, holding out his hand.Nils shook it."He would like to begin after supper this evening," Bela said, "in the outerhall, for it's always open and the benches there are comfortable.If he can'tbe there, he'll get word to you.Is that all right?""Certainly," said Nils, and Imre Rakosi left."Are squires here the sons of knights only?" Nils asked."Usually.This one is the son of LordIstvan Rakosi of the eastern marches.""And was he sponsored earlier by the older king, Janos II?""No, he's been with Janos III for almost eight years, since the boy was sevenand old enough to serve as a page.The king is a widower, and childless," thesergeant went on."This boy is like a son to him.And he's a good lad, asJanos is a good master."Nils had the third and fourth watches-from 0800 to 1600-and his duties wereprimarily two.When Janos held court, Nils was one of his personal guards,standing behind his throne toits right.At other hours, when Janos was in the throne room, Nils's post wasoutside the thick door.And in a chamber behind the throne room, a lean, dark-brown man sat in a blackrobe reading the mind of the king's visitors.But always, whetherNils stood by the throne or outside the heavy door, the secret counselormonitored the big warrior's mind with one small part of his superbly sensitivepsychic awareness.He received almost nothing in the way of either thoughts oremotions there, 90however, for mostly Nils simply received, sorting and filing data of almostevery kind without discussing it with himself.But the evidence was increasingly unmistakable.One winter evening the counselor took from a small chest a gray plastic box,closed a switch, and patiently waited.He didn't wait long.As a hair-likeneedle twitched on the dial, a voice in his mind commanded him.His mind reviewed the event of Nils's arrival and what he had observed, thelittle he had been able to learn from Nils's mind, and what he had learnedfrom the minds of others when they had thought about Nils."And there is noquestion," he thought, "the barbarian is a psi, and I feel he is not hereaccidentally.I don't know any details, forI can read nothing specific myself.But you could force him, Master."His thoughts paused, as if hesitating, and there was a sharp painful tug atthe counselor's mind that made him wince and continue."And today, as I watched, I became aware that he knows I am here, and that helet me know purposely, realizing I would know it was on purpose.Of course, he could easily know of me from the king's mind.But he knows moreabout me than the king does;it may be he knows all that I am."And he as an undisturbed as a stone."That winter at Pest was the coldest of memory, Nils was told.Old people, andeven the middle-aged, complained that winters were longer and colder than whenthey were young.But even recentPage 36 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]