tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22919793658492221302024-03-14T14:22:46.569+01:00,,Ponieważ czerwień pięknie wyglądała na białym śniegu'' [Z]Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-73397514897799674882019-12-27T17:48:00.000+01:002019-12-27T17:48:48.008+01:00KRÓLOWA WĘŻY: Zwój 5 <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wąż</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{110}" paraid="1598296732" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To stało się tak szybko, jak gdyby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">w pałacowej sali </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">rozgrywano </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">przygotowaną wcześniej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">sztukę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{124}" paraid="107832590" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Niewolnica tańczyła z wężami, błogosławiąc lub przeklinając tłum. Tanecznym, wyuzdanym, półświadomym krokiem zbliżyła się do tronu, a wtedy, jak na zawołanie, jej czarna kobra zsunęła się na ziemię. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przywarł do oparcia tronu, rozchylając komicznie usta. Wąż przypatrywał się mu chwilę, po czym </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">z szybkością</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> błyskawic</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">y</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> zatopił kły w jego prawej stopie. Król wydał z siebie zduszony krzyk. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> zatrzymała się i cofnęła lekko. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{142}" paraid="969998359" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Wasza Wspaniałość! — Strażnik stojący najbliżej rzucił się na pomoc. Uniósł włócznię i nabił na nią wijącego się węża. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> syknęła przeraźliwie. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uchwycił ją za wolne ramię. Odpowiedziały mu jej dzikie, niespokojne oczy. Była gotowa się bronić, gryźć i kopać, jak każde zwierzę, które znajdzie się w niebezpieczeństwie. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> trzymał ją mocno</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i ostrzegawczo</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zapewne sprawiając jej ból. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{164}" paraid="1310250697" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Z rany na stopie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zaczęła wypływać krew. Ciemnoczerwone plamy wyciekały na posadzkę. Sam król trząsł się jak w gorączce, a na jego czole wystąpiły kropelki potu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{174}" paraid="1983537648" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ja nie... Bogowie... — mamrotał. — Bogowie, ratujcie!</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wokół tronu pojawili się członkowie rady, przekrzykując między sobą polecenia lub wskazówki, ale to na brata </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">spojrza</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ł</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Jego oczy były szeroko rozwarte i przerażone, jak u małego chłopca. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ratuj! — wykrzyknął. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{202}" paraid="1625327128" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Nikt cię teraz nie uratuje, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">pomyślał </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Zebrani w sali </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">także </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zaczęli krzyczeć o pomoc lub odmawiać modlitwy. Ale na to było już za późno. Jad rozchodził się po całym ciele króla i choć strażnicy obwiązywali ranę</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">materiałem, starając się zatamować krwawienie, śmierć już zaciskała palce na jego ramionach. Była czarna </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">jak węgiel </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">i koścista, z twarzą ukrytą za </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">upiorną </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">maską. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> trząsł się coraz bardziej, jego oczy się zaszkliły, a oddech stał się płytki i urwany. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{234}" paraid="399809253" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Po kilku uderzeniach serca osunął się na ziemię, jak bezwładna lalka odziana w złotą szatę. Zamknął oczy i już </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">więcej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ich nie otworzył. W sali narastał coraz większy chaos, przypominając rój szarańczy. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> dalej trzymał ramię </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subiry</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, wiedząc, że zaraz zostanie oskarżona i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zakatowana przez królewskich strażników. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{10089bdd-101b-4fe8-be6c-ddef533e5c28}{254}" paraid="828649635" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ten głupiec igrał z ogniem, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">on</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> właśnie go poparzył...</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{9}" paraid="193000938" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Bogowie jednak byli okrutni...</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{15}" paraid="199081118" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Bogowie.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> To słowo miało moc. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{21}" paraid="2107360136" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Spokój! — ryknął </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, wys</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">tępując</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> na środek sali. Był potężnie zbudowany i zawsze budził respekt. Tłum na moment zamilknął. Mężczyzna przymknął z żalem powieki. — Mój brat umarł</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> pokąsany przez węża. Ale czyż to nie on kazał sprowadzić Królową Węży do pałacu, czy to nie do niego przemówili bogowie? </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{39}" paraid="1837134233" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ludzie patrzyli na niego wyczekująco, nie rozumiejąc, do czego zmierza. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Buru, jeden z rozsądniejszych członków rady, sprawiał wrażenie, jakby chciał zaprzeczyć. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{47}" paraid="1481168727" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ta dziewczyna — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wskazał na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subirę</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, która stała nieruchomo, przyciskając do piersi dwa żyjące węże — została dotknięta przez bogów, słyszeliście na własne uszy. To oni nakazali jej kobrze zsunąć się z ramienia i pokąsać mego brata. To błogosławieństwo, ofiara, by powstrzymać suszę! Taka była wola bogów. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Okrutna, ale konieczna! </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ukorzmy się przed nią!</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{65}" paraid="2064760720" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Tłum spoglądał zaskoczony na to na </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zdecydowanego, pełnego powagi i zapału, oraz </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subirę</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, nieokiełznaną i niepojętą. Członkowie rady szeptali między sobą, nie zgłosili jednak żadnych uwag. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{85}" paraid="1929679701" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">W końcu pierwsi ludzie zaczęli opadać na kolana. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{91}" paraid="1253315202" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Wola bogów — rozległ się nowy szmer. — Wola bogów, wola bogów, niech będzie wola bogów!</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{97}" paraid="372212339" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">A potem następne nawoływanie:</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uniósł dłoń. W jego ciemnych oczach pojawił się błysk triumfu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> *</span></div>
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<span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{129}" paraid="1744812069" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Król uczciłby to zwycięstwo pucharem najlepszego </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wina</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, wznosząc toast ku rozgwieżdżonemu niebu. Wojownik udałby się do dżungli i ubił zwierzę, by jego krwią kupić pomyślność. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie zrobił jednak żadnej z tych rzeczy. Nie miał ochoty się upić, gdyż już czuł się upojony. Nie musiał także utaczać krwi, gdyż ta wypłynęła z jego brata i wsiąknęła w mury pałacu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{143}" paraid="739378468" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zamiast tego przybył do jej komnaty. Wystawił przed nią strażników, choć nikt tak naprawdę nie mógł być pewien, czy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">po to, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">by udaremnić jej ucieczkę, czy chronić </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ją </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">przed innymi. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{157}" paraid="1092874672" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży spoczywała na łożu wśród miękkich, purpurowych poduszek. Dalej była naga, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">przy jej ramieniu spoczywał</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> pyton. Druga kobra zaszyła się pod pozłacaną toaletką i zatapiała kły w rzuconych jej przez służbę szczurach. W komnacie panował półmrok, rozganiany płomykami tlącymi się w kagankach. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> usłyszała dźwięk zamykanych drzwi i uniosła głowę. Jej błyszczące oczy patrzyły na </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nieufnie i wyczekująco. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{175}" paraid="1495980570" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mężczyzna zbliżył się do łoża, a wówczas ona gwałtownie wstała i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">odskoczyła jak małpa. Przylgnęła plecami do wezgłowia. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{183}" paraid="1973445629" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie mam już powodu, by cię zabijać. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uśmiechnął się drapieżnie. — To dzięki tobie pozbyłem się mojego głupiego braciszka i zostałem ogłoszony przyszłym królem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{193}" paraid="679754939" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chciałeś tego. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wysunęła koniuszek języka i zaśmiała się dziwnie, chropowato i bez wesołości. — Chciałeś, by był martwy!</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{203}" paraid="1477926085" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie odpowiedział od razu. Przyglądał się uważnie niewolnicy, która już niewolnicą nie była. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Podszycie zaistniałych wydarzeń pod dzieło bogów było genialnym posunięciem, nie wiedział jednak, na ile trwałym. Mógł jedynie planować swoją koronację i politykę, jaką przyjmie, gdy pochowają </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> i oddadzą mu jego tron. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{213}" paraid="347522926" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chciałem — przyznał. Poruszył mięsistymi ustami w </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">uśmiechu.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">—</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> A teraz chcę czegoś więcej. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{227}" paraid="197696643" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Uważaj. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">alej kucała przy ścianie, a u jej stóp wił się p</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">lamisty p</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">yton. Nie sposób było rozpoznać, czy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dziewczyna </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ostrzega</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> mężczyznę</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, czy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">go </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zachęca. — Ostatni, kto się do mnie zbliżył, już nie żyje. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW52256064" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{19557fff-0b08-4464-926b-12829ab8dceb}{255}" paraid="715379935" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie wierzył, że to bogowie zabili </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, tak samo jak nie wierzył, że dla węży różni się czymś od swojego brata. Był </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ciepłym </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">mięsem opakowanym w miękki worek skóry</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nic więcej. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ale miał ze sobą broń. W jego dłoni pojawił się błyszczący</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zakrzywiony</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> sztylet</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, którym tyle razy odbierał życie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> uśmiechnęła się i przyciągnęła pysk węża do swojego policzka. Wydała z siebie kilka syczących dźwięków, a wówczas pyton zsunął się z łoża i </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">również wpełznął pod toaletkę, by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wraz ze swoim pobratymcem</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> pożywić się szczurami. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW52256064" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{40}" paraid="868974930" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> z brzękiem opuścił ostrze i zwinnie niczym tygrys zjawił się przy dziewczynie. Zatopił swoją dużą </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dłoń</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w jej czarnych włosach, a drugą zanurzył w wilgotną szczelinę między jej udami. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW52256064" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{48}" paraid="2031039945" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Tak jak się spodziewał, tak jak tego oczekiwał, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży nie uciekała wzrokiem ani nie leżała po</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">tulnie. Miała wielkie, migotliwe oczy, których spojrzenie zaklinało niejednego węża. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{58}" paraid="1838481368" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">W</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">krótce </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">W</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przekonał się, że potrafiła wydawać z siebie nie tylko syki. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{76}" paraid="1144017611" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ulubieniec muz</span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW52256064" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW52256064" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{86}" paraid="218391467" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> od dawna nie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">doświadczył</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> takiej suszy, a przecież wiódł swój żywot na tym padole łez już od kilku dziesięcioleci. Jego sadzawka w ogrodzie niemalże doszczętnie wyschła, a krokodyl zdechł. Zapasy żywności, które przywozili do Indlu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zaprzyjaźnieni kupcy, znacznie się zmniejszyły. Chłopiec, pełniący funkcję oczu i uszu malarza, został za mocno pocałowany przez słońce. Gorąc wdarł się pod jego czaszkę i jeszcze tego samego dnia biedak zmarł. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{114}" paraid="1801667815" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zaczął myśleć, że to kara bogów. Być może byli niezadowoleni z poczynań ludzi w dole, z ich samolubnych zagrywek, krwawych bitew i podbojów. Artysta chciał krzyknąć, że przecież on zawsze był im posłuszny i swoimi malowidłami szerzył ich wolę... Czyżby zapragnęli nauczyć go pokory? </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{122}" paraid="1923918620" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">I wtem, gdy już sądził, że przyjdzie mu umrzeć w tych piekielnych upałach, pewnego ranka spadł deszcz. Żarłoczne, palące słońce zniknęło, a całe niebo zasnuły szare, ciężkie chmury. Chłodne krople spadały na wysuszoną ziemię, niby boskie pocałunki. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nakazał natychmiast wystawić wszystkie dostępne w domostwie naczynia, by napełniły się wodą. Sam wyszedł w ulewę, wzruszony i pełen radości. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Krop</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">l</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">e</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> deszczu spływały mu po marszczących się policzkach. Królestwo </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> było uratowane. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{144}" paraid="511600536" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Deszcz padał z małymi przerwami przez sześć dni i w tym czasie plony zdążyły odżyć, a zwierzęta i ludzie odpocząć i odetchnąć z ulgą. Siódmego dnia </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> przywitał w progach swojej posiadłości </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Emela</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, który był handlarzem owoców i jego przyjacielem. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{150}" paraid="873591180" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mężczyźni pozdrowili się, po czym padli sobie w ramiona. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Emel</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był miękkim grubaskiem o drugim podbródku, które zazwyczaj nosił luźne, cytrynowe szaty. Przez klęskę suszy stracił kilka kamieni, choć nadal wyglądał jak dojrzała figa. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{160}" paraid="1172737324" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">— Jak dobrze, że wreszcie spadł deszcz — odezwał się </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. — Miałem wrażenie, że moje natchnienie wyschło wraz z rzekami...</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{166}" paraid="1082089614" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— To wszystko dzięki nowemu królowi. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Emel</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uśmiechnął się dobrotliwie, jak zawsze, gdy mógł powtórzyć poważną plotkę. — Mówią, że ma patronkę, którą uczynił swoją faworytą. To ona zesłała deszcz. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Naprawdę? </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{ab961566-8579-43f4-a5b0-a74ee9e9c82c}{4}" paraid="1748269431" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> słyszał o tragicznej śmierci króla </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i o objęciu tronu przez jego brata, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW52256064 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, którego miał nieszczęście poznać przed niecałym księżycem. Ulubieniec muz doznał dziwnego przeczucia, że druga postać też nie jest dla niego nieznajomą. </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW52256064 BCX0" paraeid="{7a6f209d-e511-43c0-bdcd-d6be25dd111b}{190}" paraid="351012348" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tak, przyjacielu! — odparł handlarz</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> owoców</span><span class="TextRun SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. — Zwą ją Królową Węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW52256064 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-family: Georgia, Georgia_MSFontService, serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-49586863005123404672019-11-16T18:43:00.000+01:002019-11-16T18:44:03.844+01:00KRÓLOWA WĘŻY: Zwój 4 <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> powrócił z Królową Węży. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">był pewien</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, że jego brat to zrobi. Nie mógł znieść smaku porażki nawet w takim aspekcie. Nie przeszkadzało to jednak królowi, by napawać się urazą i gniewem w jego oczach, które z jakichś powodów były jeszcze większe niż przed wyjazdem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{101}" paraid="1364605167" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dobrze się spisałeś — przyznał słodko </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, gdy przechadzali się z bratem po pałacowym korytarzu. Niewolnicę kazał wpierw umyć</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> z podróżnego pyłu</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, wysmarować pachnącymi olejkami i przygotować do występu przed nim. A było to coś, na co </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">król </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">czekał bardziej niż błądzący na pustyni na kroplę deszczu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{115}" paraid="1246160737" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Odkąd posłał po Królow</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ą</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> Węży, nie potrafił się porządnie wyspać. Nocą utkana z mar niewolnica przychodziła do niego, uśmiechnięta i pachnąca, ale gdy pochylała się nad nim, dostrzegał, że jej oczy mają pionowe źrenice, a skórę pokrywają </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zimne, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">gadzie łuski. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Język, którym go pieściła, był rozdwojony. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> musiał</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wiedzieć, kim jest to owiane legendami stworzenie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{125}" paraid="1725919930" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chyba nie sądziłeś, że będzie inaczej</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> mówił chłodno i dumnie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{139}" paraid="171083868" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Bogowie mogli poddać </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">cię </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">próbie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{149}" paraid="37912439" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Poddali.</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{155}" paraid="258067678" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Jego brat uśmiechnął się w okropny sposób</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jak wówczas, gdy byli dziećmi, a jemu wpadł do głowy kolejny szalony pomysł. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> poczuł nieprzyjemny smak w ustach, smak własnych obaw. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{169}" paraid="2049671744" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chyba nie dotknąłeś mojej niewolnicy?</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{175}" paraid="1870081070" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Sypiam z wolnymi kobietami. Niewolnice zostawiam tobie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{181}" paraid="854565335" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To był jeden z dziwacznych zwyczajów królewskiego brata. Chociaż potrafił dręczyć słabszych i zabijać z zimną krwią, nie zapraszał do swojego łoża żadnych niewolnic ani niewolników. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{187}" paraid="910944709" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Mówisz, jakbyś chciał mnie obrazić — zauważył beztrosko </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. — Po cóż bogowie stworzyliby niewolników, jeśli nie po to, by sprawiali nam przyjemność?</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{197}" paraid="71282900" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Za często zasłaniasz się bogami, bracie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{203}" paraid="1283079972" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Co to ma znaczyć?</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{209}" paraid="218123721" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> przystanął i przeszył </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> niespokojnym wzrokiem. Nie spodobał mu się ten ton. Ten ton, który nie powinien już rozbrzmiewać. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{223}" paraid="59408729" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nasz ojciec był potężnym człowiekiem — odparł tymczasem młodszy mężczyzna. Przybrał poważną, niemal zatroskaną minę, która była kłamstwem, woalem, za którym ukrywał swoje prawdziwe intencje. — Wierzył w bogów i starał się podążać za ich wolą, ale główną wiarę pokładał w sobie i w naszym królestwie. Gdy nawiedzały nas klęski, nie szukał mistycznych pomocy, tylko rozwiązywał je w przyziemny sposób. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Susza rzeczywiście przybyła do </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> i zatapia zęby w naszych ziemiach. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ja na twoim miejscu...</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{233}" paraid="704681498" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">— Wiem, do czego to zmierza, </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">!</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> Chcesz powiedzieć, że byłbyś lepszym królem niż ja. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{243}" paraid="1247771523" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— To twoje słowa. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a5044044-5396-49b9-ae15-270535c1f817}{249}" paraid="1638288231" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie prowokuj mnie! — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zmrużył oczy i poczuł, że coś się w nim</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wzbiera i kołacze w piersi niczym obrzydliwy nietoperz. Nim zdążył pomyśleć, wyrzucił z siebie słowa, które pragnął wycedzić już od dawna: — Gad! Język zawsze masz obrotny i śliski, i zawsze gotów jesteś prześlizgnąć się, gdy nie patrzę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{8}" paraid="1148989822" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wydawał się być rozbawiony wybuchem brata. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{16}" paraid="292011386" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— W takim razie zaczynasz się otaczać wężami, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{26}" paraid="1599918356" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Masz być obecny podczas występu mojej niewolnicy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">!</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> — </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> podniósł głos, tak jakby chciał przekrzyczeć brata. — Masz ją do mnie przyprowadzić i publicznie złożyć mi hołd, jako wschodowi i zachodowi słońca, który powstrzymuje suszę!</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> irracjonalnie poczuł, że zaraz oberwie. Mięśnie na ramionach brata napięły się, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie wykonał żadnego ruchu. Tylko jego oczy były mroczniejsze niż zazwyczaj. Na końcu korytarza przechadzał się strażnik w ciemnożółtej</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zbroi</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Rzucił uważne spojrzenie w stronę dwóch nachylających się ku sobie braci, zaciskając palce na ostro zakończonej włóczni. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> poruszył mięsistymi ustami, po czym rzekł:</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{58}" paraid="1917442301" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Jak sobie życzysz, Wasza Wspaniałość. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{72}" paraid="380689762" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wąż </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{82}" paraid="1621150780" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był tak wściekły, że po powrocie do swojej komnaty posiekał chłopca-niewolnika, który przyniósł mu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">figi i orzeszki</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. Malec zdążył tylko pisnąć, gdy ostrze przeszyło mu drobną, nagą pierś. Zginął na miejscu. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> wziął głębszy wdech, odgarniając na bok splątane włosy. Chłopiec był łysy, a na jego łydkach widniały ślady po oparzeniach. W niczym nie przypominał niewolnicy z </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Idlu</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, a jednak królewski brat na moment ujrzał jej twarz, a krew wypływająca z ust dziecka, była jej krwią. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{98}" paraid="743871841" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zawołał innego niewolnika i kazał mu posprzątać. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Sam m</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">yślał o </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundanim</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, małym i dorosłym. Dlaczego w dzieciństwie tak go dręczył? Dlaczego zasiewał w nim strach, jak rolnik zasiewa plony na swych ziemiach? Dlaczego zawsze chciał, by było po jego myśli?</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{118}" paraid="979904547" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Odpowiedź była prosta. Czerpał satysfakcję z faktu, że chłopiec — choć pierworodny króla </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zuly</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i przyszły następca tronu — ugina się pod wolą swojego młodszego brata. Satysfakcja była słodka jak miód</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i odurzająca niczym trunek</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, ale stanowiła broń obusieczną. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Kto </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">miał wygrać</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> to stracie? Czy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">będą</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w ogóle </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">jacyś </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zwycię</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">z</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">cy? Niemoc </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">okazała się</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> gorsza niż kajdany i więzy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{158}" paraid="1919492093" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wieczorem w sali audiencyjnej zebrali się wszyscy mieszkańcy pałacu. Doradcy w swych jasnoczerwonych i pomarańczowych </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isembatach</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, szlachetnie urodzeni wojownicy i ich kobiety w szatach z błękitu lub szmaragdu. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> chciał mieć pewność, że każdy zobaczy jego nowy nabytek, że każdy będzie świa</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">d</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">kiem, jak bogowie przemawiają w tej kobiecie. Żółte, stare mury ostatni raz gościły taki tłum, gdy ogłoszono śmierć króla </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zuly</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> miał ją przyprowadzić. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ulokował Królową Węży w jednej z dużych komnat niedaleko swojej. Z okna rozciągał się widok na królewskie ogrody, obecnie skąpane w ciemnofioletowym zmierzchu. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> był niemal pewien, że </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> wolałaby spędzać noce wśród gajów oliwnych lub na mokrej od rosy trawie niż w więzieniu o pięknych, pozłacanych ścianach. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{196}" paraid="1331276583" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Strażnik otworzył mu drzwi i cofnął się z lekkim niepokojem. Królowa Węży już czekała. Stała w przejściu, odziana w swoje syczące gady i tylko w nie. Pyton wił się wokół jej prawego ramienia, przypominając szal upstrzony ciemno</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">i jasnobrązowymi plamami. Na biodrach oraz pomiędzy udami balansowała większa kobra o oliwkowym odcieniu i grubym kołnierzu. Wdzierała się w intymną część dziewczyny niczym ręka kochanka. Druga kobra, smukła i czarna jak noc, przycupnęła na lewym ramieniu, zahaczając raz po raz o sterczący sutek niewolnicy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> uśmiechnęła się zadziornie dużymi ustami, widząc wędrujący wzrok </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Trudno było teraz pamiętać, że wciąż jest niewolnicą. Mężczyzna nigdy nie brał do łoża niewolnic, ponieważ nie lubił ich pokornych, służalczych gestów. Nie potrafił się nimi podniecić. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{218}" paraid="1718610162" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dotkniesz mnie? — spytała szeptem, a w jej oczach tańczyły prowokujące ogniki. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie wiedział, czy miała na myśli swoje obnażone ciało, czy też węże, które zdawały się być częścią niej. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mężczyzna </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">się odsunął. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{236}" paraid="981643578" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tańcz dla niego — niemal wycedził. — Zabaw go, wij się i kuś</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> Jesteś jego nową zabawką. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{246}" paraid="799109846" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Odpowiedział mu syk węży. Czarna Kobra uniosła wyżej brodę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{a2bb7b93-af6e-471d-9960-7b9ad5782626}{252}" paraid="33304494" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ja nie należę do nikogo. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{3}" paraid="1666519119" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królewski brat nie miał już nastroju na jej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">przekomarzanki</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Sięgnął do swojego prawego biodra, u którego zwisał</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ostry, zakrzywiony sztylet wojownika o długiej rękojeści. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{15}" paraid="1890680570" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Pójdziesz ze mną. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{21}" paraid="1573459627" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wykonał gest, by ruszyła. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zrobiła to, krocząc majestatycznie wraz ze swoimi wężami. Czarne</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">kręcone </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">włosy opadały jej na ramiona, a krągłe pośladki podskakiwały przy każdym kroku. Gdy mijali kogoś z mieszkańców pałacu, człowiek ten odsuwał się z trwogą lub zdumieniem. Na jednych ustach pojawiły się słowa modlitwy. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> spoglądał na jej plecy przecięte kilkoma liniami bladych blizn. Wystarczyłoby jedno pchnięcie... Jak ukarałby go </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> za taką zbrodnię? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Czy ważyłby się go uwięzić? </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{45}" paraid="1079388890" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ale nie zabił jej podczas podróży, nie zrobił tego i teraz. Wściekłość i niemoc kotłowały się w nim niczym szarańcza zamknięta w skrzyni, nie mógł jednak otworzyć jej wieka. Nie jeśli sam chciał zachować pozycję na dworze, a może nawet i życie. Pierwszy raz dotarło do niego, że każda siła ma swoje granice. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Król Zula umarł, a wraz z nim nietykalność jego młodszego syna. Silny rumak mógł przemierzyć pustynię, ale bez wody i on </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wkrótce</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> padnie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW58162155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{57}" paraid="1469317023" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Jednym silnym ruchem rozwarł dwuskrzydłowe drzwi do sali audiencyjnej. Szmer rozmów zamarł jak dech za poderżnięciem gardła. Moment później morze kolorowych szat rozstąpiło się, odsłaniając drogę do tronu, na którym siedział </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Na tę okazję przywdział swoje najlepsze odzienie. Złoty, sztywny </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isembat</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> obszyty rubinową nicią i spięty ciemnoczerwonym pasem. Jego jasnobrązowe oczy otworzyły się szerzej i zabłysły pożądaniem, gdy król </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">N</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">hongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ujrzał Królową Węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{79}" paraid="1844080546" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zgromadzeni zamarli jak rząd ciemnych posągów, spoglądając na trzy węże wijące się po jej nagim ciele. Pałac widział już wiele dziw</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ów</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> oraz cudów, ale pojawienie się Czarnej Kobry wzbudziło nowy rodzaj zachwytu i grozy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zauważył, że </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zatrzymała się przy drzwiach, mierząc tłum </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">czujnym</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, wojowniczym spojrzeniem. Jej wargi rozchyliły się w cichym syku, a ramiona ledwo zauważalnie zesztywniały. Królewski brat zbliżył się na tyle, ile pozwoliła mu czarna kobra przy jej lewym ramieniu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dalej — szepnął. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{107}" paraid="1698406673" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Drgnęła i zrobiła następne kroki w stronę </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">króla</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> rozparł się na tronie, chłonąc każdy szczegół zbliżającej się do niego niewolnicy. Jednak, gdy byli już blisko, przeniósł spojrzenie na brata. Na jego twarzy malowało się wyczekiwanie pomieszane z mściwą satysfakcją. “No dalej” — mówiły jego oczy. “Ukorz się przede mną, bracie”. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> odczuł ciężar swojego sztyletu u pasa. Był pewien, że trafiłby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundiego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> prosto pomiędzy oczy, nie mówiąc już o sercu w piersi. Z tej odległości </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">byle </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">młodzik by to potrafił. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{137}" paraid="409818961" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Czy jednak był gotów </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">spędzić</span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wieczność pogrzebany pod piaskami pustyni, znosząc tortury bogów?</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> opadł ciężko na kolana. Jego długie, czarne włosy spłynęły mu po plecach. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Składam ci hołd jako wschodowi i zachodowi słońca — wycedził, czując, jakby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">do jego gardła </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">mimo wszystko </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dostał się jadowity skorpion. — I przynoszę ci dar bogów. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Głupiec </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{185}" paraid="853489347" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uniósł łaskawie dłoń. Zwycięstwo nigdy nie smakowało tak słodko. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> klęczał przed nim i wypowiadał słowa poddaństwa. Ten sam brutal, który rzucał cień na jego dzieciństwo i podważał jego autorytet przy ojcu, teraz zgiął kolana i zamiatał nimi ciemnożółtą posadzkę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{197}" paraid="231321537" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Bogowie są sprawiedliwi — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">pomyślał, a zaraz potem przyszła kolejna myśl. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ja jestem bogiem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wstał wreszcie i odsunął się na bok. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie zamierzał poświęcać mu tego wieczoru więcej uwagi. Teraz interesowała go jedynie ta czarna jak inkaust istota obleczona w syczące węże jak w szale. Jego doradca </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie kłamał. Zaprawdę była warta uwagi, inna niż wszystkie jego dotychczasowe niewolnice. Spoglądała mu w oczy z ogniem i dzikością, jakiej nigdy nie widział, a światło pochodni zarysowywało jej kuszące kształty. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{223}" paraid="383598107" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Poddani i przyjaciele — zaczął król. — Przed wami stoi dziewczyna dotknięta przez bogów. To ona </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zakończy suszę!</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{231}" paraid="369207171" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Odpowiedział mu deszcz wiwatów. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{237}" paraid="1012432263" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Węże niewolnicy poruszyły się niespokojnie, łypiąc na zebranych ciemnymi, zimnymi ślepiami. Sama Królowa Węży skrzywiła się, na moment przywdziewając maskę demona. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wstał, by ponownie skupić na sobie jej uwagę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW58162155 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW58162155 BCX0" paraeid="{3b03c66c-78d4-418f-88ca-180ac4aaff82}{247}" paraid="1407627748" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tańcz — polecił gładko, wręcz czule. — Tańcz dla mnie, Czarna Kobro, ocal nas!</span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zrozumiała. </span><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;">Wattpad: </span><a href="https://www.wattpad.com/story/202022480-kr%C3%B3lowa-w%C4%99%C5%BCy" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: georgia, "times new roman", serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">[klik]</a><span class="EOP SCXW58162155 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Artysta miał już biel we włosach i chodził wolnym, lekko kulejącym krokiem. Jego rubinową szatę znaczyły pojedyncze ślady farby, niby kolorowe, przybłąkane przypadkiem pióra. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był ciekaw, jak wiele znaczyła </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dla niego </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ta </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wężowa kurwa</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, jak długo będzie walczył o swoją rzekomą muzę. Okazało się jednak, że niedługo. Gdy królewski brat uświadomił malarzowi, że z nim nie ma żartów, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> spuścił wzrok i jakby zmalał w swojej luźnej szacie, po czym powiedział, że zabierze go do Królowej Węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{165}" paraid="333767578" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— To mój prawdziwy skarb — wyznał jeszcze melancholijnie, gdy przemierzali czyste, jasnoróżowe korytarze domostwa. — Przybyła do mnie z południa kraju. Czarniejsza niż heban, dziksza niż niejedno zwierzę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{171}" paraid="1406485682" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przypomniał sobie, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">co go intrygowało w tej całej zaklinaczce węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{181}" paraid="341336947" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Słyszałem o niej pewne historie. Czy ma kły? A może parzy się z gadami? </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{187}" paraid="172918134" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Malarz nie patrzył mu w oczy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{193}" paraid="1223823951" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Sam się przekonasz, panie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{199}" paraid="875391020" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zaraz potem </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zatrzymał się przed drzwiami na końcu korytarza. Znalazł w brzęczącej bransolecie kluczy ten, który przedstawiał pozłacanego węża i wsunął go </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">do</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zam</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ka</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zrobił krok do przodu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{209}" paraid="1613824441" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tylko ostrożnie, panie — przestrzegł go malarz. — Tam są węże. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{d981b125-763d-4949-acf3-d8daa25cab92}{215}" paraid="1464492237" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie bał się zwierząt. Stwierdził, że skoro nie krzywdzą one dziewczyny, jemu t</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ak</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">że </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nie zdołają nic zrobić. Czujnym krokiem wszedł do środka i natychmiast przymrużył oczy, aby przyzwyczaić je do półmroku. Pomieszczenie było duże, ale nie przypominało komnaty nałożnicy czy też muzy, czymkolwiek Królowa Węży była. Przywodziło </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">bardziej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">na myśl pieczarę w skale. Okna zostały przysłonięte lekką, ciemną tkaniną, udaremniając drogę słońcu. Jedyne światło dawały dwie ciężkie, zwisające z sufitu lampy oliwne. W powietrzu unosił się zapach wilgoci</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">krwi </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">i dymu, przedziwna mieszanka, która słabszego człowieka mogłaby przyprawić o zawroty głowy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Podłoga została wyłożona piaskiem. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> poczuł, jak jego buty zatapiają się w miękkiej, sypkiej konsystencji. Ze ściany sterczały gładko zakończone belki drewna</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niby gałęzie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> —</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> oraz długie, zwisające liany. Jedna z nich poruszyła się i zasyczała</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w półmroku</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Na środku komnaty znajdowało się wielkie łoże z baldachimem. Pomiędzy aksamitnymi zasłonami drgnęła jakaś postać. W następnej chwili wypełzła z łoża i gwałtownym, dzikim ruchem stanęła przed </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> najpierw </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ujrzał</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jej duże, ciemne oczy, wpatrzone w niego śmiało i wyzywająco. Później kręcone, opadające na ramiona włosy, a na końcu dwie ciężkie piesi, poruszające się szybko i miarowo. Dziewczyna miała na sobie tylko szmaragdową przepaskę na biodra, która oplatała jej talię i nogi niczym wężowa skóra. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Niewolnica przypatrywała się mężczyźnie tak, jak on jej, aż w końcu wysunęła z ust koniuszek języka i wydała z siebie cichy, prowokujący syk. Następnie przylgnęła do </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nieznajomego</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">i przejechała wilgotnym językiem po jego policzku. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dzika, tak jak mówiłeś — przyznał </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> z drwiną. — Ale ja potrafię być równie dziki. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{36}" paraid="1885008199" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Puścił ją. Królowa Węży cofnęła się o kilka kroków, ale nie spuszczała z niego wzroku. Co dziwne, jej usta wykrzywił niemal zadowolony uśmieszek. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{42}" paraid="1596182662" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">— Lubi wyzwania — wyjaśnił </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. W jego głosie pobrzmiewała teraz łagodna, pobłażliwa nuta. — A pierwszy raz sprowadzam tutaj innego mężczyznę. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{48}" paraid="702557915" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Będzie musiała przyzwyczaić się do innych mężczyzn. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">przygląda</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ł </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">się </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">przez chwilę, jak dziewczyna podchodzi do węża, zwisającego leniwie ze </span><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ściany</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i kładzie sobie jego trójkątny pysk na ramieniu. Zupełnie jakby chciała podkreślić swoją </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niezwykłość</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. — Czy mówi w naszym języku?</span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{62}" paraid="942915352" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tak, ale nieczęsto przemawia inaczej niż sykami. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{68}" paraid="998707726" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Intrygujące. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{74}" paraid="1472842355" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Jest wyjątkowa — westchnął </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. Teraz to on zrobił krok na przód. Sprawiał takie wrażenie, jakby musiał połknąć muchę. — </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subiro</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">... oto </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Królewski brat. Ma rozkaz zabrania cię do pałacu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{88}" paraid="1947190099" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Jeśli zechcę. — Pierwsze słowa Królowej Węży brzmiały szorstko i dumnie, jak na królową przystało. Dziewczyna dalej pieściła węża. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{94}" paraid="629275401" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wybuchnął śmiechem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{102}" paraid="1562412527" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Niewolnicę w pałacu te słowa mogą kosztować utratę języka. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{108}" paraid="925516318" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">— To jest muza... — upierał się zrozpaczony </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{114}" paraid="334704944" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży uniosła wyżej brodę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{120}" paraid="629437681" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> rzucił ostre spojrzenie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w jej stronę</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{128}" paraid="1928505181" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dość już widziałem. Wyjdźmy na zewnątrz. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{134}" paraid="1890615281" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mimo wyczulonych zmysłów, przeszkadzało mu to, że widział jedynie zarysy mebli </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">oraz</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> dekoracji</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">a panujący tutaj zapach działał odurzająco. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Poza tym malarz mówił, że w komnacie znajduje się więcej węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{148}" paraid="1671092004" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> spełnił jego prośbę i zamknął za nimi drzwi. W świetle dnia znów wyglądał na zasmuconego i przygnębionego. </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> pomyślał, że traktował dziewczynę jak kolejne ulubione zwierzątko. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{156}" paraid="700645197" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Skąd ona pochodzi? — spytał mimowolnie. Kolor jej skóry mówił, że musiała urodzić się na południu, albo nawet na pograniczu królestwa. Tamtejsi mieszkańcy mieli najciemniejszą karnację. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{162}" paraid="173198569" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie potrafię powiedzieć dokładnie, panie. Prawdopodobnie z sąsiedniego królestwa. Wiem o niej tyle, ile udało mi się wyśledzić, a jest to dość, by... jej współczuć. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{168}" paraid="344197558" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> mlasnął lekceważąco. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{176}" paraid="1633867416" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Każdy niewolnik ma swoją tragiczną historię. Zgaduję, że urodziła się wolna. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{182}" paraid="1754893135" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ludzie urodzeni w niewoli nie mieli w sobie podobnej buty. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Znów poczuł jej wilgotny język na policzku</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ciepły oddech</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i dotyk piersi napierających na jego ciało. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> niespodziewanie przystanął i spojrzał w oczy drugiego mężczyzny. Tym razem na jego twarzy malowała się powaga, silniejsza niż lęk. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> dopiero teraz zauważył, że artysta miał na prawym policzku ciemną, wystającą krostę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{212}" paraid="841452379" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Znaleziono ją w dole z wężami jako wrzeszczące, drobne dziecko, bliskie śmierci z głodu — wyjaśnił </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ciszej. — Jej rodzice prawdopodobnie byli chorzy na zarazę, a w niektórych wioskach istniał zwyczaj rzucania chorych na pokąsanie wężom. Dziewczynkę zabrano do </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Khongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, nadano jej imię </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i uczyniono z niej niewolnicę. Początkowo pomagała przy połowie ryb i szyciu. Zdarzało jej się także tańczyć na rynku i zachwycać przechodniów. Ponoć poruszała się lekko jak motyl. Uczono ją języka, ale rzadko korzystała z daru mowy. W wieku jedenastu lat została sprzedana do burdelu. Od początku sprawiała kłopoty. Zdarzało jej się gryźć klientów, a jednemu z nich</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">...</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nawet odcięła męskość. Cały czas była butna i nieposkromiona, ale przez to wielu chciało ją mieć. Gdy się złościła, wysuwała język i syczała niczym wąż. Z czasem sami dawali jej węże, by mogła się nimi bawić i zachwycać gości. I tak nadano jej przezwisko Czarnej Kobry, Królowej Węży. Gdy ją kupiłem... czy też raczej sprowadziłem do mojego domu, by mnie inspirowała, wystawiano ją w klatce na środku domu miłości. Mało kto już odważył się do niej zbliżać. Mnie również nie było łatwo. Czasem myślałem, że mój krokodyl jest mniej niebezpieczny niż ona. Ale mijały tygodnie, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> zaczynała mnie traktować coraz łaskawiej. Czuła, że nie chcę jej skrzywdzić. Zrozumiała, że nie pragnę jej ciała, tylko duszy, która tak jasno płonie w jej oczach. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> milczał chwilę. Miał już na końcu języka jakąś drwinę, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">powstrzymał ją. N</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ie mógł zaprzeczyć</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, że widział ten płomień w oczach</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> niewolnicy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Pomimo tego, co przeżyła, on nadal tam był. Mężczyzna szanował podobną wolę przetrwania. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{230}" paraid="637340451" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ty również masz ją za boginię? — spytał w końcu, wykrzywiając wargi. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{2d2bc133-0123-4a63-a3d5-6d4074f19964}{236}" paraid="1988085557" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Niezależnie od tego, kim jest, błagam, nie pozwól jej skrzywdzić, panie. — Starzec wyciągnął rękę, jak gdyby chciał nią dotknąć ramienia drugiego mężczyzny, ale ostatecznie się powstrzymał. Jego dłoń opadła </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niczym</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> drżący, ciemny listek. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Teraz </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uśmiechnął się paskudnie, rozbawiony troską starego dziwaka. Kogo obawiał się w roli krzywdziciela? </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">? Czy jego samego? </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Będzie należała do mojego brata, nie do mnie — odparł tylko. — Może z nią zrobić wszystko, co zechce. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><br />
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{5}" paraid="760178968" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królową Węży odziano w luźną, zieloną szatę, by jej wdzięki pozostały ukryte dla </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">innych,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">a</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">potem </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">usadzono na wielbłądzie. Siedziała na nim okrakiem, a ręce krępował jej konopny sznur. W blasku słońca wyglądała mniej groźnie i tajemniczo, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wciąż</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">urodziwie. Miała duże, miękkie jak brzoskwinie usta i wystające kości policzkowe. Była to szlachetna uroda jak na córkę wieśniaków. Siedziała w siodle wyprostowana i obojętna na zaciekawione spojrzenia członków królewskiej świty. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{15}" paraid="274000356" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wyszedł jej na pożegnanie i ucałował w grzbiet skrępowanych dłoni. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{23}" paraid="177289953" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Żegnaj, moja muzo. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{29}" paraid="1436003608" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Rzuciła mu przeciągłe, spokojne spojrzenie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{35}" paraid="1280786300" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Pamiętaj </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">mnie. —</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> Nawet jej szept miał ostrą, chropowatą barwę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{45}" paraid="1146843093" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Starzec uśmiechnął się smutno</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i tkliwie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{55}" paraid="744120480" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nigdy nie zapomnę, moja słodka. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{61}" paraid="1646234050" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Koniec tych pożegnań. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> stanął pomiędzy wielbłądem a malarzem</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jak cień</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Był na tyle wysoki, że wciąż mógł patrzeć Królowej Węży w oczy. Skłonił </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">lekko</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> głowę przed </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firashem</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, ale był to raczej gest prześmiewczy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. — Dzięki ci za gościnę i pomoc, panie. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Cieszę się, że doszliśmy do porozumienia. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ja również. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> znów </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">unikał patrzenia mu w oczy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Zdobył się na wyrecytowanie uprzejmej formułki: — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Niech was bogowie chronią w drodze powrotnej</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Po tych słowach malarz w</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ycofał się za bramy swojej różowej posiadłości, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Indlu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zapewne będzie nosił żałobę, rysę na gładkiej tafli jego artystycznej duszy, ale z czasem znajdzie sobie nową faworytę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży spoglądała przez chwilę na swój dawny dom, po czym przeniosła wzrok na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Za</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">jej plecami płonęło słońce. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie próbuj rzucać czaru — zakpił mężczyzna, po czym ruszył w kierunku swojego słonia </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">noszącego</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> lektyk</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ę</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> na grzbiecie. Usłyszał za sobą jej przeciągły syk. Przed wspięciem się na grzbiet zwierzęcia, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zerknął jeszcze raz na duże</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zamykane</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> kosze przypięte do trzech wielbłądów. Zgodził się, by zabrali ze sobą jej trzy węże: dwie kobry i jednego pytona. Będzie potrzebowała ich do swojego przedstawienia. Niektórzy z towarzyszących mu ludzi mieli obiekcje co do tej decyzji, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie pozostawił im wyboru. Czym byłaby Królowa Węży bez swoich syczących gadów? Jak śmiałby narazić </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> na taki zawód? A królestwo na karę bogów?</span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Podczas drogi n</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">iewolnica nie sprawiała problemów, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">kołysząc się milcząco na grzbiecie wielbłąda. Jej oczy patrzyły się w dal, a ona sama mogła być w zupełnie innym miejscu. Gdy jednak zrobili pierwszy postój, nie chciała zejść na dół. Patrzyła się butnie na ludzi wokół, jak gdyby to były tylko mrówki u jej sandałów. Musieli ją ściągnąć z wielbłąda siłą, a nawet wówczas </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uśmiechała się szelmowsko. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zauważył, że jego ludzie zaczęli traktować ją ostrożnie, a nawet z lękiem, widząc w niej wybrankę bogów. Niechętnie jej dotykali i wzdrygali się, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ilekroć</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> słyszeli jej rozdrażnione syki. Zwykle podróży z niewolnicą towarzyszyły znaczące uśmieszki i pożądliwe spojrzenia. Często też znajdował się jakiś śmiałek, który zapragnął dotknąć dziewczyny, nawet jeśli była ona przeznaczona dla króla. Królowa Węży wzbudzała jednak zgoła inne uczucia. Przypominała istotę nie z tego świata, istotę o ciele młodej kobiety i duszy równie dzikiej jak wiatr hulający w górach, jak ogień trawiący </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">puszczę.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{183}" paraid="1125779344" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wiedział, że jego brat będzie zachwycony. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{191}" paraid="1906695361" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To sprawiało, że krew w jego żyłach gotowała się niczym lawa. Tym razem jednak jego gniew miały inny kształt, inny ciężar, którego nie chciał nazywać. Dalej pragnął, by niewolnica nigdy nie dotarła do pałacu</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">...</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> ale nie dlatego, by </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> doznał rozczarowania. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> również nie ułatwiała im zadania. Odmawiała jedzenia niektórych rzeczy, syczała na pozostałych służących i czekała ostentacyjnie, aż ktoś podsadzi ją na wielbłąda.</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">N</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">iewolnikom </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">z</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">a lżejsze przewinienia</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wymierzało się baty. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jednak wątpił, by ktoś z jego ludzi odważył się podnieść na nią rękę. Zadziwiające, jaki </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wpływ na świtę miała </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ta </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dziewczyna z dołu z </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">węż</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ami</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, choć podróżowała z nimi skrępowana i zdana na łaskę króla. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> mógłby ją ukarać własnoręcznie, nie wierząc, że dziewczyna jest naznaczona przez bogów, nie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zrobił tego</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jednak. Czasem czuł na sobie spojrzenie jej oczu jak dwa kamienie wyciągnięte prosto z ognia. Miał wrażenie, że </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wiedziała, jakie myśli rozbrzmiewają w jego głowie. I czekała. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{58126576-2cc3-41e9-a72b-1897c83fd80c}{237}" paraid="1206716424" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">W ostatni wieczór przed przybyciem do pałacu to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ściągnął ją z </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">grzbietu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wielbłąda</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ciało niewolnicy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> było gibkie i umięśnione, ale lekkie. Jej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zielona </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">szata zsunęła się nieco z ramion, a mężczyzna zauważył na jej plecach blade blizny po </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">uderzeniach batów</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">brzydki, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">pomarszczony ślad, jaki mógł uczynić ogień. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Nie zawsze była wybranką bogów. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Trzymając ją w ramionach, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> byłby w stanie zabrać jej życie na kilka sposobów. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Zdusić jej dumny, ciepły oddech, zgasić płomień w oczach. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży nigdy nie dotarłaby do jego przeklętego, głupiego brata. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Subira</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> znów spojrzała na niego tak, jakby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">znała jego myśli i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">rzucała mu wyzwanie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> postawił ją niedelikatnie na ziemi. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{44}" paraid="1031215580" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Czego ode mnie chce twój brat? — spytała nagle. To były pierwsze słowa, jakie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">do niego </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wypowiedziała, odkąd </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">pierwszego dnia </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zażądała dotknięcia swoich węży, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> świsnął jej przed nosem </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">sztyletem</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> i nakazał być cicho. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{66}" paraid="85147316" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królewski brat </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">uśmiechnął się zimno. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{74}" paraid="1522895194" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— A czego król może chcieć od niewolnicy?</span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{80}" paraid="2116179083" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Wszystko to... — Wskazała głową na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">mężczyzn z ich świty,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">którzy schodzili z wielbłądów, rozbijali obóz i wyciągali zapasy jedzenia z juków. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">...</span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dla rozrywki?</span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Jesteś niezwykłym okazem. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uniósł dłoń i dotknął jej policzka. Był ciepły i gładki. W jej dużych oczach widział migotliwe odbicie gwiazd. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{108}" paraid="1308640875" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Dziewczyna skrzywiła się i wysunęła język z gniewnym sykiem. Jej piękna twarz naraz zamieniła się we wściekłą maskę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW109829036" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{114}" paraid="605006163" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nigdy nie przestaniesz, prawda? — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> mówił po części z drwiną, a po części z podziwem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{124}" paraid="682324800" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Tym razem się uśmiechnęła. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW109829036 BCX0" paraeid="{18d49eb7-a729-452f-8787-3bad5b42c5b1}{130}" paraid="815677562" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mężczyzna </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nie mógł dłużej ignorować prawdy. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królowa Węży nie powinna znaleźć się w rękach jego brata. Była prawdziwą czarną perłą, a on widział w niej tylko kolejne świecidełko. Bogowie z pewnością nie mogli spoglądać na świat ludzi. W przeciwnym razie zabiliby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW109829036 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, nim zdążyłby objąć tron. </span><span class="EOP SCXW109829036 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Spis treści: </span><a href="http://basniowa-pozytywka.blogspot.com/p/basnie.html" style="background-color: transparent;">[klik]</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Wattpad: <a href="https://www.wattpad.com/story/202022480-kr%C3%B3lowa-w%C4%99%C5%BCy" style="background-color: transparent;">[klik]</a></span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-910717791682822582019-10-06T13:47:00.000+02:002019-10-06T13:52:28.806+02:00KRÓLOWA WĘŻY: Zwój 2<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW73502493" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{6faebf8d-5bc7-4f91-b7f3-81144fab22d8}{166}" paraid="1868804556" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> życzył jej, by była martwa, nim do niej dotrze. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{6faebf8d-5bc7-4f91-b7f3-81144fab22d8}{174}" paraid="550723398" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Tylko w ten sposób z twarzy jego brata zniknąłby ten przebrzydły, świętoszkowaty wyraz. Niegdyś mały </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był inny. Mały, chudy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> o dużych oczach, który bał się swojego młodszego brata i słuchał go niczym posłuszne szczenię. Gdy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> miał ochotę ujrzeć pokazy z ogniem, o to właśnie prosili ojca. Gdy porcja </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wamb</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> była mniejsza, brat oddawał mu część swojej. Gdy ćwiczyli walkę na kije lub sztylety, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie mógł być lepszy, bo inaczej obrywał. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> brał to wszystko prawem silniejszego. To w niego wszedł duch ojca, potężnego </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zuly</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był tylko paniątkiem w jedwabiach. Po śmierci króla jednak to paniątko zaczęło się panoszyć. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wola bogów, głos bogów... </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie wierzył, by jakiś </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wszechmocny </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">bóg zadawał sobie trud spoglądania na świat ludzi, a co dopiero planowania ich losów. Dla nich ród ludzki musiał być ogromnym, brudnym mrowiskiem, gdzie nie sposób rozpoznać pojedynczej mrówki. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Droga do </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Indlu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> była długa i monotonna. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> podróżował na grzbiecie słonia, kołysząc się leniwie w lektyce. Nie był to jego ulubiony sposób podróżowania </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— m</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ężczyzna zdecydowanie wolał konie. Były szybsze, a on czuł, jak ich mięśnie pracują pod gładką skórą. W jednym momencie człowiek i zwierzę stawały się tym samym. Słonie jednak uważano za bardziej majestatyczne i bezpieczniejsze. Zadaszona lektyka, w której tkwił </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zapewniała mu płócienną ochronę przed słońcem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" lang="PL-PL" paraeid="{f560fec3-b23f-4881-b725-5460f0765869}{173}" paraid="1314881902" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;" xml:lang="PL-PL">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">A samo słońce w </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> od niecałych trzech księżyców stało się żarłocznym, nienasyconym bogiem. Spijało ludzki pot i krew. Po drodze mijali truchła na wpół obgryzionych przez robactwo koni, które padły podczas podróży, a także drobniejszych zwierząt. Raz ujrzeli nawet ludzki szkielet. Nieszczęśnik leżał w </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niewielkim rowie,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> do którego wpadł i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">z którego </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">widocznie nie miał siły wyjść. Zdrowy mężczyzna dałby radę, ale spragniony, wycieńczony prostak</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">... Jego pozbawiona mięsa</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ręka wyciągała się ku górze. Po kościstych palcach spacerowały żarłoczne mrówki. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przekonał się na własne oczy, że ostrzeżenia rady o pladze suszy nie były przesadzone. Aby dotrzeć do </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Indlu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, musieli pokonać kawałek królestwa, a im dalej maszerował ich orszak, tym gorzej się to wszystko zapowiadało. Mijali pola kukurydzy, które przypominały cmentarzyska wysuszonych </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">kłosów</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Poziom rzek znacznie się obniżył</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">pozostawiając </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">jedynie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">suchy piach. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wieśniacy, którzy pojawiali się na drodze, byli wychudli i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">cisi</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, a ich usta </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niemiłosiernie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">spękane. Jeden z nich ostrzegł królewski orszak, że pobliska studnia wyschła. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wambua nie przejął się tym, gdyż wcześniej zadbał, by wzięli z pałacu odpowiednie zapasy wody. Wiedział jednak, że żadne zasoby nie są niewyczerpywalne. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To były ponure myśli, ale tylko podsyciły jego wściekłość na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Królestwo usychało, a on posyłał go po jakąś brudną dziewkę? Co więcej, przydzielił </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">bratu</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zadanie godne zwykłego posłańca. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wamb</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">najbardziej chyba mierził fakt, iż jego mały braciszek przestał się go bać. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{37}" paraid="956551955" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Mijali coraz więcej zniszczonych pól uprawnych, więcej szkieletów kukurydz i zb</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">óż</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> pogrążał się w dalszych rozmyślaniach. Mógłby nawet zabić kurwę własnoręcznie, ale towarzyszyła mu świta. W oficjalnej wersji, jaka wyszła z pałacu, królewski brat wyruszył na poszukiwania Królowej Węży, niewolnicy, którą upodobali sobie bogowie. Jej przybycie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">miało położyć</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> kres suszom. Szlachetny cel, czyż nie? </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jednak zbyt dobrze znał swojego brata. Wiedział, że chodzi tylko o jego przyjemności. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{55}" paraid="688414876" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Musiał przyznać, że mimo woli kołatało się w nim ziarno zaciekawienia. Królowa Węży, czy też Czarna Kobra, owiana była tajemniczą, mroczną sławą. Z różnych kierunków napływały różne opowieści. Niektórzy powiadali, że jest najpiękniejszą kobietą w królestwie, wcieleniem bogini. Inni zaś twierdzili, że ma jedno oko i długie, jadowite kły. Mówiono, że zna język węży i porozumiewa się z nimi w syczącej, upiornej mowie. Szeptano, że potrafi rzucić zły urok lub że w sztuce miłosnej nie ma sobie równych. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był ciekaw, czy cokolwiek z tego jest prawdą. Prosty lud potrafił utkać najróżniejsze opowieści. Najgorsze było jednak to, że wierzył w nie jego brat. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> b</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ył albo zadufanym w sobie pawianem, albo zwykłym głupcem. Po raz pierwszy napił się z kielicha władzy i zachłystnął się trunkiem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Jego również </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> powinien zabić. Słodko byłoby zacisnąć palce na jego wypielęgnowanej szyi i wydusić z niego życie, albo wyrwać mu serce z piersi, tak jak głosił dawny zwyczaj zabijania wrogów. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie obawiał się kary ludu. Miał w sobie wystarczająco dużo siły, by powalić kilku mężczyzn. Powstrzymywała go jednak myśl o karze bogów. Oni gdzieś tam byli, obojętni i dumni, w krainie za czarnym całunem śmierci; gdzieś tam za migotliwą linią horyzontu rozciągało się ich królestwo. Zabicie namaszczonego przez nich władcę mogłoby skazać </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wamb</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> na wieczne cierpienia. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Każdy chłopiec znał opowieść o </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nheko</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, który podstępem zabił ojca, by </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">móc </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zostać królem. Fortel, do jakiego się uciekł, zmieniał się zależnie od ust opowiadającego, ale dalsza historia brzmiała tak samo. Czyn </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nheko</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> tak rozgniewał bogów, że zstąpili </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">oni </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">na ziemię ze swojej krainy i na oczach całego dworu porwali </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">młodego króla</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nheko</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wrzeszczał </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wniebogłosy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">i rył paznokciami o pia</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">szczystą ziemię</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, ale nigdy nie powrócił już do swojego pałacu. Mówiono, że bogowie pogrzebali go żywcem na najdalszej pustyni, a do ust wsadzili mu skarabeusza. Insekt codziennie błądził kanalikami pod jego skórą, rozszarpując mu wnętrzności, które przez noc goiły się, by rankiem znów zostać rozgryzione. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ta opowieść robiła wrażenie nawet na najtwardszych wojownikach. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Indlu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wyłoniło się w końcu zza jasnych, piaskowych wzgórz. Z daleka przypominało świątynię z wysokimi kolumnami i jasnoróżowymi, marmurowymi murami, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wiedział, że nie mieszkają tam kapłani, tylko </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, stary artysta. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Głupcy poświęcający się sztuce mieli różne dziwne upodobania. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> najwidoczniej chciał wznieść świątynię dla własnego talentu. Był malarzem i niegdyś sprzedawał swoje </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">gliniane mal</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">owidła</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> najbogatszym ludziom w królestwie. Mówiono, że nigdy nie kochał się z kobietą, tylko z ich obrazami, a źle wykonane dzieła rzucał na pożarcie krokodylowi, którego trzymał w </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ogrodowej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">sadzawc</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">e. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{141}" paraid="1563176253" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie spodziewał się po tym człowieku zdrowego rozsądku. Liczył jednak, że starzec będzie na tyle bystry, by zrozumieć, że im szybciej wykona polecenia królewskiego brata, tym lepiej dla niego. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{149}" paraid="1270126634" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{153}" paraid="1133170668" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{157}" paraid="1384609392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ulubieniec muz</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{163}" paraid="2140001447" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{167}" paraid="526838147" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> spodziewał się ich, gdyż dzień wcześniej orszak zauważył jeden z jego zwiadowców. Chłopiec czym prędzej przybiegł do artysty i z sandałami brudnymi od piaskowego traktu, zawołał:</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{175}" paraid="881513577" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Orszak! Mają słonia i wielbłądy!</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{181}" paraid="1865650111" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przesunął językiem po górnej wardze. Robił tak, ilekroć się namyślał. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{189}" paraid="901073213" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Bogacze, bez wątpienia. Czy mieli jakiś sztandar?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{195}" paraid="780636657" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Tym razem to chłopiec się zastanowił. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{201}" paraid="1352861376" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chyba widziałem duże, złote słońce...</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{207}" paraid="742413044" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Malarz zamarł. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{213}" paraid="1513688739" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— To orszak króla! Na bogów. — Przemierzył skraj sadzawki tam i z powrotem. Jego ulubieniec, krokodyl, wylegiwał się leniwie na kamieniu. Jego oczy z pionową źrenicą patrzyły się nieruchomo w dal, a szarozielone łuski lśniły w promieniach słońca. — Minęło wiele lat, odkąd ostatnio odwiedził mnie ktoś z rodziny królewskiej. Mam wrażenie, że nie przepadają za moimi dziełami. Są zbyt czyste i nieskalane żądzą.</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{219}" paraid="1804979101" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Chłopiec przytaknął odruchowo. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{225}" paraid="1775862903" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> postanowił, że nie będzie się tym zadręczać. To nie mogło być nic, co by mu zagroziło. Być może młody król zapragnął bardziej zapoznać się z jego dziełami? A może chciał odkupić krokodyla? Stary malarz nie zamierzał pozwolić, by te pytania zakłóciły mu oazę spokoju, jaką tutaj zbudował. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{65285d20-bbf9-4ca8-a6d7-637749dd8564}{233}" paraid="182668011" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Następnego dnia zrobił zatem wszystko wedle schematu, którym zawsze się kierował. Wstał o wschodzie słońca i udał się do ogrodu, by w blasku oranżowych, budzących się promieni przywitać następny dzień i prosić bogów o </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">dotyk weny</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Wziął długą, chłodną kąpiel (wzdrygnął się na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nieproszoną</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> myśl, że kiedyś może zabraknąć świeżej wody) i spożył skromne śniadanie, składające się z koziego sera i oliwek. W tym czasie jedna z dziewczyn śpiewała </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">mu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">srebrnym, słodkim głosem. Po posiłku udał się do swojej pracowni, gdzie czekała </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">prostokątna, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">gliniana tablica z nieskończonym dziełem. Przedstawiało ono czarną kobietę z dzieckiem na tle słońca. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Jakiś czas temu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> dowiedział się, że jedna z jego dziewczyn zaszła w ciążę ze strażnikiem. Strażnika kazał wychłostać, ale dziewczynie nic nie zrobił. Dotarło do niego, że to bogowie zsyłają mu inspirację, by gdy to dziecko się narodzi, stworzyć obraz urodzaju i płodności. Wierzył, że ten obraz pomoże przegnać suszę, która obecnie panowała w królestwie. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> właśnie koncentrował się na delikatnych kreskach, którymi malował maleńką, bezwłosą głowę dziecka, gdy powiadomiono go, że orszak dotarł pod jego bramy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie kłopotał się zmianą stroju, choć jego rubinową szatę znaczyło kilka ciemnych plam po farbie. Dla niego smugi po barwnikach były tym, czym blizny dla wojownika. Artysta wyszedł przed dom</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ostwo</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, na zalaną słońcem ścieżkę wśród gaju oliwnego</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> prowadzącą do bramy. Za nią faktycznie stał orszak ze słoniem na czele. W górze łopotał królewski sztandar ze złotym słońcem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, brat Jego Wspaniałości! — ogłosił herold. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> poczuł niemiłe ukłucie w lewym uchu, co zawsze zwiastowało kłopoty. Gdy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> samodzielnie zszedł z grzbietu słonia i stanął u bram posiadłości </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Indlu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Yobu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, zdawał się groźny, dziki i potężny. Jego oczy przypominały dwa rozżarzone węgle. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Witaj, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firashu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Witaj, panie, w moich skromnych progach. Co za zaszczyt! </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> zgodził się ich wpuścić, ale bez zwierząt. Nie chciał, by jego świątynię spokoju i inspiracji zbrukały ogromne odchody słonia lub śmierdzące bobki wielbłądów. Nakazał służącym, by przynieśli dla gości zimną wodę oraz poczęstunek. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{64}" paraid="1754147596" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To zajęło trochę czasu, ale w końcu </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> został sam na sam z </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Ugościł go w ogrodzie, w cieniu dwóch, rozłożystych palm. Brat królewski mówił spokojnie i z całą ogładą, jaka przysługiwała jego urodzeniu, ale coś w głębi jego oczu zdawało się zniecierpliwione i zimne, jak</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">by się patrzyło w </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">oczy węża. Ramiona też miał potężne. Artysta poczuł, że nie ma sensu dłużej bawić gościa pustą rozmową. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{78}" paraid="58942710" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Pozwól mi zapytać, panie, co cię tutaj sprowadza?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{84}" paraid="717761968" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> uśmiechnął się szerokimi ustami. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{92}" paraid="1687440323" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chcę kupić jedną z twoich niewolnic. Zapłacę, ile zażądasz. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{98}" paraid="1262941674" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— U mnie nie ma niewolnic. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wyprostował się z godnością. — To są moje muzy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{108}" paraid="543139041" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— A zatem dostają u ciebie wynagrodzenie i mogą odejść, jeśli tylko zechcą?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{114}" paraid="393367392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> miał wrażenie, że został </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">uderzony</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w pierś. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{122}" paraid="406048027" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Dostają dach nad głową, posiłek i wszelkie wygody. Są źródłem mojej inspiracji. Tego nie da się przeliczyć na sztabki złota. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{128}" paraid="1220393611" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Z pewnością... Ale zuchwałością byłoby zatrzymywać dla siebie pewną czarną perłę, która może ocalić królestwo. — Oczy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> błysnęły jakby prześmiewczo. Potężny mężczyzna wziął do ręki jedną z fig leżących w misie między nimi. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{138}" paraid="815158385" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ocalić królestwo?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{144}" paraid="303321808" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Przed suszą. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ścisnął figę między palcami. — Do mojego brata przemówili bogowie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW73502493" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{154}" paraid="1290738349" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> ponownie przesunął językiem po górnej wardze w</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> akcie namyślenia</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Jeśli sprawa dotyczyła bogów i wizji króla, nie mógł się im sprzeciwiać. Ostatecznie on też był ich narzędziem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{162}" paraid="1541619068" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— O którą z moich muz chodzi?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{168}" paraid="2011673194" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— O tę, zwaną Królową Węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{174}" paraid="1071082411" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> poczuł nagle niewytłumaczalny smutek, jakby słońce nad nimi przesłoniła chmura. Każdy ojciec ma swoje ulubione dziecko... a jego ulubioną pociechą była ona. </span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{182}" paraid="1359495220" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Być może ktoś za dużo ci o niej </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">naopowiada</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ł, panie — zaczął malarz, ostrożnie dobierając słowa. — Nie jest czarodziejką czy wiedźmą. To zwykła...</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{188}" paraid="2093841885" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Kurwa, wiem. — Uśmiech </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambuy</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> stał się zimny i okrutny. — A jednak mój brat jej chce. Każesz mi </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wrócić</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> z pustymi rękoma?</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{198}" paraid="890013817" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— N-nie, nic podobnego nie mówiłem...</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web", Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; user-select: text;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW73502493 BCX0" paraeid="{38736958-89fb-4ec8-9017-bef6ee7c9a34}{204}" paraid="1976596037" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Królewski brat poruszył się i </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> instynktownie podskoczył na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">swoim </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">siedzisku. Potężny mężczyzna jednak wcale nie szykował pięści do ciosu. Mięśnie na jego ramionach się napięły, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">grube brwi nastroszyły, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ale on sam siedział dalej na swoim miejscu, z lekkim, zadowolonym, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">groź</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">nym uśmieszkiem. Gdyby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW73502493 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Firash</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> miał go namalować, przedstawiłby go pod postacią węża. Tak jest, wyglądał na goryl, ale w środku był wężem, obślizgłym i knującym. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Ponadto </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">przyprowadził </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ze sobą ludzi, w tym strażników i wojowników. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">On i tak dostanie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> to</span><span class="TextRun SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, czego chce.</span><span class="EOP SCXW73502493 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-50522185568678036812019-09-30T18:47:00.000+02:002019-10-06T13:52:40.607+02:00KRÓLOWA WĘŻY: Zwój 1 <div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW74603649" style="clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Palmowe liście poruszały się powoli i miarowo. Każdy ich ruch przypominał ogromnego, zielonego ptaka machającego skrzydłami. Towarzyszący tem</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">u</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> podmuch ciął </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">niczym sztylet za</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">stygłe, lepkie powietrze w sali audiencyjnej. Król </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> czuł, jak wilgotna, jedwabna, purpurowa koszula przylega mu do pleców, a pomiędzy czarnymi brwiami spływa stróżka potu. Wytarł ją gniewnie. Był namaszczonym monarchą </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, kimś, kogo na pomarańczowe piaski Ziemi zesłali sami bogowie. Nie mógł się pocić</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jak zwykły wieśniak</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{46}" paraid="639133254" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Czuł jednak, że pot nie jest jego jedynym problemem podczas pierwszego księżyca panowania. Ruch palmowych liści, którymi ze wszystkich stron wachlowali go niewolnicy, wprawiał go w rozkoszne, senne otępienie. Zauważył, że nie dociera do niego połowa słów, które przedstawiał mu jeden z doradców, Buru. Stał on przed podwyższeniem i swoim wyważonym, nudnym głosem opisywał straty, jakie poczyniła w królestwie ostatnio panująca susza. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Według niego klęska rozpoczęła się w ostatnich tygodniach panowania króla </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Zuly</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, a po jego śmierci jeszcze bardziej się nasiliła. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Buru był oddanym doradcą, ale zbyt poważnie podchodził do swojej funkcji. Jego długa, jasnoczerwona szata, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isembat</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">,</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> była mocno zawiązana wokół bioder. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{56}" paraid="1415267599" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Doradcy zazwyczaj nosili szaty w jasnym odcieniu rubinu lub oranżu, co było przywilejem wyższych rangą. W </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> kolor świadczył o statusie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> społecznym</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Kobiety mogły wkładać jedynie niebieskie lub zielone odzienia, w barwach wody i spokoju</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">;</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> oazy, którą dawały mężczyźnie. Służący ubierali się na biało niczym jasne, niezauważalne </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">promienie</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, a niewolnikom najczęściej dawano jedynie luźne, wyblakłe, szare przepaski na biodra. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{66}" paraid="1676058069" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Buru na szczęście był ostatnim mówcą tego dnia. Gdy w końcu zamilkł, przeszył spojrzeniem swojego króla i skłonił przed nim niemalże łysą głowę. Na jej czubku błyszczały kropelki potu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Król </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> machnął ręką, by niewolnicy zwolnili swoje ruchy. Nie mógł zebrać myśli, gdy uszy wypełniał mu miarowy brzęk liści palm. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{82}" paraid="2026813214" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Wiem, że susza poczyniła ogromne straty — przyznał uroczyście. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Nowy k</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ról zajmie się tą sprawą. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{88}" paraid="1454807037" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> Ujrzał lekki grymas na twarzy Buru, ale doradca nie dodał nic więcej. Podziękował za wysłuchanie i ruszył w stronę wyjścia z sali audiencyjnej. Bardzo dobrze. Buru był faworytem jego ojca, ale </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> znacznie inaczej rozdzielał sympatie wobec swoich doradców. Jeśli ten starzejący się człowieczek zacznie się sprzeciwiać, król usunie go z rady. To właśnie najbardziej podobało się </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniemu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w byciu władcą. Miał decydujący głos w każdej kwestii. Nie musiał być więcej posłuszny ojcu lub dążyć do kompromisu z bratem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{102}" paraid="1761537533" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">To on był wschodem i zachodem słońca. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{108}" paraid="1683507456" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">A teraz, gdy już wysłuchał wszystkich bieżących spraw i podjął wspaniałomyślne kroki, miał prawo zażyć </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">odrobiny</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> rozrywki. Gdzieś z tyłu głowy krążyła karcąca myśl, ale zignorował ją jak brzęczącą nieznośnie muchę. Było za gorąco, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> miał jeszcze dużo czasu, by zapisać się na </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zwoj</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">ach historii. Odkąd objął tron, największą przyjemność sprawiały mu pokazy tańców. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{114}" paraid="379835822" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kazał zawołać nową niewolnicę, która przybyła do niego aż zza morza. Zwano ją Jasną Perłą. I rzeczywiście, gdy wkroczyła do sali, wydawała się jaśnieć pośród starych, żółtych murów pałacu i mieszkańców królestwa </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, których skóra była czarna jak dojrzały kokos, a u niektórych nawet jak inkaust. Jasna Perła miała cerę w kolorze mleka i włosy jaśniejsze niż kukurydza. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{120}" paraid="1888634035" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Wprowadzono ją do sali nagą, by król mógł podziwiać wszystkie miękkie krawędzie jej białego ciała. Kilku niewolników o obnażonych torsach już się ustawiło się w odpowiednim miejscu i rozpoczęło grę na instrumentach. Niebawem salę opłynęły łagodne, zmysłowe dźwięki muzyki. Dziewczyna, usłyszawszy je, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">jak na komendę </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">zaczęła tańczyć. Mundani uśmiechnął się zadowolony. Nic nie mogło równać się z pięknem tańczącego, kobiecego ciała. Była w tym wszelka sztuka, jakiej potrzebował. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{130}" paraid="165724405" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Jasna Perła poruszała się delikatnie i z gracją, ale twarz miała bladą, nieobecną i bez wyrazu, jak gdyby nosiła </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">drewnianą</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> maskę. Ani razu nie spojrzała w stronę swojego króla, powieki miała opuszczone. Równie dobrze mogła być słomianką laleczką, której kończynami porusza ktoś inny. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{136}" paraid="767986222" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Stać! — przerwał </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{146}" paraid="1597932372" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Muzyka natychmiast ucichła. Dziewczyna również przystanęła. Gdy nie tańczyła, zdawała się jeszcze drobniejsza i dziwnie niezgrabna. Przypominała teraz bezwłose pisklę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{152}" paraid="61368553" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Czy była karmiona? — spytał król dozorcę niewolników, który wślizgnął się do sali wraz z Jasną Perłą. Mężczyzna w żółtym zaledwie stroju skłonił się nisko. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{158}" paraid="285750975" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ależ oczywiście, Wasza Wspaniałość! Trzy razy dziennie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{164}" paraid="2089324920" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Czy była bita?</span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{170}" paraid="452490650" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Dozorca zmarszczył brwi, usiłując odtworzyć każdy szczegół związany z białą niewolnicą. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{176}" paraid="547941571" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie, Wasza Wspaniałość. Nie sprawiała kłopotów. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{182}" paraid="133168933" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">To</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> dlaczego tańczy tak, jakbyśmy byli na pogrzebie? Mój szlachetny ojciec zmarł przed dwoma księżycami, nie sądzę, by trzeba go było dalej opłakiwać. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wyprostował się. Nie lubił żałoby. Była zimna i lepka, sączyła się jak ropa z rany. Chciał, by jego pałac był pałacem rozrywki i radości. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{196}" paraid="189844079" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Spojrzał na Jasną Perłę, która stała wciąż w tym samym miejscu, zgarbiona i nieobecna. Następne pytanie wymierzył w jej stronę, choć ona nie mogła go zrozumieć: </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{202}" paraid="1548822012" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Czy występ przed królem </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Nhongi</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> to nie największy zaszczyt, jaki ją spotkał?</span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{212}" paraid="2028838846" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Z pewnością! — wykrzyknął dozorca, zaniepokojony nastrojem władcy. — Na pokładzie statku, na którym... ją znaleźliśmy, byli jej rodzice i brat. Być może to ich opłakuje. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{218}" paraid="952645298" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Nie chcę smutnej niewolnicy. Zabierz ją sprzed moich oczu. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{224}" paraid="1328128395" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Dozorca skłonił się w pas i ruszył w stronę Jasnej Perły. Nie wyrywała się, gdy mężczyzna chwycił ją za ramię potężną ręką i wywlókł z sali. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie poświęcił im dalszej uwagi. Zalążki irytacji, które wykiełkowały w czasie rozmowy z radą, teraz urosły do rozmiarów czegoś większego. Król chciał ujrzeć satysfakcjonujący występ. Jakim prawem mu tego odmawiano?!</span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{234}" paraid="1944565897" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Zawołajcie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kirosa</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> — wycedził. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{244}" paraid="1822004850" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był jego ulubionym doradcą. Będzie wiedział, co zrobić w tej sprawie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{2dcf858d-ca92-4d9d-be7b-8799ed2e7720}{252}" paraid="193036771" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> znalazł swojego pana w basenie na otwartym, wewnętrznym dziedzińcu. Ostatnio popołudnia w królestwie stały się tak upalne, że </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> rzadko obywał się bez kąpieli. Siedział zanurzony po ramiona w krystalicznie czystej wodzie. Jego krótkie, czarne włosy pozostawały suche, a równo przycięta broda muskała błękitną powierzchnię. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{9}" paraid="1742755337" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Wasza Wspaniałość. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> w pomarańczowym </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">isembacie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">skłonił się z szacunkiem. Miał kwadratową szczękę i brodę, która zawijała mu się na końcu. Był też stosunkowo młody. Mógł liczyć sobie trzydzieści kilka lat, czyli niewiele więcej niż sam </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. Może dlatego król czuł, że łączy ich nić porozumienia. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{25}" paraid="182269085" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wyprostował się w basenie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{33}" paraid="864047470" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Brakuje mi niewolnic — wyznał, po czym machnął ręką, rozpryskując wokół </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">siebie </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">kilka kropel wody. — Nie tych brudnych, kłaniających się w pas. Chodzi mi tancerki, o kochanki muzyki i sztuki. Cudowne, zmysłowe istoty, które osłodziłyby mi pierwsze księżyce bycia królem. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{39}" paraid="2063159766" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> pociągnął za swoją długą, zakręconą brodę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{47}" paraid="1009234723" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Rozumiem, Wasza Wspaniałość. Czy jej skóra ma być równie biała jak u Jasnej Perły? A może złocista jak miód? Czy ma potrafić tańczyć, czy również śpiewać?</span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{53}" paraid="1895615049" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jak zwykle pojął potrzeby swojego pana. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{61}" paraid="14744421" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Chcę, żeby mnie zaskoczyła — odparł </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. — To jedyne, czego żądam. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{71}" paraid="1039057991" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— W takim razie... — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kiros</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nagle zamknął usta, wahając się. Król spojrzał łaskawie na swojego doradcę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{81}" paraid="1185776875" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Mów dalej, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Kirosie</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{91}" paraid="815726988" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Słyszałem o pewnej dziewczynie z twego królestwa. Ma niechlubne przezwisko. Zwą ją Czarną Kobrą albo Królową Węży. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{97}" paraid="1254925917" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Królową Węży? — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> poczuł rozkoszny dreszcz, nie mający nic wspólnego z chłodem wody. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{107}" paraid="1323421464" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Tak, Wasza Wspaniałość. Nie wiem o niej zbyt wiele, ale mogę się dowiedzieć. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{113}" paraid="1235307718" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Zrób to. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"> oparł się o brzeg akwenu. Czy mógł zerwać dwa soczyste owoce za jednym razem? — A gdy się dowiesz, poślij po </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wamb</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">ua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">. </span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;"></span></span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> *</span></div>
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<span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br /></span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{131}" paraid="627493493" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> jako król stał się wschodem i zachodem słońca, jego brat, </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, mógłby zaś zostać mianowany wschodem i zachodem księżyca. Zaiste, dwaj bracia tak się od siebie różnili. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{143}" paraid="2954404" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był silnej, ale bardziej smukłej postury, przywodząc na myśl gazelę. Dbał o swoją prezencję i nie pokazywał się na dworze bez przyciętej brody. Jego rysy twarzy były urodziwe i łagodne, jak u matki. Oczy miał duże, spokojne i jasnobrązowe, a zęby niezwykle białe. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{151}" paraid="1868033683" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> przypominał dojrzałego goryla, choć poruszał się zwinnie i gładko. Miał umięśnione ramiona i długie, sięgające za łopatki, czarne włosy, które zawsze były rozwichrzone lub splątane od potu. Młodszy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">o dwa lata </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">brat miał również szerokie usta, skore do kłamstw i gróźb, oraz ciemne, niezwykle ciemne oczy. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{159}" paraid="1823389541" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Teraz w tych ciemnych oczach błyskał gniew, a </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> znał jego przyczynę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Jednak nie pokazał po sobie zaniepokojenia. Czasy, w których lękał się lub korzył przed </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, minęły. Nie byli już chłopcami, tylko dorosłymi mężczyznami, a to </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mudnani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> został namaszczonym władcą. Chroniły go prawa ludzkie i boskie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{183}" paraid="1679091645" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">— A więc...wysyłasz mnie po swoją kurwę — wygarnął </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">, gdy tylko znalazł się w komnatach króla. Przy wejściu skłonił się płytko, a teraz szedł powoli i miękko po zimnych kafelkach, jak</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> gdy</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">by się skradał. Jako brat władcy mógł również nosić purpurę, szkarłat lub złoto, ale rzadko przywdziewał tak jaskrawe kolory. Wolał ciemny fiolet, przypominający barwę nieba po zachodzie słońca. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{189}" paraid="1199192474" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> siedział boso na kolorowych, wysadzanych ptasim pierzem poduszkach. Wokół niego paliły się </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">gliniane kaganki</span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">, skąpawszy pomieszczenie w ciemnym, drżącym oranżu. Wyciągnął rękę, by poczuć na palcach żar płomienia jednej z lamp. Przypominało to delikatny pocałunek bogów. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{197}" paraid="1002934780" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Sprzeciwiasz się mojemu rozkazowi?</span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{203}" paraid="1036438557" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ależ nie. — </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> stanął przed legowiskiem z poduszek. — Pragnę ci jedynie przypomnieć, że nie jestem chłopcem na posyłki. Nie mam obowiązku odwiedzania burdeli w poszukiwaniu rozrywki dla ciebie. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{213}" paraid="1867677408" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> nie opuścił wzroku, choć z łatwością mógł sobie wyobrazić, jak silne ramię brata miażdży mu nos. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> był sprytny, ale przede wszystkim był wojownikiem. </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">U pasa zawsze nosił sztylet. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{225}" paraid="1536752294" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">Król uśmiechnął się delikatnie, tym razem panując nad sytuacją. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{231}" paraid="721886523" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Ależ to bogowie do mnie przemówili, bracie. Ta niewolnica jest nam potrzebna. To ona może położyć kres suszom, które nękają nasze królestwo. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Blask lamp odbijał się złowrogo w oczach </span><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambu</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">a</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Był czas, w którym młodszy i silniejszy brat złapałby </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> za nadgarstek i wykręcił mu rękę. Nie na tyle, by uszkodzić stawy, ale wystarczająco mocno, by chłopiec poczuł ból i wystękał, że przydzieli do tego zadania kogoś innego. Teraz jednak szala pomyślności się odwróciła. Cały pałac był na rozkazy </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundaniego</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Kto podniesie rękę na prawowitego władcę zesłanego przez bogów, straci ją i zje na oczach gapiów. Ich ojciec umarł </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="ContextualSpellingAndGrammarError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">szybciej,</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> niż się tego spodziewali. Teraz </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> stał się jedynie cieniem króla, bezgłośny i bezmocny. Ten wąż został spuszczony do kanałów. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{6896d855-5fb5-4199-8961-f14fe6424652}{251}" paraid="946879403" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Z pewnością, gdy niewolnica ugasi królewskie pragnienia, ugasi również żar lejący się z nieba — wycedził </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">. Jego duże, mięsiste usta poruszały się przy tym tak, jakby przeżuwał gorzką potrawę. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{e568c5f9-8cf0-4c68-841b-3306f132a7a0}{6}" paraid="566443339" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> sam ją dla niego przygotował. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; font-family: "segoe ui", "segoe ui web", arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{e568c5f9-8cf0-4c68-841b-3306f132a7a0}{14}" paraid="935740078" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Święte słowa, bracie! A ty przyczynisz się do tego zwycięstwa. </span><span class="EOP SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":340,"335559739":160,"335559740":360}" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span></div>
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<div class="OutlineElement Ltr BCX0 SCXW223957360" style="background-color: white; clear: both; cursor: text; direction: ltr; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-indent: 0px;">
<div class="Paragraph SCXW223957360 BCX0" paraeid="{e568c5f9-8cf0-4c68-841b-3306f132a7a0}{20}" paraid="1704861414" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 22px; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL">— Z radością, Wasza Wspaniałość. — Ostatnie słowa </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Wambua</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wypowiedział tak gładko, iż </span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span class="SpellingError SCXW223957360 BCX0" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; background-image: url("data:image/gif; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat-x; border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; user-select: text;">Mundani</span></span><span class="TextRun SCXW223957360 BCX0" data-contrast="auto" lang="PL-PL" style="font-family: "georgia" , "georgia_msfontservice" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 28.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" xml:lang="PL-PL"> wiedział, że była to kpina. Nie przejął się tym jednak. Poniżył brata i tylko to się liczyło. Jeden owoc został już zerwany, a jego smak był słodki. </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-8458599781396623132018-12-24T09:43:00.000+01:002018-12-24T09:46:14.425+01:00Pan Mróz<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga wyjrzała przez okno.
Świat za szybą posrebrzony był mrozem. Pierwsza gwiazda już dawno wzeszła; teraz
towarzyszyło jej mnóstwo jasnych, migotliwych sióstr. Śnieg nie sypał już jak w
ciągu dnia, ale białe zaspy zalegały na podwórku niczym gruby koc. Po
zewnętrznym parapecie i ramie okiennej wspinały się błękitne, mroźne wzory.
Wyglądały niemal jak blade palce. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span></span><br />
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<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{161}" paraid="1338091748" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Olga, kochanie, odejdź od </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">tego </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">okna. — Ciepła dłoń matki dotknęła ramienia Olgi.
Dziewczynka otrząsnęła się z zamyślenia i spojrzała wewnątrz pokoju, tak
kontrastującego z zimnym światem za szybą. Tutaj w szerokim kominku płonął
ogień. Jego miękki, pomarańczowy blask tańczył po całym salonie. W powietrzu
unosiła się woń jedzenia, palonego drewna i gałązek świerku. Dorośli skończyli wigilijną
wieczerzę i rozmawiali, śmiejąc się i gestykulując. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{171}" paraid="1114427537" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nudzi mi się — wyznała Olga. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{177}" paraid="847490500" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Miała dopiero jedenaście lat i wszyscy zgromadzeni
w salonie byli od niej starsi. Co gorsza, ona była jedynym dzieckiem. </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">Rodzice,</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> jako gospodarze, co chwilę wstawali od stołu
i coś donosili</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> albo zabawiali towarzystwo</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, nie mieli czasu dla córki. Ona zaś nie wiedziała, o czym ma
rozmawiać z dalekim wujostwem, których widziała raz do roku. Uśmiechała się
tylko nieśmiało na ich spojrzenia albo kiwała głową, gdy </span></span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">pytali,</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> czy smakował jej obiad. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{197}" paraid="513603671" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Mama uniosła brwi. Była ładną, elegancką kobietą,
po której Olga odziedziczyła jasny kolor włosów. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{203}" paraid="1223847019" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— A co z prezentami, które leżą pod choinką? —
zagadnęła z zakłopotanym uśmiechem, jakby dopiero teraz rozumiejąc, że
zostawiła córkę w pokoju pełnym nieznajomych. I to nie pierwszy raz. — Może je
otworzysz?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{209}" paraid="867741152" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga kategorycznie pokręciła głową. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{215}" paraid="217857699" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Dopiero jutro rano, taka jest tradycja!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{221}" paraid="1542871643" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Mama wydawała się zdziwiona uporem córki. Zaraz
jednak pogłaskała ją po ramieniu. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{227}" paraid="1649288973" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Masz rację, kochanie. Dopiero jutro. Może zatem
pójdziesz do babci? Też siedzi sama. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{233}" paraid="1572531453" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga podążyła za jej spojrzeniem. Babcia Daria
faktycznie siedziała w pewnym oddaleniu od stołu, w wysokim fotelu odwróconym
do kominka, jakby chcąc uniknąć gwaru rozmów. Na tle ognia widać było wyraźnie
jej siwe jak szron włosy. Kiedyś była bardziej towarzyska, od kilku lat jednak
starość odebrała jej chęci do </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">rozmów i</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> zabaw. Możliwe, że teraz nawet drzemała. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{243}" paraid="804320624" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dziewczynka zmarszczyła brwi, ponieważ stara
kobieta ze swoimi mętnymi oczami i miłym uśmiechem była kolejną kłopotliwą
dorosłą. Teraz jednak poczuła przypływ poruszenia. Ona i babcia, najmłodsza i
najstarsza gałąź rodu, wydawały się połączone jakimś porozumieniem. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{249}" paraid="1403951771" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— No dobrze.</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{2f4cd235-8b9b-46d3-8d03-b8996150066e}{255}" paraid="323467212" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Podeszła do kominka, teraz słysząc wyraźnie trzask
płomieni. Babcia w istocie tkwiła w czymś, co można nazwać półsnem. Głowę miała
opuszczoną, a oczy zamyślone i zmrużone, ale otworzyła je szerzej, gdy
zobaczyła przed sobą Olgę. Wszyscy nazywali staruszkę babcią, choć dla Olgi
była właściwie prababcią. Dzieliły je trzy pokolenia. Było to widoczne w twarzy
babci, pomarszczonej jak bibuła. Rzadkie, białe włosy spływały po bokach jej
czaszki. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{6}" paraid="593529641" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Witaj, maleńka — odezwała się babcia Daria
zachrypniętym, cienkim głosem. Olga wyciągnęła rękę i uścisnęła nią drobną,
poprzecinaną żyłami dłoń staruszki. Zastanawiała się, czy babcia kiedyś była
młoda, czy kiedyś też miała jedenaście lat</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> i skórę </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">gładką jak aksamit</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> Musiało tak być. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{20}" paraid="709610916" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Jak się masz, babciu?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{26}" paraid="273344167" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Jestem trochę zmęczona. Nie służą mi już takie
przyjęcia... — Brązowe oczy kobiety spojrzały na wnuczkę uważniej. — Czy on tam
jest?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{32}" paraid="1795138533" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Kto?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{38}" paraid="659480228" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Mróz. Czy na dworze jest mróz. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{44}" paraid="574814718" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga zamrugała, ponieważ przez chwilę pytanie
babci brzmiało, jakby chodziło jej o osobę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{50}" paraid="132586722" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Tak, babciu. Wszystko jest pokryte śniegiem. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{56}" paraid="957399633" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Starowinka skinęła głową. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{62}" paraid="1660917621" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Tak, to jego sprawka. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{68}" paraid="823391544" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Czyja?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{74}" paraid="1174731300" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Babcia zachichotała. Był to dziwny odgłos,
niepasujący do kobiety, która liczyła sobie dziewięćdziesiąt lat. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{80}" paraid="119892208" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nazwałyśmy go Panem Mrozem. Czy to nie śmieszne,
maleńka? Powinien nosić bardziej dostojne imię. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{86}" paraid="938834002" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga zastanowiła się, czy babcia jest przy zdrowych
zmysłach. Słyszała, że starsi ludzie mogą je </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">z wiekiem </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">tracić. Chciała pożegnać się i skończyć tę dziwną
rozmowę, ale </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">część niej nakazała jej zostać</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. Wreszcie </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">coś przykuło jej uwagę. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{102}" paraid="299726802" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Kim jest ten Pan Mróz? — spytała ostrożnie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{108}" paraid="1187534724" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Och, to stara historia. Twoja mama nie będzie
zadowolona, że ci opowiedziałam. Jej zdaniem to brednie. — Babcia założyła </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Oldze </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">kosmyk włosów za ucho. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{118}" paraid="1514948734" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dziewczynka ożywiła się. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{124}" paraid="6591155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Powiedz mi! Proszę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{130}" paraid="720948805" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">jesteś</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> aby za stara na bajki?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{140}" paraid="1563467751" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie, wcale nie! — Olga przygryzła wargę, gdyż
dalej lubiła historie i baśnie, które sączyły się do jej ucha niczym strużka
magii. Gdy była młodsza, rodzicie nie opowiadali jej ich zbyt wiele — </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">może</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> dlatego tak ich łaknęła. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{150}" paraid="1830779409" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— No dobrze... </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">— Babcia poprawiła swoją pozycję w fotelu. — </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Czy wiesz, że miałam kiedyś starszą siostrę? </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{160}" paraid="1021764663" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Mama coś mi mówiła... Ale ona zmarła przed moim
urodzeniem. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{166}" paraid="1067319464" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Tak, Wiera niestety odeszła szybciej niż ja. —
Babcia westchnęła. — Opowiem ci, co się nam przydarzyło pewnej zimy, gdy byłam
młodą dziewczyną, tylko o kilka lat starszą od ciebie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{172}" paraid="1741279930" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Jak wyglądałaś?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{178}" paraid="1677073887" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Staruszka zastanowiła się chwilę. Jej młodość z
pewnością przeminęła wiele lat temu. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{184}" paraid="1400698723" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Miałam jasne włosy. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{190}" paraid="223159305" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Takie jak ja?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{196}" paraid="1404718103" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie tak jasne, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">maleńka, </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">bardziej jasnobrązowe. Zbliżone do barwy miodu. Byłam
raczej smukła i wiotka. Moja siostra, Wiera, bardziej wdawała się w ojca. Włosy
miała ciemniejsze, przywodzące na myśl </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">kolor orzechów</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. Miała też większy apetyt, więc była przy kości. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{210}" paraid="1953839386" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga usiadła po turecku na dywanie </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">obok fotela</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, zamknęła oczy i wyobraziła sobie dwie siostry.
Daria, chuda dziewczyna o rumianych policzkach, z jasnobrązowymi włosami
opadającymi luźno na ramiona. Jej oczy lśni</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">ły</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, gdy się uśmiecha</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">ła</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. </span></span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">Wiera,</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> jako ta starsza, miała brązowe włosy upięte
w kok, okrągłą, wypudrowaną twarz i szerokie biodra. Usta wykrzywiał jej
grymas. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{232}" paraid="540115270" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Babcia zapatrzyła się w skaczący w kominku ogień. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{238}" paraid="1373519821" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— A zatem — podjęła. — To się stało pewnej zimy,
wiele lat temu. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{244}" paraid="1928381342" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{6af41bc7-9542-4d8f-b6fa-b31928c47ccf}{252}" paraid="388572694" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Zanim wyszłam za mąż i stałam się matką, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">a potem babcią i prababcią, </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">mieszkałam na północy naszego kraju. Jak wiesz, są to obszary dziksze
i bardziej surowe, a zimy bywają t</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">am t</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">rzy razy mroźniejsze. Nasza posiadłość mieściła się
przy skraju świerkowego lasu, a był to las gęsty i niezmierzony. Miał
wyznaczone na mapach trakty, ale powiadano, że nikt nie zna wszystkich jego
zakamarków. Mój dom był dużym, wysokim budynkiem o spadzistym dachu i
drewnianej fasadzie. Leżał w pewnym oddaleniu od najbliższej wioski, gdyż mój
ojciec przede wszystkim cenił sobie spokój. Nocą widywałam tylko odległe, blade
światła zapalane na ulicach i w domach mieściny. Rzadko zresztą tam bywałam. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{11}" paraid="1769507392" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dorastałam w tym dużym domostwie u skraju lasu, za
najdroższą towarzyszkę mając siostrę. Nasza matka umarła na wskutek
powikłań po moim porodzie, a ojciec często wyjeżdżał w interesach. Wiera i ja
byłyśmy wiec sobie bardzo bliskie, choć różniłyśmy się jak noc i dzień. Ja
byłam wesoła i roztrzepana. Lubiłam zagadywać nieznajomych i cieszyłam się z
każdej gwiazdy na niebie. Wiera była bardziej zdystansowana i poważna. Jakby
podążając za cieniem ojca, nie przepadała za towarzystwem innych, nie lubiła
tańczyć ani zbytnio się męczyć. Podczas gdy ja jako młoda gąska marzyłam o
mężczyźnie, który weźmie mnie w podróż dookoła świata, ona chciała tylko męża,
który będzie elokwentny i majętny. Miałam wrażenie, że mogłaby przespać całe
życie na poduszkach wypchanych jego pieniędzmi. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{17}" paraid="582237089" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Nasza przygoda wydarzyła się w noc Bożego
Narodzenia, dokładnie taką jak dziś. Był to bardzo zimny wieczór. Pamiętam, że
śnieg prószył cały dzień, a po zmroku lód skuł mury na wzór błękitnych kajdan.
Wszyscy baliśmy się wystawić nos zza drzwi. W tę szczególną noc ojca nie było z
nami. Znów gdzieś wyjechał — gdzie, straciłam już rachubę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{23}" paraid="650281459" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Obie z Wierą siedziałyśmy przy wigilijnym stole
wraz z służbą. Wysokie świece płonęły żywo na środku, za nami stał przyniesiony
z lasu świerk, niby zielony strażnik Świąt. Zaśmiewałam się właśnie z żartów
naszego ogrodnika, który był człowiekiem o niezwykle ciętym języku. Teraz już
nie pamiętam jego twarzy, tylko jego kąśliwe uwagi. Wiera zaś uśmiechała się
blado, zajęta konsumowaniem deseru. Jadła jak na damę przystało, ale słowo
daję, potrafiła pochłaniać nieskończone ilości jedzenia!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{29}" paraid="61533911" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">I wtem rozległo się pukanie do drzwi wejściowych. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{35}" paraid="2115299562" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Ciężkie, trzykrotne, wypełniające każdy zakątek
domostwa. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{41}" paraid="705271898" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Nasz lokaj wstał i czym prędzej ruszył otworzyć.
Przy stole rozległo się poruszenie. Ja obstawiałam, że to kolędnicy, choć oni
nigdy nie docierali </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">do nas </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">z wioski. Wiera mówiła, że to mogą być jacyś natrętni kupcy. Kucharka Anna uważała, że pan wrócił wcześniej. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{51}" paraid="1702917531" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Lokaj jednak przyniósł inne wieści. Nos miał
czerwony z zimna, twarz lekko zaniepokojoną. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{57}" paraid="31790818" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Na dworze... Jest jakiś pan. Dostojny człowiek.
Nie podał mi swojego nazwiska, a jedynie to, że prosi o gościnę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{63}" paraid="625700135" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Spojrzałyśmy na siebie z Wierą. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{69}" paraid="413907310" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie wpuszczaj go — zadecydowała moja siostra. —
Nie potrzeba nam tu obcych w tę noc. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{75}" paraid="1409646509" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Wiero, miej serce, widzisz, jaki jest mróz? —
sprzeciwiłam się. — Jak możemy komuś odmówić pomocy?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{81}" paraid="434059219" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— To dajmy mu konia, niech pojedzie do wioski. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{87}" paraid="104591991" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie jesteś ani trochę ciekawa, kto to? —
Zrobiłam chytrą minę. — A jeśli jest majętny i przystojny? Dalej będziesz tak
obojętna na jego prośby?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{93}" paraid="1641413070" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera spiorunowała mnie wzrokiem, ale widziałam,
że nie jest już taka pewna swego. W końcu machnęła niechętnie ręką. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{99}" paraid="1578225845" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— No dobrze. Wpuść go, rozdziej i posadź z nami
przy stole. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{105}" paraid="150882993" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Gość w istocie wyglądał na bogatego, ale okazał
się </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">starszy,</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> niż przypuszczałyśmy. Długie,
spływające mu na ramiona włosy, miały białosiwą barwę i wydawały się sztywne
jak sople. W jego białej brodzie topniał śnieg. Policzki miał sine z zimna, a
oczy surowe, bystre i błękitne jak lód. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">W jakiś dziwny sposób nie pasowały one do jego twarzy — wydawały się w niej jedynym żywym elementem. </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Lokaj rozdział </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">przybysza</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> z futra; pod nim nieznajomy nosił ciepły kubrak
obszyty finezyjnymi, srebrnymi nićmi oraz purpurową koszulę.</span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{123}" paraid="1987572416" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Chociaż ogień w kominku dalej płonął, miałam
wrażenie, że w salonie zrobiło się o kilka stopni zimniej. <i></i></span><i><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">To z dworu</span></span></i></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> — powiedziałam sobie. Otworzyliśmy drzwi i do
środka wdarł się przeciąg. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{133}" paraid="510439425" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wszyscy chwilę siedzieliśmy w ciszy, zaskoczeni
wyglądem niespodziewanego gościa. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{139}" paraid="1596645547" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">W końcu to on zrobił krok na przód i przemówił:</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{145}" paraid="1706223573" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— A więc to panienkom zawdzięczam pomoc. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{151}" paraid="1099266382" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Głos miał donośny i ostry. Przypominał wicher
wyjący w górach. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{157}" paraid="470241248" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie mogłyśmy odmówić pomocy człowiekowi w
potrzebie — odparła </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">obłudnie </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Wiera, pod nieobecność ojca przejmując obowiązki pani domu. Skinęła
głową. — Proszę usiąść, panie. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{167}" paraid="1201935348" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Mężczyzna zajął miejsce na początku stołu, jak
najdalej od kominka. Na tym krześle zazwyczaj siadał ojciec, gdy był w domu.
Miał stamtąd najlepszy widok na wszystkich biesiadujących. Nieznajomy również
mierzył nas wzrokiem. Gdy spojrzał na mnie, poczułam, jakby o mój policzek otarły
się szpileczki zimna. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{173}" paraid="1995646685" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Co ci się przydarzyło, panie? — spytałam, by
zagaić rozmowę. — Skąd przychodzisz?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{179}" paraid="600637979" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Byłem w podróży — odparł spokojnie, bez śladów
żalu. — Jechaliśmy przez las. Jeden z koni ciągnących mój powóz złamał nogę.
Wysłałem służącego, by sprowadził pomoc, sam zaś podążyłem za światłem
majaczącym się między drzewami. Doprowadziło mnie ono do waszego domostwa. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{185}" paraid="652664742" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Przykro nam to słyszeć — westchnęłam i
skrzywiłam się. — Na dworze jeszcze taki ziąb...</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{191}" paraid="556858602" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Z ubrania i włosów starca spływały pojedyncze
kropelki topniejącego śniegu, on sam jednak dalej był blady jak widmo. Kominek
nie rzucał na niego rumianego </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">blasku</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{201}" paraid="2097754161" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— W istocie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{207}" paraid="675162403" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Ile czasu zajmie sprowadzenie pomocy? — spytała
rzeczowo Wiera, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">częstując się kolejnym piernikiem</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{217}" paraid="1796024527" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Sześć dni. Trzy dni drogi w jedną, trzy w drugą. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{223}" paraid="1250799388" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera zamrugała kilkukrotnie, a ja wręcz słyszałam
jęk protestu za jej zaciśniętymi ustami. Gościć tutaj nieznajomego i to przez
prawie tydzień!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{229}" paraid="1002079568" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Rozumiem, że chce się pan u nas zatrzymać —
mruknęła moja siostra. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{235}" paraid="726573026" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Tylko jeśli to nie kłopot. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{241}" paraid="1484048965" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera spojrzała na mnie, ja na nią. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{247}" paraid="1968601042" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Oczywiście, że nie. — Byłam szybsza.
Uśmiechnęłam się, by ukryć niezręczność. — Rzadko miewamy tutaj gości, ale
wiemy, co to znaczy gościna. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{f7332e44-7334-4709-9f35-fef8954a5b51}{253}" paraid="1000945292" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Odwdzięczę się za waszą dobroć — obiecał
mężczyzna. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{4}" paraid="145252845" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Przez resztę wieczoru gość wieczerzał z nami, choć
nie odzywał się za dużo. Już nie rozmawialiśmy między sobą tak radośnie i
beztrosko, jakby obecność przybysza zmroziła atmosferę. Nie mogłam przestać
rzucać ukradkowych spojrzeń na mlecznobiałe dłonie mężczyzny i jego gęstą,
dziką brodę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{10}" paraid="1417200254" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dopiero gdy oddałyśmy mu do dyspozycji pokój na
górze, a same poszłyśmy spać, zrozumiałam, jakie to dziwne, że nie podał nam
swojego imienia. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{16}" paraid="1873231116" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{24}" paraid="160614891" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">W Bożonarodzeniowy poranek przybysz miał nietypową
prośbę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{30}" paraid="1071730335" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Widząc, jak z Wierą rzucamy się pod choinkę i
otwieramy obwiązane wstążkami paczuszki, westchnął głęboko. Dźwięk ten
przypominał świst wiatru. Gdy na niego spojrzałyśmy, wyjaśnił:</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{36}" paraid="958055300" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Od dawna jestem samotny. Gdybyście</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, nim odjadę,</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> po kolei dotrzymały mi towarzystwa, po całym
dniu każda, byłoby mi niezmiernie miło. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{46}" paraid="2112357117" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Poczułam przypływ współczucia. Mężczyzna był stary
i jeśli miał rodzinę, ta z pewnością go już opuściła. Możliwe, że Święta zawsze
spędzał samotnie. Teraz jego blade oblicze, choć wcześniej surowe i chłodne, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">zdawało się smutne. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{54}" paraid="621797928" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera była mniej zadowolona — jak zawsze, gdy ktoś
narzucił na nią obowiązek. Wydęła wargi, ale grzeczność nie pozwoliła jej
odmówić. Zgodziłyśmy się, po czym wyszłyśmy na chwilę na korytarz. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{60}" paraid="1147599135" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Co ja mam robić z tym obmierzłym staruchem? —
skarżyła się siostra. — Nie dość mu, że dostał pokój i jedzenie, teraz jeszcze
mamy go zabawiać!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{66}" paraid="229356848" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Pomyśl, że na jego miejscu też chciałybyśmy
spędzić z kimś czas. Może nie będzie tak źle. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{72}" paraid="1658176186" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera nigdy nie należała do osób empatycznych. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{78}" paraid="744106448" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Też mi coś! </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{84}" paraid="1489860066" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wspomnienie tych słów boli najbardziej, ponieważ
moja siostra </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">u</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">marła samotnie. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{94}" paraid="2068943728" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Ciągnęłyśmy losy i pierwsza kolej padła na mnie.
Starałam się widzieć w tym przygodę. Oczywiście chciałabym spędzić Boże
Narodzenie jak zwykle, bawiąc się i leniuchując, ale uznałam, że zmiany też są
dobre. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{100}" paraid="703926177" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Starzec czekał na mnie w salonie, spoglądając
przez okno. Trzymał rękę na szybie; miałam wrażenie, że pod dłonią wykwitają
srebrzyste, mroźne wzory. Zamrugałam. To z pewnością przewidzenie!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{106}" paraid="1311572741" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Jesteś — odezwał się, obracając ku mnie głowę. —
Młodsza panienka, czy tak?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{112}" paraid="2067818569" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Zgadza się.</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">— Uśmiechnęłam się, ale zaraz splotłam nerwowo
dłonie. Nagle salon wydał mi się ogromny i pusty; przytłaczający. — A zatem, co
chciałby pan robić?</span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{122}" paraid="984119710" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— A co potrafisz, dziecko?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{128}" paraid="833780800" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Zaskoczył mnie tym pytaniem. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{134}" paraid="2098502162" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Umiem śpiewać</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> — </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">T</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">o było pierwsze, co przyszło mi do głowy. Służące
czasem zwały mnie skowronkiem, ponieważ budziłam się rano i nuciłam. — Znam
bardzo dużo kolęd i przyśpiewek. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{148}" paraid="2059907781" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Mężczyzna usiadł w fotelu i wykonał przyzwalający
gest dłonią o długich, chudych palcach. Było w nim coś władczego, jakby
przywykł do wydawania rozkazów. A jednocześnie wybór należał do mnie.</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{154}" paraid="1878720440" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Odchrząknęłam i zaczęłam śpiewać. Początkowo cicho
i niepewnie, czasem gubiąc melodię, po trzeciej kolędzie jednak nabrałam
pewności. Może dlatego, że gość nie przerywał mi ani mnie nie krytykował.
Przeciwnie, słuchał mnie z zaciekawieniem w tych jasnych, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">żywych, </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">zagadkowych oczach. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{164}" paraid="1021121943" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Potem zagraliśmy w szachy. Przyznam, że nigdy nie
byłam w t</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">ym</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> dobra i bałam się, że mężczyzna mnie wyśmieje. On jednak nie
drwił z moich dziecinnych posunięć, tylko cierpliwie tłumaczył mi, czy dany
ruch mi się opłaci, czy nie. Właściwie nie nazwałabym tego grą, raczej nauką,
jak grać w szachy. W późniejszych latach, ilekroć z kimś grałam, przypominał mi
się jego spokojny, chłodny głos.</span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{174}" paraid="1102690269" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Ta zajęcia trwały aż do pory obiadowej, kiedy to
zapytałam gościa, co chciałby zjeść. Potem przekazałam jego życzenie kucharce.
Poczciwa Anna była zdziwiona, ale usłuchała bez protestu. Zjedliśmy razem w
salonie. Chciałam zwiększyć ogień w kominku, ale mężczyzna powiedział, że nie
jest mu zimno. Skinęłam głową. </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Później</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> zapytał mnie o rodziców. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{184}" paraid="563114348" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Ojciec podróżuje w interesach — wyznałam. —
Nieczęsto bywa w domu. A mama... Nie znałam jej. Umarła kilka tygodni po moim
urodzeniu. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{190}" paraid="1049528570" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> — To smutne. Ludzkie życia są bardzo
niestałe — dodał w zadumie. — Gasną niczym zapałka. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{196}" paraid="1719898310" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie boi się pan śmierci?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{202}" paraid="1299187907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Uśmiechnął się. To był pierwszy uśmiech, jaki
widziałam na jego ustach; blady, krzywy, jakby nieco gorzki. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{208}" paraid="1980695754" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie, nie boję się, dziecko. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{214}" paraid="857417245" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Próbowałam się czegoś o nim dowiedzieć. Gdzie </span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">mieszka,</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> czy ma rodzinę, kim jest, na wszystko jednak
odpowiadał wymijająco. Mieszkał daleko na północy, rodzinę miał liczną</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, był podróżnym</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">. W końcu dałam za wygraną. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{228}" paraid="1821098195" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">On za to chętnie słuchał o moim życiu. Raczyłam go
więc różnymi opowieściami i zabawnymi anegdotami. Nim się obejrzałam, zapadł
już zmierzch. Starzec podziękował mi za dotrzymanie towarzystwa i życzył dobrej
nocy. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{234}" paraid="789815376" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Następnego dnia przypadała kolej Wiery. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{240}" paraid="730267842" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Z tego, co mi potem opowiadała, jej dzień z Panem
Mrozem nie okazał się równie ciekawy i przyjemny. Ją też starzec zapytał, co
potrafi robić. Nic szczególnego nie przyszło jej do głowy, zatem to on zagrał
dla niej na fortepianie ojca i zapewniał rozrywkę. Jego występ składał się z
dziwnych, niepokojących, na w</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-position: 0% 100%; border-bottom: transparent; user-select: text;"><span class="contextualspellingandgrammarerror">pół zapomnianych</span></span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> utworów. Potem również rozegrali kilka
partii szachów, Wiera jednak nigdy nie miała do nich cierpliwości. Gdy po raz
trzeci przegrała, uderzyła pięścią w stół i strąciła kilka pionków. Obiad był
podany wedle jej gustu, nie zapytała, czy gościowi on smakował. Popołudnie
spędzili praktycznie w ciszy. On siedział przy oknie, ona przy kominku. Moja
siostra mówiła, że bardzo się nudziła i nie może się doczekać, kiedy starzec
wyjedzie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{1411b688-9106-4238-8b34-19f37ee05d31}{250}" paraid="2097176573" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Było mi głupio, że go tak traktowała. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{1}" paraid="564114022" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie możesz się bardziej postarać? To całkiem
miły człowiek — zauważyłam wieczorem, gdy stałyśmy już w koszulach nocnych.
Wiera przewróciła oczami. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{7}" paraid="824055188" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Miły? Ciągle chce pokazać mi swoją wyższość i
rzuca te mroźne, karcące spojrzenia. Gdybym miała wybór, kazałabym mu się
wynosić! </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{13}" paraid="1141826749" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Do tej pory nie wiem, która z nas miała rację. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{19}" paraid="888467450" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dla mnie Pan Mróz był uprzejmy. Przez następne dwa
dni, które z nim spędziłam, rozmawialiśmy, czytałam mu na głos książkę lub
grałam z nim w karty</span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">.</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"> </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">Z</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">dawało mi się, że widzę w nim dziadka, dalekiego
krewnego, który przyjechał na Święta i z którym rozwijam relację. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{33}" paraid="1155317238" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Dla Wiery jednak to nie był miły dziadek. Bardziej
blady duch, który nawiedza ją swoją obecnością, mrozi powietrze, niepokoi. Moja
siostra przysięgała, że kiedy siedzi z nim w salonie, ma gęsią skórkę, choć
ogień w kominku płonie. Że kiedy grają i ona zrobi zły ruch, on uśmiecha się
paskudnie zza białej brody. Mówiła też, że </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">starzec </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">krytykował ją za to, że tyle je, aż w pewnym momencie
omal nie zadławiła się kawałkiem obiadu. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; text-indent: 35.4pt;">
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<div class="paragraph" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span class="normaltextrun">Minęło sześć dni i nasz
niespodziewany gość zbierał się do wyjazdu. Przed nasz dom zajechał już powóz
powożony czteroma </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">wspaniałymi, </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL">białymi końmi. Wyglądało na to, że służący się spisał. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{53}" paraid="2061011926" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Starzec przywdział grube futro i założył czapkę. W
tym stroju wyglądał jak jakiś stary generał zimowego wojska. Potem spojrzał na
nas. Jego błękitne oczy były nieprzeniknione. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{59}" paraid="1824957115" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Dziękuję wam za gościnę, panienki — rzekł. —
Rankiem każda z was znajdzie pod łóżkiem swoją nagrodę. Bywajcie!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{65}" paraid="1047438072" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Pomachał nam ręką i ledwo zdążyłyśmy odwzajemnić
pozdrowienie, już wsiadał do powozu. Patrzyłyśmy z okna, jak kareta się oddala,
ale zamiast jechać w stronę wioski, tak jak przypuszczałyśmy, skierowała się z
powrotem do lasu i zniknęła między iglastymi drzewami. Co dziwne, koła i kopyta
nie zostawiły śladów na śniegu przed naszym domem. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{71}" paraid="1487038574" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Ciekawe, o jakiej nagrodzie mówił — mruknęła
Wiera, aby odwrócić naszą uwagę od tego dziwnego zjawiska. — Za to, że z
nim wytrzymałyśmy, powinnyśmy dostać kuferek diamentów!</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{77}" paraid="1326197446" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">I faktycznie, rankiem, gdy się obudziłam i
zajrzałam pod łóżko, ujrzałam szarą skrzynię. Niecierpliwie wysunęłam ją ze
szpary i otworzyłam. Nie mogłam uwierzyć własnym oczom. W środku była srebrna
biżuteria, a także książki, które zawsze chciałam przeczytać i czarno-białe
fotografie miejsc, które zawsze chciałam zobaczyć. To właśnie w tej chwili dotarło
do mnie, że nasz gość nie mógł być zwykłym człowiekiem. W tym wszystkim tkwiły
jakieś czary. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{83}" paraid="251264094" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Zaraz usłyszałam jęk z sąsiedniego pokoju. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{89}" paraid="152698907" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera również dostała swój kuferek. W jego środku
były monety i biżuteria, wszystko zrobione z lodu. Dziewczyna próbowała założyć
sobie kolię diamentów na szyję, ale, co </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">było do przewidzenia</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">, zaczęła się ona topić. Do południa wszystkie jej dary zamieniły się
w wodę. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{99}" paraid="291821402" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Znów usłyszałam te słowa:</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{105}" paraid="1446627285" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"><i>Rankiem każda z was znajdzie pod łóżkiem swoją
nagrodę.</i></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{111}" paraid="1903806155" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Wiera obraziła się na mnie na cały dzień, mówiąc,
że przecież ona również poświęciła czas staremu, dlaczego więc dostała taką
zapłatę. Potrafiła godzinami siedzieć za zamkniętymi drzwiami pokoju i obrastać
w urazę. Dopiero przez noc przemyślała sprawę i coś do niej dotarło. Przy
śniadaniu mnie przeprosiła.</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{117}" paraid="12399254" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Może faktycznie się nie postarałam — wyznała
cicho, z niechętną, jakby zakłopotaną miną. Spojrzałam na nią zaskoczona, a
potem przytuliłam. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{123}" paraid="375190816" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie wierzę, przyznajesz się do błędu! —
zachichotałam. Wiera znów zrobiła swój grymas, ale potem mi zawtórowała.
Dopiero po chwili spytała:</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{129}" paraid="203493222" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Naprawdę myślisz, że to był jakiś czarodziej?</span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{135}" paraid="609265664" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Nie wiem. Jego obecność zdaje mi się snem.
Gdybyśmy opowiedziały o tym tacie, pewnie by nas wyśmiał. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{141}" paraid="1155341325" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun"> — Racja, nie powinnyśmy mówić. — Wiera
mrugnęła do mnie konspiracyjnie, ale potem spoważniała. — Ale nie chciałabym,
żeby <i></i></span><i><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">on </span></span></i></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">tu wracał. Przyznaję, nie zachowałam się grzecznie, on jednak również
nie był wobec mnie miły. Jeśli to duch, to zimny i nieludzki. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{151}" paraid="2034761197" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Spojrzałam za okno, gdzie wciąż trwała zima. Czy
mogła mieć rację? Nawiedził nas duch zimy? Jeśli tak, z definicji był kimś
innym niż człowiek. A jednak byłam mu wdzięczna. Nie tylko za prezenty, które
sprawiły mi dużo radości i służyły przez wiele lat. Za to, że nauczył czegoś
moją leniwą, niepokorną siostrę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{157}" paraid="451275206" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{161}" paraid="1036571204" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga spoglądała w twarz staruszki. Tańczył po niej
blask z kominka, czyniąc jej oblicze raz młodym, raz starym. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{167}" paraid="1941103860" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Ale mówiłaś, że twoja siostra i tak umarła
samotnie, babciu — zauważyła dziewczynka niepewnie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="paragraph" paraeid="{cfa58bf6-11d8-4aec-a10c-c6a159676a46}{173}" paraid="2128020647" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 2.0pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: justify; text-indent: 35.25pt; user-select: text; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Staruszka odkaszlnęła. Długie mówienie zmęczyło
ją; jej powieki opadały bezwiednie. Na wspomnienie siostry coś w jej
rysach twarzy zdradziło tkliwy smutek. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— To prawda. Jej mąż </span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">z</span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">marł rok przed nią, a ja mieszkałam za daleko, aby
przyjechać odwiedzić </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">ją </span></span><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;">w jej ostatnich dniach — wyznała cicho babcia. — Ale po wizycie Pana
Mroza w Wierze zaszła mała zmiana. Stała się życzliwsza dla ludzi i zaczęła
pożyteczniej spędzać czas. Nie wyszła też za mąż dla pieniędzy. Chyba za dobrze
pamiętała, jak po monetach pozostały tylko kałuże. Nauczyła się także
przegrywać. I taką ją właśnie chcę pamiętać. </span></span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga milczała chwilę. Jej tata właśnie wybuchnął
śmiechem przy jednym końcu stołu, opowiadając anegdotę. Siedząca przy nim mama
też się uśmiechała, ale w pewnym momencie rzuciła córce szybkie spojrzenie. W
tym rozgrzanym, głośnym salonie trudno było uwierzyć w istnienie mroźnego
ducha. A jeśli on gdzieś tam był? Czaił się za ośnieżonym ogrodzeniem albo w długim
cieniu świerku? Surowy i zimny, gotowy osądzać za dobre i złe uczynki? </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">Olga przypomniała sobie lodowe palce odciśnięte na
szybie. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; user-select: text;" xml:lang="PL-PL"><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="normaltextrun">— Ale to tylko baśń... Prawda, babciu? </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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prawnuczkę. </span></span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"201341983":0,"335551550":6,"335551620":6,"335559731":708,"335559739":40,"335559740":276}" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-user-drag: none; user-select: text;"><span class="eop"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Pozwoliłam sobie odświeżyć bloga, aby dodać krótką, zimową historię. Myślę, że Baśniowa Pozytywka to dobre miejsce na tego typu rzeczy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Tym, którzy jeszcze tutaj zaglądną - wesołych, ciepłych Świąt! <3 </span></div>
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<br />Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-89400948135441750542016-12-23T20:14:00.001+01:002016-12-23T22:49:47.557+01:00Bonus {Dziewczynka z zapałkami}<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 5.0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>I</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nad miastem zapadał bury, mroźny wieczór
wigilijny. Białe okruchy wirowały w powietrzu. Za oknami domów jaśniały świece
i kominki, ale poza murami zalegały grube warstwy śniegu, a porywisty wiatr
kąsał w policzki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily poruszała się skutymi lodem ulicami
niczym duch. Cały dzień zaczepiała przechodniów, proponując im kupno zapałek,
ale niemal wszyscy zbywali ją machnięciem ręki lub przekleństwem. Mała, chuda
dziewczynka w połatanym płaszczu równie dobrze mogła być dla nich niewidzialna.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Mówiłam,
że tak będzie — </span></i><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">myślała, kuląc się pod podmuchem lodowatego
wiatru. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ale pan Brown nie chciał o tym słyszeć. Dzisiejszego
ranka wyszarpał Lily za ramię z jej przytulnego kącika w kuchni, wcisnął jej w
dłonie kilka pudełek z zapałkami i wysłał na ulicę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Nie
wracaj, póki ich nie sprzedasz! — zagroził. — Musisz sobie zarobić na wigilijną
kolację. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily jak zwykle zadrżała przed tą surową,
nalaną twarzą o bujnych wąsach. Za mężem stała koścista pani Brown, mieszając
łyżką w misce z kapustą. Ona również przypatrywała się swojej
podopiecznej </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 22.9999980926514px; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">z obojętnością. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Państwo Brown nie byli prawdziwymi rodzicami
Lily. Dziewczynka zgadywała, że gdyby mieszkała z tymi prawdziwymi, oni nie
biliby jej, nie krzyczeli za każdą drobnostkę i pozwalaliby jej jeść z nimi
przy stole. Jednak nie miała okazji, by się o tym przekonać. Odkąd sięgała
pamięcią, była sierotą. Rok temu przed Świętami przygarnęli ją Brownowie, ale
nigdy nie traktowali jej jak córki. Była jedynie nową parą rąk do pomocy i
kolejną gębą do wyżywienia, jak lubili jej przypominać. Czasem Lily chciała być
ich szarym kotem, który całymi dniami wylegiwał się na zapiecku. O niego
bardziej się troszczyli. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Teraz Lily w pośpiechu włożyła na siebie
swój najcieplejszy, połatany płaszczyk i obwiązała szyję przydługim szalikiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Ale… kto będzie chciał to ode mnie kupić? —
wydukała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Nie pyskuj! — warknęła pani Brown. W
świetle zimowego słońca jej cera była blada jak kość, a brodawka na policzku
przypominała dojrzałą czereśnię. Pan Brown, który zawsze kojarzył się
dziewczynce z zapijaczonym, osmolonym Świętym Mikołajem, wyszczerzył pozostałe
na miejscu zęby w drwiącym uśmiechu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Czy to nie dzisiaj mamy noc cudów?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily nie uważała siebie za głupią smarkulę.
Jako sierota nauczyła radzić sobie w ciężkich warunkach i grać na ludzkim
współczuciu. Spacerując zaśnieżonymi ulicami miasta, zagadywała stare kobieciny
i młode damy. Parę razy udało jej się nawet rozpłakać. Dzisiejszej nocy jednak
nie chciano widzieć smutku. Wszyscy śpieszyli do domów, aby upiec ciasto,
złożyć życzenia najbliższym i zapomnieć o troskach dnia codziennego. Lily była
niewygodnym przypomnieniem tego, co zostawiono za drzwiami. Dlatego nikt nie
kwapił się, aby ją wpuścić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Wieczorne niebo było ciemne i bezgwiezdne, a
do tego czasu dziewczynka sprzedała jedynie jedno pudełko. Włóczyła się smętnie
pośród palących się świateł, zbyt zmarznięta, aby zapłakać. Wiedziała, że nie
ma sensu wracać do domu. Pan Brown na pewno już sięgnął po kufel piwa, a po
pijaku wymierzał znacznie silniejsze ciosy. Pani Brown nie będzie łaskawsza.
Obydwoje nazwą ją nieudacznikiem i darmozjadem, którego trzeba ukarać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily zatrzymała się przy rogu jednego z
budynków i niemal bezwiednie opadła na kolana. Nie czuła już palców u nóg. Na
przemian pociągała nosem i szczękała zębami. W jej jasnych, sztywnych włosach
osiadały się płatki śniegu. Ruchem skostniałej ręki sięgnęła po jedno pudełko i
wyjęła z niego zapałkę. Przyjrzała jej się. Chudy trzon i czerwona główka. <i>Nienawidzę was. </i>Zapałki spoczywały sobie
bezpiecznie w pudełku, podczas gdy ona marzła, i naśmiewały się z niej
cieniutkimi głosikami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily odpaliła trzymane drewienko. Płomień
był bardzo lichy, ale zatańczył tęsknie w dużych, znużonych oczach dziewczynki.
Sierota miała wrażenie, że przez chwilę ujrzała w nim twarze rodziców. Było to
tak jednak nikłe wydarzenie, że nie dałaby za nie nawet grosza. Zresztą prawda
była taka, że kimkolwiek byli, nie chcieli mieć ze swoją córką nic wspólnego.
Zostawili ją na pastwę świata albo umarli, nim zdążyła urosnąć. <i>Samolubni głupcy. </i>Sami odeszli, a jej
kazali<i> </i>męczyć się z ludźmi pokroju
państwa Brown. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Chwila jasności minęła i zapałka zgasła,
stając się poczerniałym wrakiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily zapaliła następną. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">W jego blasku ujrzała salę jadalną w
sierocińcu. Stłoczone, głodne dzieciaki i stół, na którym stały te wszystkie
obrzydliwe, rozmokłe, tłuste potrawy. Teraz Lily wiele by dała, aby wziąć do
ust chociażby jeden ich kęs. W obliczu mrozu i zmęczenia, każdy posiłek
przypominał ucztę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Podmuch wiatru. Ciemność. Trzask wzniecanego
płomyczka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Teraz Lily widziała dom państwa Brownów. Nie
stać ich było na choinkę, dlatego nad wejściem wisiały jedynie pojedyncze,
świerkowe gałązki o smętnych igłach. Ogień w kominku trzeszczał niespokojnie,
mącony silnym wiatrem z dworu. Pan Brown świętował noc narodzenia Dzieciątka,
mocząc wąsy w trunku. Pani Brown głaskała śpiącego jej na chudych kolanach
kocura. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Nie ma tej głupiej — mruknęła zrzędliwie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Potraktuj to jako prezent. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Później obydwoje zarechotali jak ropuchy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Zapałka zgasła. Lily skuliła się jeszcze
bardziej pod ścianą i mrużąc oczy, odpaliła czwartą. Ta zdawała się płonąć
jaśniej niż poprzednie. Dziewczyna przysunęła ją do policzka, aby poczuć jej
ciepły pocałunek, gdy wtem usłyszała kroki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Wielkie nieba, zaraz zamarzniesz, dziewczynko!
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">To był mężczyzna w stroju robotnika. Ktoś
równie niezauważalny jak mała sierota. Zapewne pracował w fabryce górującej nad
dachami domów. Dzień w dzień, obok dziesiątek ubranych podobnie ludzi, by za
liche pieniądze wiązać koniec z końcem. Na jego ciemnych, potarganych włosach
spoczywała czapka. Dłonie chował w kieszeniach spranego płaszcza, policzki miał
zaczerwienione z zimna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Chce pan kupić zapałki? — zachrypiała Lily, zmuszając skostniałe dłonie do sięgnięcia po nieużywane pudełko. —
Proszę. Nie mogę wrócić do domu, jeśli ich nie sprzedam.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Mężczyzna spoglądał na nią przez chwilę. Nie
był jeszcze stary, mógł mieć jakieś trzydzieści lat, choć w jego twarzy żłobiło
się kilka wyraźnych zmarszczek. Jego oczy były duże, współczujące i ciemne jak
węgle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Rodzice ci tak kazali?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Ja… nie mam rodziców. — Pociągnęła nosem.
— Ale pan Brown przetrzepie mi skórę, jeśli wrócę bez pieniędzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Nie musisz więc do niego wracać. Chodź do
mnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily spojrzała na niego nieufnie spod
ośnieżonych rzęs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Tak. Żyję skromnie, ale dziś mam co włożyć
do garnka. W taką noc nie powinnaś marznąć na dworze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Dlaczego chce mi pan pomóc?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczynka nauczyła się już, że nikt nie
jest dla niej miły bezinteresownie. Mężczyzna jednak uśmiechnął się delikatnie
i był to najłagodniejszy uśmiech, jaki widziała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Wierzę w magię Świąt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Wyciągnął ku niej rękę. Lily pokonała
odrętwienie i przyjęła ją, wstając. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Jak ci na imię? — zapytał przyjaźnie dobrodziej.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Lily. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Ja jestem Peter. Chodź za mną. To
niedaleko. Zdążymy, zanim ponownie zacznie śnieżyć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily podążyła za nim ochoczo, dochodząc do
wniosku, że tak właśnie musi wyglądać elf, pomocnik Świętego Mikołaja. Może
zapaliła te wszystkie zapałki, myśląc życzenia, a oto jedno z nich się
spełniło. Ulice miasta były już niemal puste. Wszyscy świętowali w swoich domach.
Nad ośnieżonymi dachami unosiło się echo kolęd. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Przeszli obok zasypanej bryczki i wysokiej
latarni, a potem Peter skręcił w dróżkę pomiędzy dwoma budynkami z szarej cegły.
Światło latarni prawie tutaj nie docierało, dlatego Lily poczuła się nieco nieswojo.
Przewodnik jednak machnął uspokajająco ręką. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Może nie wygląda tu przyjaźnie, ale zaraz przynajmniej
będzie ciepło. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Zbliżali się do wąskich drzwiczek w ścianie.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Mieszka pan sam? — zagadnęła dziewczynka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Owszem. Moja żona... i córka... ech, stare, smutne dzieje. Chyba rozumiesz, dlaczego wieczorami
tęsknię za czyimś ciepłem? — Peter obrócił się i jednym ruchem przyciągnął do
siebie Lily. Sierota pisnęła i zdezorientowana zaczęła okładać go piąstkami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Puszczaj! Puszczaj!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— No i dokąd to chcesz pójść, Lily? — Jego
ciepły, podniecony oddech owiał jej twarz. — Do kochającej matki, czułego ojca?
Tylko ja się tobą zajmę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nie przejmował się jej szamotaniną. Był
znacznie silniejszy i bez trudu utrzymywał ją w swoich objęciach. Zdesperowana
dziewczynka zatopiła zęby w jego ramieniu. Mężczyzna syknął i odepchnął ją od
siebie. Lily wylądowała na śniegu. Szalik prawie zsunął jej się z ramion. Peter
rozmasował sobie obolałe miejsce, wpatrując się w ofiarę płonącymi oczami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Niegrzeczna smarkula — warknął i rzucił
się w jej stronę. Dziewczynka próbowała odczołgać się na bok, ale napastnik
naparł na nią całym ciałem. Lily usłyszała trzask własnej kości. W ustach miała
grudę śniegu i krwi z nadgryzionej wargi. Wypluła ją i zaczęła krzyczeć, ale
nikt jej nie słyszał. Wszyscy siedzieli w swoich domach, śpiewając kolędy i
dzieląc się opłatkami. Przesmyk pomiędzy budynkami zamykał się niczym gardziel
potwora. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Peter obrócił dziewczynę ku sobie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Zostań ze mną, mała Lily, zostań…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Z jego ust toczyła się ślina, zupełnie jak u
głodnego psa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Całe życie Lily przeleciało jej przed oczami
jak stado uciekających ptaków. Płomień niewidzialnej świecy zafalował niebezpiecznie. Świat skurczył się
do spoconego ciała Petera, jego dłoni, oddechu, obrzydzenia i strachu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Mężczyzna rozpiął jej płaszcz i zadarł w
górę spódnicę, cały czas przyciskając ofiarę do ziemi. Blade, chude nogi
wierzgały, kiedy je rozchylał. Błękitne oczy rozwarły się w przerażeniu. Kiedy
Peter dobrał się do zastygłej dziewczynki, z kieszeni jej płaszcza wypadło </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 22.9999980926514px; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">na śnieg</span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> otwarte pudełko zapałek.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Lily nie miała pamiętać </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 22.9999980926514px; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">już </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">więcej z tej
nocy. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Rankiem </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 15.3333330154419px; line-height: 22.9999980926514px; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">pod murem </span><span style="font-family: "tahoma" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">znaleziono jej półnagie,
zamarznięte ciało, przykryte cienką warstwą śniegu jak całunem. Obok niej
leżały rozsypane zapałki.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;"><b>II</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">W Wigilię Bożego Narodzenia właściciel
fabryki pozwolił im skończyć o godzinę wcześniej. Wszyscy pracownicy przyjęli
ten gest z uśmiechem i wdzięcznością. Mogli wcześniej wrócić do swoich rodzin i
pomóc w przygotowaniu wieczerzy. Przez fabrykę przelatywały słowa ich
pozdrowień. Peter tylko wzruszył ramionami, odchodząc od swojego stanowiska i
zostawiając roboczy kitel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nie miał do kogo wracać. Jego świętej
pamięci rodzice od dawna spoczywali w trumnie, a młoda, słabowita żona umarła
przy porodzie, dając mu w zamian martwą dziewczynkę. Teraz w domu czekała na
niego tylko cisza i niepozmywane naczynia. I wspomnienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Niebo miało już ciężką barwę atramentu, a po
bokach ulic zalegał brudnoszary, odgarnięty puch. Tej zimy nie było takich
opadów śniegu jak rok temu, ale mróz pozostał. Peter trzymał dłonie w
kieszeniach spranego płaszcza. Szedł powoli, niespiesznie. Pamiętał, że rok
temu w Wigilię przemierzał tę samą trasę od fabryki do domu. Wówczas natknął
się na nią. Siedziała skulona i zziębnięta, bawiąc się tańczącym płomyczkiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczynka z zapałkami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ile mogła mieć lat? Dziewięć, dziesięć? Jego
córka, gdyby przeżyła, byłaby w podobnym wieku. Być może dlatego Peter
zatrzymał się i zaoferował jej pomoc. „Chodź do mnie. W taką noc nie powinnaś
marznąć na dworze”. Na początku Lily była nieufna. Życie, jakie wiodła, na
pewno nauczyło ją podejrzliwości w stosunku do ludzi. Ostatecznie jednak się
zgodziła. Trzymana zapałka zgasła, ale w jej oczach pojawił się płomyczek
nadziei. Jak dziecko, które wreszcie otrzymało prezent od Świętego Mikołaja.
Sierota była mała i chuda, ale jej policzki oblewał słodki rumieniec, a
spoglądające zza ośnieżonych rzęs oczy miała duże, ładne i niewinne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Peter prowadził ją pod rękę, niczym swoją
córkę, której los mu odmówił. Minęli zasypaną bryczkę i wysoką latarnię, aż w
końcu dotarli do przejścia między budynkami z szarej cegły. Wówczas tęsknota
stała się zbyt wielka. Peter przyciągnął do siebie dziewczynkę, tak bardzo nie
chcąc być samotnym. Nie rozumiał, dlaczego się rzucała. Czy nie widziała, że
mogli sobie pomóc? Ogarnęła go ślepa złość. Przecież był dla niej dobry.
Dlaczego odwdzięczała mu się ugryzieniem, krzykiem i buntem? Dlaczego chciała
go opuścić? Była jego córką i powinna zachowywać się grzeczniej. Była jego żoną
i miał prawo do jej ciała. Była…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nie pamiętał momentu, w którym zgasło w niej
życie. Wiedział jedynie tyle, że gdy się odsunął, leżała martwa i zimna w
śniegu. Zostawił ją tam. Ulice były puste. Nikt nie zauważył. Nikt nie będzie
wiedział. Nikt się nie domyśli. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Tego wieczora Peter wrócił od razu do domu.
Była to mała, przesiąknięta zapachem wilgoci izba z wąskim oknem na śmietnisko.
Kupili ją razem z żoną tuż po ślubie, licząc, że po jakimś czasie zarobią
więcej i będą mogli przenieść się do większego mieszkania. A jednak lekarstwa
dla Marii sporo kosztowały. Od początku źle znosiła ciążę. Była wątła i słaba, o rękach jak białe patyki.
Ale Peter ją pocieszał. Nie pozwalał, aby zadręczała się ponurymi myślami i
zapewniał ją, że jest silna, że przetrwa poród i usłyszy, jak ich dziecko nazwie
ją po raz pierwszy mamą. Kochał ją jak głupiec, a gdy umarła na jego oczach,
stał się innym człowiekiem. Skorupą, która chodzi, oddycha i je, ale w środku
ma wypalony knot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Teraz mężczyzna nie obchodził Świąt Bożego
Narodzenia. Nie wierzył w cuda. Świat był złym miejscem, a jeśli Bóg istniał,
już dawno odwrócił od niego wzrok. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Peter ściągnął buty i omiótł wzrokiem
zacienione pomieszczenie. Niezaścielone łóżko, brudne naczynia wychodzące ze
zlewu i niedopalony ogarek po świecy. Dawno nikt nie zajmował się tym
mieszkaniem. Teraz wszystko wyglądało ponuro. <i>Przydałoby się tutaj trochę światła. </i>Mężczyzna zaczął szukać po
szufladach, ale nie potrafił znaleźć głupiego pudełka zapałek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Szlag! Kurwa!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Z nieznanych przyczyn trawiła go irytacja.
Coraz głośniej przekopywał szuflady, miotając się po izbie jak wściekły pies.
Był pewien, że miał jeszcze jedno pudełko zapałek, kładł je gdzieś tutaj,
gdzieś…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Podmuch. Za plecami Petera zatańczyło
światło. Ktoś zapalił świecę na stoliku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Peter obrócił się zdumiony. Świeca płonęła
jasno, płacząc świeżym woskiem. Jej blask odbił się w ciemnych oczach
mężczyzny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Kto tutaj jest? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ten sam dźwięk i oto pozostawiony na
parapecie ogarek również się zapalił. Mężczyznę przeszedł dreszcz. Zacisnął
pięści. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Co to za sztuczki? Pokaż się!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Jak za podmuchem wiatru oba płomyki zgasły.
Peter pozostał w zimnej ciemności. Czuł jednak, że nie jest sam. Zdawało mu się, że w ciszy słyszy dwa oddechy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Maria? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nie potrafił wyjaśnić, dlaczego teraz
przywołał jej imię. Była noc Bożego Narodzenia, a on pomyślał o zmarłej przed
laty żonie, którą sam pochował na cmentarzu za miastem. Może chciałby ją
jeszcze raz zobaczyć. Jeszcze raz ujrzeć jej uśmiech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ale to nie była ona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Świeca znów zapłonęła. W jej blasku ukazała
się trupioblada twarz dziewczynki o sinych ustach. Jasne włosy miała sztywne od
śniegu i krwi. W dużych, podkrążonych oczach zastygło jedno uczucie. Oskarżenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Peter nie mógł uwierzyć, ale to była ona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">— Lily — wyszeptał drżąco. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczynka zacisnęła zimne, skostniałe
palce na jego ramieniu. Jej sine wargi ułożyły się w uśmiech. Była teraz piękna
w taki sposób, w jaki za życia nie było jej dane być. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Ciała Petera Johnsa nigdy nie odnaleziono.
Pozostała po nim jedynie kałuża lodowatej wody i zwęglony knot świecy. A
nieszczęśliwy duch zeszłorocznej Wigilii wreszcie odzyskał spokój. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Pomysł na tę historię przyszedł
spontanicznie, ale był zbyt intrygujący, aby go nie wykorzystać. Mam nadzieję,
że taka mroczniejsza wersja andersenowskiej baśni, która w oryginale była smutna
i ciepła, was nie oburzy. Wykorzystałam tutaj typowy motyw zbrodni i kary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Moja historia może nie do końca wprowadza w
świąteczny nastrój, a zatem teraz dodam, że <b>chciałabym życzyć wszystkim
czytelnikom spokojnych, wesołych Świąt, wymarzonych prezentów oraz dużo weny! :* </b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Nowy rozdział Pięknej i Bestii pojawi się
tuż po Świętach.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "tahoma" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 150%;">Zapraszam. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-15001270380668463122016-09-07T17:22:00.001+02:002016-09-07T17:23:35.382+02:00<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kochani, zapraszam was serdecznie na moją odsłonę baśni "Piękna i Bestia". </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://klatwa-rozy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b>Klątwa Róży</b></a><a href="https://klatwa-rozy.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b></b></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">"Któż bowiem mógłby pokochać Bestię?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Przed laty okrutny król zapragnął przejąć ziemie pewnej czarodziejki, a ją samą zniewolić i uczynić swoją kochanką. Gdy kobieta odmówiła, przygotował dla niej stos. Nie spodziewał się jednak, że w ostatnim oddechu czarodziejka wykrzyczy słowa klątwy, która zmieni go na zawsze…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">W Porcie Nadziei żyje Bella Maurice, najmłodsza z córek bogatego kupca. Mając za rodzeństwo dwie próżne śliczności oraz niepokornego Gastona, nic dziwnego, że pragnie się wyrwać spod klosza ojcowskiego domu i poznać świat. Jednakże nawet w najmroczniejszych snach nie spodziewa się, jaka przygoda ją czeka i co będzie musiała zrobić, aby ocalić życie w ponurym, zaklętym zamczysku Bestii…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Wypowiedziane dawno klątwy, skrywane namiętności, niebezpieczne gry i dusze, które odnalazły się w ciemności.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Nowa odsłona jednej z najpiękniejszych baśni. </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-35657016043273239642016-07-07T19:48:00.000+02:002016-07-07T19:48:38.954+02:00Epilog<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul klęczał na stopniach sali tronowej, a
z jego ramion ku ziemi opadał granatowy płaszcz. Najwyższy duchowny nakładał młodzieńcowi na głowę srebrną koronę — wysadzoną
pośrodku lśniącym, niby oko wiekowego mędrca, szafirem. Syn Bukowego Dworu czuł
na skroniach jej ciężar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nie jestem już
synem Bukowego Dworu </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— uprzytomnił sobie w duchu. <i>Jestem teraz ojcem Zielonych Krain. </i>Ta
myśl sprawiła, że poczuł się staro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Niech żyje król! — zawołał uroczyście
duchowny w białej szacie, a zgromadzony w bogatej sali tłum podjął ten radosny
okrzyk, czyniąc go werbalną falą unoszącą się nad głowami zebranych. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul podniósł się dumnie i obrócił twarz
ku swoim poddanym. Był pewien, że wygląda teraz wspanialej i starzej niż
jeszcze dnia wczorajszego. Ludzie spoglądali na niego z płomykami nadziei i
radości, choć on sam nie potrafił pozbyć się myśli, że teraz u jego boku
powinna stać ciemnowłosa dziewczyna — prawdziwa królewska krew. <i>Co powiedziała Nyn? </i>„Jestem pewna, że
Śnieżka chciałaby, byś zajął jej miejsce’’. Młodzieniec mógł mieć tylko
nadzieję, że to prawda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdy oklaski i fala okrzyków zamilkły,
świeżo upieczony król usadowił się godnie na tronie. Widział stąd swoją matkę, lady
Alenę — tłustą, jasnowłosą damę o wypudrowanej twarzy, na której teraz malowało
się coś na kształt dumy. Jej mąż, lord Robert o brązowych włosach przeciętych
siwizną, uśmiechał się do syna od ucha do ucha. Nowy władca widział też swojego
młodszego braciszka Lawina, który rozpościerał oczy z zachwytu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul uniósł wyżej brodę, a jego usta
rozciągnęły się w śmiałym uśmiechu. Obiecał sobie, że dołoży wszelkich starań,
by nie zawieść swojego nowego królestwa. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Wzgórze Żałoby jak zwykle osnuwała cisza. Stojący
nad grobowcem Raul i Nyn milczeli i tylko wiatr odważył się szumieć w
wysuwających się spod warstwy śniegu kłosach traw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Marmurowa Śnieżka wyglądała podobnie do
swojego leżącego pierwowzoru, choć jej włosy musiały być białe, a nie hebanowe.
Rysy jej twarzy jednak rzeźbiarz oddał niezwykle wiernie i Raul mógł mieć
wrażenie, że spogląda w prawdziwe oczy królewny. <i>Królewny, która usnęła na wieki.</i> To napełniało go smutnym
pocieszeniem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nyn powoli złożyła pod grobem
wiązkę białych i czerwonych róż, za wszelką cenę starając się nie
pociągać nosem. <i>Wierna przyjaciółka. Wciąż
jeszcze nosi żałobę. </i>Raul oderwał na chwilę wzrok od kamiennej bliźniaczki
Śnieżki i spoglądnął na jasne włosy kucharki, tańczące na wietrze jak niesforne
płomyczki. Odkąd został królem, rzadko mu było dane rozmawiać ze swoją nietypową
przyjaciółką. Ich światy były jak dwie odległe gwiazdy, dlatego spotykali się
głównie tylko na tym wzgórzu usianym grobowcami królów i królowych, by w ciszy
powspominać zgasłe już dzieje. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> —
Znalazłem tę komnatę — wyznał w końcu szeptem. Dziewczyna spojrzała na niego
wielkimi oczami, pragnąc wiedzieć więcej. — Było w niej to, o czym Śnieżka
mówiła. Zwoje z recepturami, magiczne mikstury i… serca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>Magia, której nigdy nie pojmiemy. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Czy one jeszcze biły? — Tylko tutaj mogli rozmawiać swobodnie oraz </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">zwracać się </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">do </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">siebie bez tytułów i poczucia nieprzyzwoitości.
Raul postanowił jednak oszczędzić jej szczegółów co do liczby słoi i że w
jednym z nich gniło serce podpisane imieniem samego króla. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie. Zapewne zastygły wraz ze śmiercią
kobiety, która rzuciła na nie czar. Jutro podłożymy ogień pod tę komnatę. Nie chcę, by jeszcze
coś czarnomagicznego pozostało w moim zamku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nyn skinęła głową </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">z lekkim uśmiechem </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">i</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> już
nic więcej nie powiedziała, z zadumą patrząc na marmurową królewnę. Raul
wiedział, że po południu musi udać się na spotkanie rady królewskiej w sprawie strat,
jakie przyniosła ostatnia zamieć, postanowił jednak zostać z dziewczyną jeszcze
chwilę. Wiatr, przeczesujący ich włosy, przypominał chłodne, delikatne ręce.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Na nieco niższych terenach, wśród łąk znajdujących
się za hałaśliwym miastem i budzących się spod białej kołdry, leżał inny grób.
Bezimienny, zapomniany, odznaczony jedynie niewielkim, drewnianym krzyżem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Odwiedzał go tylko pewien drozd. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Siadał na ramieniu krucyfiksu i wpatrywał
się bystrymi, smutnymi oczkami w ubitą ziemię, która przykryła ciało jego
przyjaciela — czasem trwał tak nieruchomo, że mógłby zostać wzięty za drewniany
posąg. Czasami przynosił też w drobnych szponach wiązkę dzikich jagód —
pamiętał, że karzeł je lubił.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po jakimś czasie drozda dotknęła starość.
Jego brązowe pióra zbledły, a ciało opuściły siły. Już nie wybierał się na
długie, podniebne wędrówki, a częściej po prostu siedział przy mogile
utraconego przyjaciela, ziębiony przez poranną mgłę i deszcze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W końcu umarł i on. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Oddech zimy zamarł. Śniegi stopniały na
dobre, drzewa w Puszczy Zapomnienia wypuściły zieloniutkie pąki, a krople
deszczu zaczęły spływać po kamieniach zamku niczym uciekające
łzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka zawsze kochała zimę, a teraz
dobiegała ona kresu. Wraz z nią odeszło ponure widmo tragicznej śmierci
królewny, a w sercach ludu Zielonych Krain wykwitła nowa nadzieja. Raul z
Bukowego Dworu okazał się zdecydowanym i wspaniałomyślnym królem. Pod jego
panowaniem wypleniła się ilość rabusiów i złodziei, wzrosła tolerancja wobec
ludzi dotkniętych chorobami i zdeformowaniem, a także poszerzyło się zamiłowanie
do turniejów rycerskich, które cieszyły oko władcy do najstarszych lat. Nyn
Słoneczko zaś usługiwała mu przy stole tak długo, póki nie opuściły jej siły. Między nią a królem do końca kwitła gorąca przyjaźń. Piaski
czasu sypały się dalej, słońce wschodziło i zachodziło, ludzie rodzili się i
umierali. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I tylko spisane na pergaminie historii
słowa nadal szepczą baśń o królewnie Śnieżce i losach ludzi, którzy żyli wraz
z nią. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Karty czasu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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przewracają się <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nieustannie…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam królowa Anna leży w potach w
łożu, rodząc na świat dziecko, a za oknem wzniecają się do tańca pierwsze
płatki śniegu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam Królowa Kier wrzeszczy „ściąć
im głowy’’, a jej rudowłosa córka pielęgnuje świeżo posadzone róże. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam Forwin z Gąsienicowych Pól nosi dumną zbroję rycerza i tuli w objęciach Różę, dziewczynę od flamingów.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam Gburek i Wesołek ramię w ramię
występują przed drwiącą publicznością. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam król Filip odnajduje szczęście po
stracie żony, a mała królewna Śnieżka prawdziwą matkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam uśmiechnięta Roszpunka zrzuca
na dół swój złoty warkocz, a czarujący grajek imieniem Flynn wspina się po nim
na szczyt wieży. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam do tonącej w bagnach królewny wyciąga
rękę karzeł. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam siedzący w celi szlachcic widzi
najjaśniejszą z niewiast. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś tam krążą
szukające się dusze. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Baśniowa pozytywka
wciąż gra.<o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I tak oto kochani żegnamy się z
historią Śnieżki. Opowiadanie to powstało w mojej głowie ponad dwa lata temu;
pół roku zajęło mi jego spisanie, natomiast publikacja i nieustanne poprawki
prawie dwa lata. W tym czasie zmieniło się nieco moje pióro i podejście do
pomysłu, natomiast jestem szczęśliwa, że mogłam to dokończyć. To jednak jest
taka historia, której nie zapomnę. Pewien fenomen, przełom w mojej pisarskiej
działalności, który sprowadził mnie na nową drogę i możliwości.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Rubinowa
Łza<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>to dla mnie początek
przygody z baśniami i łamaniem schematów. Ogromną radość sprawiło mi także
stworzenie nietypowego bohatera w postaci karła. Sama postać Śnieżki była w
pewnym sensie wykpieniem wyobrażenia o królewnie - naiwna, kapryśna i
wrażliwa. Mam nadzieję, że pod koniec udało mi się z niej uczynić kogoś
bardziej znośnego :P Ja osobiście mam do niej sentyment. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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W tym miejscu chciałabym także podziękować moim czytelnikom. Niektórzy byli ze
mną jedynie przez jakiś czas, inni pozostali wiernie do samego końca, ale wszyscy
w pewien sposób mnie motywowaliście. Kochane <b>Sweetness, Monico Margaret
Serafin, Alutko, Dusiu i Julio Zając</b>, dziękuję Wam za wytrwałość ^^ To
cudowne wiedzieć, że pod następnym postem pojawi się wasz komentarz. Dziękuję
także Necco, Jaenelle, Elfabie, Donnie Webner, Serenie, Anayannie,
Kryształowemu Aniołowi, Shy i Ress, które też śledziły tę historię :)
Każde wasze miłe słowo to dla mnie miód na serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Teraz nasuwa się pytanie: co dalej? Miałam ambitne plany związane
z następnymi baśniami. Niestety, niektóre z nich poległy, inne są dopiero w
przygotowaniu. Nie znaczy to jednak, że skończyłam z baśniowym światem.
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będzie nią zainteresowany, chętnie podzielę się z wami całością(prawdopodobnie
na nowym blogu). Do tego czasu trzymajcie się ciepło! Życzę wam miłych wakacji
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">---><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Marzyci3lka/"><b>Marzycielka</b></a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Królewna leżała spokojnie ze
splecionymi dłońmi, twarzą jaśniejszą niż kiedykolwiek i czystymi włosami
spływającymi jak czarne strumienie po złotych pagórkach poduszki. Dno trumny wyłożono
pachnącym kwieciem, przez co wydawało się, że Śnieżka po prostu zasnęła na
polanie w Puszczy Zapomnienia. Gburek widział jasną linię piersi wychylającą
się zza błękitnego materiału, co oznaczało, że pod skórą wciąż tkwiło — niebijące
już — serce. Może właśnie dlatego karzeł wydał z siebie zduszony okrzyk, a
potem obraz martwej dziewczyny zmienił się w rozmazane w gorących łzach plamy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Odsuń się od królewny!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Strażnik zauważył intruza. Gburek nie
poczuł nawet ukłucia strachu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Chcę jej podziękować… — wymamrotał
bardziej do siebie niż do niego. Nie mógł uwierzyć, że ta głupiutka panienka usiłująca
zachować dumę w ubrudzonej sukni teraz leży tu blada i chłodna. Młoda, ledwo
zakwitła dziewczyna w sinym całunie śmierci. Niziołek zrozumiał, że po morderstwach braci stał się jedynie cieniem, a ona znów pozwoliła mu żyć. Dała mu powód. A teraz była martwa. Martwa bardziej niż wszyscy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— ODSUŃ SIĘ, KARLE! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jego niezgrabna dłoń spoczęła na chłodnym policzku
dziewczyny. Gburek mimowolnie spojrzał na jej rozchylone leciutko wargi, czerwone
jak dwa korale, nieruchome, dziewicze, niemuśnięte czułością. Przypomniał
sobie, jak blisko niego byłe te usta, gdy żegnali się w padającej na nich
poświacie ognia. <i>Bałem się, dlatego
odchyliłem głowę. To nie mogła być prawda. Ona nie mogła chcieć… </i>Pamiętał,
że gdy się odsunął, Śnieżka popatrzyła na niego z bezbrzeżnym zdumieniem, jak
dziewczynka, która odkrywa, że we śnie zawędrowała z łoża do króliczej nory. <i>A więc obydwoje na chwilę usnęliśmy. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nie śmiał myśleć, że połączyła ich miłość,
ale żałował, że nie pocałował jej wtedy. Zasługiwała, by dać jej lepsze
pożegnanie niż jakieś odburknięcie. Był tylko jeden sposób, by to naprawić… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— On bezcześci jej zwłoki! Zróbcie coś! Potwór!
— wołał oburzony tłum. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Dość tego! — zdecydował strażnik, a
potem rozległ się świst wyciąganego miecza. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Pochylający się nad trumną karzeł słyszał
gniewne krzyki przepasane z melodyjnymi modlitwami. Pragnął, by jego dusza
dołączyła do tych słodkich śpiewów i wraz z nimi uleciała w górę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I wtedy ją pocałował.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ostrożnie, nieporadnie jak dziecko dotknął
spierzchłymi wargami zimnych niczym lód ust królewny. <i>A więc tak smakuje dziewczyna.</i> Nigdy nie kosztował czegoś równie
niebiańskiego. Oddychał szybciej, nigdy nie chcąc przestać. Powinien to zrobić
wcześniej. Powinien być przy niej i całować ją codziennie, ponieważ… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nagle coś ostrego i zimnego wbiło się w
plecy Gburka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Czuł, jak miecz przeszywa ciało i kości,
jak błyskawica bólu zakłóca to słodkie, żarliwe uniesienie. Karzeł zacisnął
ręce na krawędzi trumny, nie spuszczając wzroku ze śpiącej Śnieżki. Ich usta
wciąż prawie się muskały. Jego ciepłe łzy skapnęły na blade policzki, jakby to
mogło uczynić je bardziej rumianymi, a potem stoczyły się po jej brodzie. Na
końcu dołączyła do nich też krew wydzierająca spomiędzy ust karła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ktoś coś krzyknął, ale Gburek był już za
daleko, by móc rozpoznać słowa. Zdawało mu się, że słyszy śmiech, ale nie ten
chłodny i szyderczy, ale wesoły, chłopięcy… Jego powieki zacisnęły się
bezwiednie, a ciało przestało drżeć w konwulsjach i bezwładnie zwaliło się na
szklaną trumnę. Rozległ się upiorny trzask. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">A krew karła spłynęła szkarłatnymi
strużkami po bladym szkle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dlaczego?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ponieważ czerwień
pięknie wyglądała na białym…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ceremonia pożegnalna przebiegała
uroczyście i całkiem spokojnie, dopóki przy ołtarzu nie rozległo się jakieś
poruszenie. Spacerujący po katedralnym balkonie Raul czym prędzej rzucił się ku
złotej balustradzie. Jego serce biło szybciej na myśl, że </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">coś złego j</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">eszcze może się przydarzyć Śnieżce. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Z góry miał lepszy widok. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Obejmował stąd spojrzeniem morze poddanych
rozlewające się do wszystkich ścian budowli, grupkę odzianych w czarne suknie
śpiewaczek na przedzie i lśniącą trumnę na środku ołtarza. Młodzieńca zmroziło,
gdy ujrzał też małą, ciemną sylwetkę pochylającą się nad królewną jak złośliwy
czort nad białą duszyczką. Jeden ze strażników wykrzykiwał ostrzeżenia, tłum
dorzucał swoje obelgi, a zakłopotane niewiasty w czerni z trudem trzymały się
melodii swoich pieśni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Zdenerwowany Raul już miał pędzić na dół,
gdy coś w intruzie wydało mu się znajome. <i>Te
brudnożółte włosy, wypłowiała szata, kaczkowate nogi… </i>Otworzył szerzej
oczy. <i>To ten cholerny karzeł, przyjaciel
Śnieżki!</i> Raul znał go raptem kilka chwil i wcale nie polubił ponurych oczu oraz
ciętego języka człowieczka, niemniej nie chciał, by go tu zaszlachtowali jak
świnię. Syn Bukowego Dworu już miał tam zbiec, by uspokoić gniew ludzi, gdy Gburek
— bo takim dziwnym imieniem został przedstawiony niziołek — pochylił się
jeszcze bardziej i pocałował śpiącą królewnę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Tłum był wstrząśnięty, a Raul nie stanowił
wyjątku. Z osłupieniem równym wieśniakowi zaciskał dłonie na balustradzie i patrzył,
jak wargi karła bezwstydnie obsypują pocałunkami słodkie usta Śnieżki. Raul był
jednak za daleko, by ujrzeć, co maluje się na jego twarzy. <i>Nie powinieneś tego…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Szlachcic nie zdążył dokończyć myśli. Zniecierpliwiony
strażnik, podjudzony nawoływaniami tłumu, postanowił przerwać tę dziwną scenę. Przeszył
mieczem plecy karła, jakby to był worek mąki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie! — krzyknął poniewczasie Raul,
wychylając się zza balustrady. Strażnik obrócił się w jego stronę, ale nie mógł
już cofnąć swojego ciosu. Gburek zachwiał się przy trumnie, a potem na nią
upadł. Rozległ się trzask. Chór niewiast umilkł.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Stojąca obok szlachcica Nyn, odziana w
prostą, bawełnianą suknię o barwie węgla i ciepły kożuszek, zakryła dłonią
usta. Jej oczy rozszerzyły się w zszokowaniu i zalśniły łzami. Raul wiedział,
że była wrażliwa i żałował, że musiała to oglądać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Delikatnie uścisnął dłonią jej okryte
futerkiem ramię, gdyż sam był zbyt rozemocjonowany, by wypowiedzieć jakieś
słowa. Dziewczyna spoglądała na niego smutno, ale drżącą ręką uścisnęła jego na
znak przyzwolenia. Raul wyminął ją i zbiegł na dół. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Tam strażnik zdejmował już ciało karła ze
zwłok królewny i odciągał je na bok, tworząc za sobą rubinowy pas. Jedna ze
ścian pięknej, szklanej trumny była rozbita i przypominała wyszczerbione zęby. Tłum
wyraźnie złorzeczył karłowi, więc Raul wbiegł na środek ołtarza i usiłował
zapanować nad gniewnymi nastrojami. Oznajmił, że Gburek miał zmącone chorobą
zmysły i że w głębi nie chciał tak otwarcie pożegnać umiłowanej pani. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Młodzieniec podejrzewał, że w
rzeczywistości człowieczek był raczej chory z rozpaczy. Przez to on sam nie
czuł się dobrze z myślą, że nie do końca oczyszcza go z przewinienia, niemniej
nie mógł postąpić inaczej. <i>Ludzie i tak
go nie pokochają. </i>Sam nie wiedział, co też ten niziołek sobie myślał,
zachowując się tak bezczelnie? Czy gdzieś w zaciszu śmierdzącej groty naprawdę wykiełkowało
uczucie, czy to tylko ruch prowokujący… <i>Nie
był godzien dotykać ust królewny, skoro nawet ja tego nie zrobiłem. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul w końcu przyjrzał się zwłokom karła —
spojrzał na wytarte szmaty, które nosił, na pooraną brudem i otarciami twarz,
która już i bez tego nie była ładna, na śmiesznie nieproporcjonalne ciało, w
którym tkwiła paskudna rana. Ogarnął go jakiś żal, choć nie żywił do Gburka ani
płomyka sympatii. <i>Czy to rzeczywiście
diabełek?</i> Teraz przypominał raczej brzydkie, osamotnione dziecko, leżące na
zimnej posadzce jak do snu. <i>Dlaczego to
zrobiłeś? </i>— chciał warknąć na karła. <i>Przecież
cię ostrzegali, przecież wiedziałeś, że strażnik nie cofnie się przed zabiciem
kogoś takiego jak ty! </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek nie sprawiał wrażenia głupca, teraz
zaś wyglądał spokojnie. <i>On wiedział, na
co się pisze, podchodząc do trumny — </i>pojął zdumiony Raul i pożałował, że
przez wzgląd na Śnieżkę nie zdążył mu tego wybić z głowy. Po chwili wyrzuty
sumienia przekształciły się w złość. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ludzie patrzyli na niego wyczekująco. <i>Już wkrótce stanę się ich władcą. Muszę…
muszę postępować jak najrozsądniej. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Przenieście królewnę do krypty.
Pozostanie tam do chwili pogrzebu. Karła zaś zakopcie w ziemi na podmiejskich
łąkach, niech jego dusza zazna spokoju — zdecydował młodzieniec z lśniącymi
smutno oczyma. Potem machnął władczo ręką, gnębiony widokiem szklanych odłamków
i krwi na posadzce. — I posprzątajcie
ten bałagan! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Tłum zaczął kierować się do wyjścia,
przeciskając się pomiędzy spoconymi ciałami i cieniami katedry. Raul spoglądał,
jak rycerze biorą niedbale nieszczęsne ciało Gburka i kierują się z nim bocznymi
drzwiami, a jak inni delikatnie niosą Śnieżkę do ciemnej krypty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W baśniach
pocałunek dawał życie, tutaj jednak przyniósł śmierć.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka się poruszyła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek otworzył powoli oczy i powiódł nimi
po wnętrzu katedry, które nie było już ciemne, cuchnące i smutne, lecz spokojne
i jasne. Przez witrażowe okna do środka wpływał złocisty blask, nadający szklanej
trumnie srebrzyste diamenciki refleksów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka jak we śnie zaczęła się podnosić
do pozycji siedzącej. Zdumiony karzeł dźwignął się i stanął przy trumnie na
słabnących nogach. Rozwierał szeroko oczy, ale wciąż nie rozumiał. <i>Ona nie żyła, leżała tutaj zimna i martwa, a
lud ją opłakiwał… </i>Musiał jednak założyć, że to wszystko było tylko
koszmarem, gdyż teraz ukryta za błękitnym materiałem sukni pierś Śnieżki falowała w
spokojnych oddechach, a jej szaroniebieskie oczy rozświetlały płomienie życia.
W złocistej poświecie dziewczyna wyglądała tak pięknie i wzruszająco, że z
piersi Gburka wyrwał się jęk ulgi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka zwróciła ku niemu twarz i
zatrzepotała ze zdumieniem gęstymi rzęsami, budząc się ostatecznie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Gburku… Jesteś tutaj. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Na jej karmazynowych ustach zatańczył
drżący uśmiech, a jej biała dłoń wyciągnęła się w jego stronę. Karzeł nie
potrafił już myśleć o swoim wstydzie. Wplótł szorstkie palce pomiędzy jej
delikatne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Dobrze się czujesz?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Ja? Znakomicie! Przyszedłeś po mnie —
zdała sobie nagle sprawę, a jej oczy rozjarzyły się zachwytem i czułością.
Ścisnęła jego dłoń. — Wiedziałam, że to będziesz ty… Chcę tylko ciebie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburkowi odjęło mowę. Spoglądał na swoją
królewnę, tak piękną i czystą niczym biały płomień, i nie potrafił już dłużej
powstrzymywać łez. Pozwolił, by zalśniły w jego ciemnych oczach i spłynęły mu
po policzkach słonymi strumyczkami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka nie mogła tego znieść. Wstała z
trumny, otoczyła ramionami szlochające ciało wybawiciela i oddała mu pocałunek.
Prawdziwy. Wiedząc, że dotyka warg mężczyzny, który przywrócił ją do życia. A
Gburek odpowiedział jej bez niepewności, oddając wszelką radość i pasję, którą
w sobie chował przez te wszystkie lata. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Szklana trumna roztrzaskała się w mgnieniu
oka na tysiące srebrnych kawałeczków, jak zły sen, który odchodzi wraz z brzaskiem.
Złocista łuna katedry zamigotała. Gdzieś z dali niósł się echem radosny śmiech
innych krasnoludków, delikatne westchnienie królowej matki i zbliżający się
stukot butów króla. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nigdy cię nie opuszczę, Gburku, już
nigdy, nigdy… — szeptała płomiennie Śnieżka, gdy ich złączone sylwetki
pochłaniało niebiańskie światło. A Gburek ani przez chwilę nie wątpił, że to
prawda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nigdy</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> nie mogli być
bardziej szczęśliwi. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I tak oto dochodzimy do końca tej historii. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> Wiem, że możecie zareagować różnie na ten obrót wypadków. Być może część z was spodziewała się, że Gburek przywróci do życia królewnę jak myśliwy w Królewnie Śnieżce i Łowcy... ale czy to byłoby szczęśliwe zakończenie? Śnieżka nigdy nie mogłaby związać się z karłem, ich światy były zbyt różne. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">Nie chodzi mi o to, że propaguję śmierć. Uznałam jedynie, że chcę, aby postacie uzyskały pokój. Gburek, który prowadził półżycie i doznał wiele przykrości oraz Śnieżka, która poświęciła się, by umrzeć niepokonaną. Zauważcie, że królowa przed śmiercią chciała do niej dotrzeć, być może skorzystać z magii serc... a tymczasem Śnieżka była już martwa i nie mogła posłużyć za odczynienie czaru. Teraz zaś złączyła się z Gburkiem oraz rodzicami i jest szczęśliwa. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> Taki zamysł był od początku powieści. Chciałam odwrócić działanie magicznego pocałunku i pokazać niekanoniczną miłość. Mam nadzieję, że mimo wszystko wam się podobało. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">Epilog nie będzie długi, ale znajdziecie w nim pewne... podsumowanie. Wtedy też napiszę, co dalej z baśniowymi historiami :) Już niebawem. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">Tymczasem zapraszam was do siebie na Facebooka ^^</span></div>
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<span style="color: #9fc5e8; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Marzyci3lka/"><b>Marzycielka</b></a></span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-62712079956120604142016-03-22T13:05:00.001+01:002016-06-22T20:14:35.256+02:00Rozdział XXIX{Żywi i martwi}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul nie spodziewał się, że jej widok tak
go ucieszy. Przemierzał właśnie bez celu zamkowe korytarze, by czymś zabić czas
pozostały do oficjalnego pożegnania Śnieżki, kiedy zza zakrętu wyłoniła się ona.
Drobna postać o włosach jak nici słońca. Jej powieki były jednak
półprzymknięte, a spojrzenie wbite w trzymany dzban. <i>Pachnie winem. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— To dla sir Eda, Nyn? — zagadnął młodzieniec,
wykrzesując z siebie cień pogodnego tonu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczyna przystanęła jak zaczarowana i
powoli uniosła na niego wzrok zielonych oczu. Dziś były one wilgotne, a na
widok Raula rozszerzyły się ze zdumienia. Młodzieniec nie pamiętał dokładnie
twarzy kucharki, bo zawsze przysłaniały mu ją cienie, ale mógłby przysiąc, że
wcześniej nie była ona tak blada i zmęczona, tak… stara i niepasująca do
zakwitającej dziewczyny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Raul… — odezwała się Nyn lekko
zachrypniętym głosem, po czym odchrząknęła nerwowo. — To znaczy, mój panie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Możesz zwać mnie po imieniu. —
Młodzieniec uznał, że nie powinna używać oficjalnego zwrotu po tym, jak zeszła
dla niego w ciemność lochów i wymieniała z nim szepty z twarzą tuż za kratami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Kucharka skinęła głową, wodząc niepewnie
wzrokiem po jego obliczu — może szukając w nim tego samego smutku. Dzban w jej
rękach zadrżał lekko i niedoszły małżonek Śnieżki przez moment sądził, że
dziewczyna rzuci mu się z płaczem na szyję, przy tym ponownie rozlewając
zawartość niesionego naczynia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Widziałeś ją?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Przed oczami młodzieńca znów przemknął obraz pogrążonego w półmroku ołtarza i lśniącej, szklanej trumny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Modliłem się przy niej wczoraj. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Ja nie. I dziś też nie chcę do niej
pójść. Wstyd mi, bo ją zawiodłam. — Po twarzy dziewczyny przeszedł grymas żalu.
Teraz wyglądała jak mała, powstrzymująca szloch dziewczynka. Raul zamrugał
dwukrotnie. <i>Ty ją zawiodłaś? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Zabawne. Czuję to samo. Z tą różnicą, że
ja miałem miecz i pozycję, a ty byłaś jedynie odważną kucharką. — Miało to
zabrzmieć żartobliwie, pocieszająco, ale oczy Nyn zapełniły się łzami. Raul na
szczęście był gotowy przytrzymać dzban, kiedy omal nie wypuściła go z rąk. Czubki
ich palców musnęły się. Ten gest jakby obudził dziewczynę z żałobnego
letargu. Zatrzepotała rzęsami i chwyciła pewniej naczynie, by potem położyć je
na ziemi. Wino w jego środku zabulgotało cicho. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie słyszałam twojej przemowy, ale inne
kucharki mówiły, że była piękna. Przypominałeś anioła zemsty — odezwała się
cicho, a łzy w jej oczach zamigotały przyjaznym blaskiem. Potem zmarszczyła
wojowniczo brwi, odzyskując cień dawnej siebie. — Cieszę się, że powiedziałeś
im prawdę. To bardzo ważne. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Usta Raula musnął uśmiech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Przynajmniej tyle mogłem zrobić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nyn niedługo odpowiadała mu bladym
uśmiechem. Znów zdawała się zmartwiona. Jej niezgrabnie plączące się między
sobą palce mówiły o zakłopotaniu. W końcu odważyła się spytać: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Kto będzie teraz rządził?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dobre pytanie. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Królewscy doradcy
nie byli w tej sprawie jednogłośni, ale jej rozważenie zbliżało się nieubłaganie.
Jeszcze przez kilka dni ludzie zajmą się Śnieżką, a oczy zamydlą im tamte
wstrząsające wydarzenia, ale potem zrozumieją, że ktoś będzie musiał usiąść na
tronie. Nie będzie to jednak nikt z linii królewskiej, bowiem Śnieżka umarła
niezamężna i bezdzietna, a król Filip nie posiadał żadnego rodzeństwa poza
bratem Karolem, który leżał na drugim końcu kraju i powoli dogorywał na
zakażenie tkwiące w jego płucach. W tej sytuacji oczy doradców zwróciły się ku
Raulowi z Bukowego Dworu, który przecież z takim zapałem przyznawał się do
bycia narzeczonym królewny, a w dodatku dowiódł swojej odwagi i przywiązania
wobec królestwa.<i> <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Młodzieniec
wiedział, że z zaprzeczenia, iż wcale nie wyszedł z miłosną propozycją do
Śnieżki, nie wyniknie nic dobrego. Nie potrafił jeszcze jednak przyjąć do
wiadomości, że miałby włożyć na skronie koronę i władać w imieniu zmarłej
królewny. To było za dużo w zbyt krótkim czasie, nawet dla niego. Przyjaciele i
brat nie popędzali go z wydaniem zgody tak jak doradcy, ale i w ich oczach
tkwiła jakaś iskra ponaglenia. <i>Okazja do
bycia królem zdarza się tylko raz w życiu.</i> Raul nie spotkał się jeszcze z
matką, ale wiedział, że gdy do tego dojdzie, lady Alena nie pozwoli mu nie
skorzystać z szansy od losu. <i>Chce, bym
objął tron, z królewną czy bez. A czy Śnieżka nie byłaby przeciwna? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Skąd mógł wiedzieć? Wyruszył na jej
poszukiwania do przeklętego lasu i modlił się przy jej trumnie, ale musiał
przyznać, że tak naprawdę jej nie znał. <i>Chyba
rzeczywiście była dla mnie bardziej aniołem niż kobietą. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Teraz mógł tylko prychnąć cicho. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Wszystko wskazuje na to, że ja. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nyn westchnęła zaskoczona, a jej oczy zalśniły
— blask ten zdawał się rozprzestrzenić po całej jej postaci. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jesteś idealny do roli naszego króla! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul zaczerpnął gwałtownie powietrza. Te
słowa mu schlebiały i podnosiły na duchu, ale był świadom, że władanie to nie
tylko grzanie tyłka na tronie i spanie w jedwabiach. Na jego barki spadłby los
tysięcy ludzi, ich proszący wzrok i wyczekujące serca. Czy byle szlachcic może
poradzić sobie z taką odpowiedzialnością? I znów czuł to samo co w chwilach, gdy
spoglądał w twarz wymagającej matki. Wiedział, że ma w sobie to, co potrzeba, ale
i tak obawiał się gorzkiego smaku zawodu; że jednak nie zdoła wpisać się w ramy
wymagań. To wychodziło gdzieś z jego głębi, z dumy i pojęcia honoru… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nie mógł znieść myśli, że byłby rozczarowaniem
dla całego królestwa, że zostałby zapamiętany jako słaby czy niegodny swojego
stanowiska. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Chcesz, bym objął tron? — wykrztusił mniej
pewnie, niż zamierzał. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Pan… Raulu, nie patrz na to jak na
obowiązek — poprosiła łagodnie kucharka, spoglądając mu głęboko w oczy. <i>Zbyt głęboko. —</i> To dar. Jestem pewna, że Śnieżka chciałaby,
byś zajął jej miejsce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nyn uśmiechała się, jakby to wszystko było
takie proste. Młodzieniec czuł, że jego dusza rozdziera się jak targana wiatrem
zasłona. <i>Co kuchenna dziewka może
wiedzieć o sprawowaniu władzy?! <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ale w jej oczach widział budzącą się
nadzieję. Nadzieję całego ludu. <i>Kto ich
podniesie po upadku? Nie mogę odrzucić tej propozycji z powodu własnego
tchórzostwa. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Będę się starał być dobrym królem —
oświadczył w końcu cicho, jakby </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">jeszcze </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">bał się dźwięku tej decyzji. Nyn pokiwała
energicznie głową. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Wierzę w to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul patrzył na nią przez chwilę; na
osnute blaskiem oczy, pod którymi malowały się fioletowe półksiężyce znużenia; na spierzchnięte,
wygięte w uśmiechu usta przypominające oszronione maliny. <i>Ta dziewczyna ma w sobie cząstkę Śnieżki — jej naiwność i słodycz. </i>Nagle
młodzieniec postanowił, że nie może zostawić tej małej kucharki samej z
kąsającymi ją żalem i poczuciem winy. Obydwoje walczyli po tej samej stronie,
obydwoje wylewali łzy nad śmiercią królewny, a teraz obydwoje potrzebowali
siebie nawzajem. Miał nadzieję, że opiekując się Nyn, opiekuje się też tak
jakby Śnieżką, że dostaje od losu drugą szansę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul niespodziewanie chwycił kucharkę za
ręce. Drgnęła z zaskoczenia, ale wkrótce jej delikatne palce odnalazły
odpowiednie położenie pomiędzy jego. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Pójdź ze mną, Nyn — poprosił z powagą,
czując, że w jego wnętrzu powoli kiełkuje nowa siła i zapał. — Śnieżka była
naszą przyjaciółką. Musimy ją pożegnać, nie sądzisz? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczyna wahała się chwilę, ale w końcu
skinęła lekko jasną głową.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jeśli ty pójdziesz, to ja też —
stwierdziła dzielnie, a jej usta ułożyły się w drżący uśmiech. Zadowolony Raul puścił jej dłonie, ale wiedział, że tak naprawdę ona
cały czas będzie blisko niego.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek czuł się w mieście bardzo nieswojo,
niemalże jak intruz. Minęło wiele czasu, odkąd ostatnio opuścił czeluście puszczy i znalazł się wśród wysokich, przepełnionych nienawiścią ludzi. Karzeł
bał się ich śpieszących gdzieś sylwetek, brutalnych nóg i gotowych do
szyderstwa ust. Im bardziej zagłębiał się w przesycone zapachem jedzenia i potu
uliczki, tym jego oddech stawał się szybszy — jakby biegł, a nie poruszał się
ostrożnie po ośnieżonym bruku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W pewnej chwili wydawało mu się, że
przejeżdżający obok woźnica furmanki z sianem jest jego ojcem. Pod wilgotną
szatą skrywało się równie chude ciało, a twarz miała ten sam szczurzy wyraz…
Gburek już miał rzucić się do ucieczki, ale wtem mężczyzna minął go bez słowa,
a jego wóz zaczął się powoli oddalać. <i>Uspokój
się, głupcze! </i>— warknął w myślach karzeł, gdy jego serce wciąż biło
szaleńczo. <i>Karczma twojego ojca stoi
znacznie bardziej na zachód i jeśli los choć raz był łaskawy, ma już innego
właściciela. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Człowieczek mimowolnie zaczął się zastanawiać,
czy trafiłby do rodzinnej gospody. Nie czuł się związany z tym miejscem,
niemniej to tam spędził najspokojniejszy okres swojego życia. Musiał znosić
ciekawskie spojrzenia podpitych klientów i zimnego ojca, który widział w swoich
synach cień złej mocy, ale wiedział, że matka nie pozwoli im umrzeć. Widocznie
tliła się w niej jakaś iskierka uczuć czy obowiązku rodzicielki, bo pilnowała,
by bliźniacy nie chodzili głodni i dbała o nich, gdy leżeli zmożeni chorobą.
Nie chciała mieć jednak z nimi dłuższego kontaktu — kiedy tylko poczuli się
lepiej, opuszczała ich ciemne poddasze, jakby to był tylko zły sen, do którego
czasem musiała wracać. Nigdy nie zamknęła swoich synów w czułym uścisku, nigdy
nie dotknęła ustami ich czół. W jej oczach nie było ciepła czy miłości — tylko niepowstrzymany
smutek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jednak w karczmie
była jeszcze Nyn </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— przypomniał sobie Gburek, uskakując przed
bezlitosnymi kopytami konia. Teraz nie potrafił już utkać w pamięci rysów jej
twarzy, choć wciąż widział przed oczami jasny kolor jej włosów. <i>Wiecznie uśmiechnięta Nyn, słodkie
stworzenie fruwające pomiędzy stolikami… </i>Wedle słów Śnieżki zajmowała się
teraz gotowaniem dla samej rodziny królewskiej i zapewne już nie pamiętała o
karłowatych synach swojego poprzedniego chlebodawcy — nie wiedziała, co zrobiła
dla Gburka; że jeden jej życzliwy uśmiech był miodem na rany serca. Niziołek
nie miał złudzeń, iż kiedyś dane mu będzie z dziewczyną coś więcej niż
spojrzenie mu w twarz bez odrazy, ale wtem... zjawiła się Śnieżka. Zagubiona
dziewczyna o niewinnych oczach anioła, o czerwonych ustach, które uśmiechały
się do niego, o palcach, które nie bały się dotknąć dłoni karła… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka. To dla
niej tu jestem</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Opatuleni w ciepłe szaty przechodnie
sunęli powoli bądź śpiesznie po ulicach miasta. Ich buty zostawiały niewyraźne
ślady w brudnobiałej powierzchni. Zewsząd napływał gwar, choć w porównaniu z
tym, co zapamiętał Gburek, wydawał się on przyciszony. Niebo nad nimi miało
barwę gotującej się do ataku stali i już tylko czekało, aż spuści z siebie
kolejną porcję śniegu. Ludzie czasem zerkali z ukosa na drepczącego obok nich
niziołka w wypłowiałej szacie, ale nikt nie kwapił się, by go zatrzymać. Gburkowi
nie umknęły uwadze porozwieszane gdzieniegdzie czarne jak noc flagi, łopoczące
złowieszczo na wietrze na wzór klepiących jęzorów potwora. Nie podobało mu się
to ani trochę. A im bliżej był mieszczącego się na wzniesieniu zamku, tym
więcej widział niepokojących oznak. Ludzie zdawali się mówić szeptem, a jakiś
obdarty grajek śpiewał coś zawodzącym z żalu głosem na rogu ulicy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">To do niego Gburek skierował swe kroki. <i>Jeśli mi nie pomoże, przynajmniej nacieszę
się chwilą spokoju od tego miałczenia. </i>Karzeł oblizał suche wargi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Przepraszam, dobry panie! — Młodzieniec
w wilgotnych łachmanach zamilkł jak oparzony, mocniej przyciskając swoją
ubłoconą lutnię do piersi, jakby w obawie o próbę kradzieży. Gburek nie był
specjalnie zaskoczony, dlatego po prostu zadał pytanie: — Dla kogo wygrywasz
swą smutną pieśń?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dla królowej czy
królewny?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Dla królewny, oczywiście! — odparł mniej
nieufanie śpiewak, nie ukrywając zadowolenia, że ktoś zainteresował się jego
pracą. Pogłaskał palcami zniszczony instrument. — Może chciałbyś mnie nagrodzić
za te starania? Panie? Karle…? Głuchyś?! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ale do Gburka nie docierały
zniecierpliwione słowa grajka, jakby znalazł się za swoim posępnym murem. Przed
oczami widział kołyszącą się flagę, czarną, hebanową jak jej włosy... jej włosy
tańczące na wietrze… <i>Jego </i>Śnieżki. Miał
wrażenie, że chwila teraźniejsza cofa się jak przewrócona w tył strona księgi,
a on stoi nad bezwładnymi ciałami swoich karłowatych przyjaciół… A potem,
jeszcze wcześniej, spogląda na upadającego Wesołka i krew spływającą z dziury w
jego czaszce… Znów zawrzało w nim to samo uczucie — morze gniewu, żalu i
bezradności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Za późno, za
późno, za późno… — </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">jęczały jego myśli, a on sam omal nie
upadł na ziemię.<i> Czy to moja klątwa?! Mam
żyć i patrzeć, jak odchodzą ci, których kocham?! Co to za świat?! Co to za
popieprzone zasady?!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Karzeł uniósł gniewne i lśniące od łez
spojrzenie na coraz bardziej zaniepokojonego grajka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jak…?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Coś w twarzy rozmówcy musiało przestraszyć
śpiewaka, bo ten odparł jak najprędzej:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Mówią, że królowa chciała odprawić
czarnomagiczny rytuał, przy czym zabiła i siebie, i nieszczęsną królewnę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W głowie niziołka szalała burza, dlatego
też z trudem wychwycił on coś dziwnego w tej wiadomości. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Królowa była czarownicą?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Tak twierdzi Raul z Bukowego Dworu,
narzeczony królewny, a on chyba się nie myli, prawda? — Gburek nie
odpowiedział, więc grajek kontynuował: — Dlatego ciało królowej spalono bez
pogrzebu, a popioły odesłano…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nie obchodzi mnie
cholerna królowa. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">A Śnieżka?! Co ze
Śnieżką?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śpiewak aż się cofnął. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jej ciało jest wystawione w trumnie w
katedrze dla oczu poddanych. Taki zwyczaj….<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mogę ją ujrzeć. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek bez żadnego podziękowania obrócił
się na pięcie i ruszył w stronę katedry. Jej smukłe, ciemnoszare wieże pięły się dumnie nad
ośnieżonymi dachami budynków. Śpiewak wołał za nim coś o chociażby grosiku, ale
karzeł równie dobrze mógłby teraz nie mieć uszu. Pędził tak szybko, na ile
pozwalały mu krótkie nogi, nie przejmując się już, czy potrąceni ludzie będą wyzywać
go od najgorszych. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Zatrzymał się dopiero przy wrotach do
katedry — a to dlatego, że wejście blokował mu tłum żałobników. Z początku
sądził, że jest to kolejka do trumny królewny, w której będzie musiał po prostu
jakoś poczekać, ale ściana ludzi w ogóle nie przesuwała się do przodu, a za to
zaczęła się powiększać. Wkrótce ubrania czekających pokrył biały puszek, a
karzeł był już na granicy cierpliwości. <i>Jeżeli
będę tu stać, nigdy się do niej nie zbliżę. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Postanowił wykorzystać to, co zawsze
uważał za klątwę — niski wzrost. Dla niektórych wydawał się być po prostu
chłopcem, który z łatwością wnikał w dziurę w mrowisku ludzi albo przeczołgiwał
się pomiędzy ich nogami. Oczywiście zdarzało się, że ktoś nie był zadowolony z
jego manewrów — kilka razy został kopnięty, a w pewnej chwili jego kaptur minął
się o włos z wyciągniętą mściwie ręką jakiegoś mężczyzny. Karzeł cały czas
jednak pruł na przód. Po jakimś czasie znalazł się już we wnętrzu olbrzymiej
katedry, którą wypełniały kłęby półmroku. Gburek zatrzymał się na chwilę. Jak
przez mgłę uświadomił sobie, że nigdy nie dostąpił zaszczytu przekroczenia
progu świętej budowli — w końcu ojciec nie chciał zabierać do boskiego domu
pomiotu szatana. <i>Jeszcze nie stanąłem w
ogniu, więc jest dobrze. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W powietrzu snuły się strużki świecowego
dymu i słodyczy kwiatów, ale to i tak nie mogło zatuszować odoru przybyłej
ciżby. Gdzieś na przedzie chór czystych, anielskich głosów wyśpiewywał
pożegnalne pieśni. Cienie tańczyły na kamiennych ścianach niczym ponure duchy z
tamtego świata — wyciągające ręce po białe ciało spoczywające w trumnie na
środku ołtarza. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek zacisnął mocno szczęki, gdy jego
wzrok padł na podłużny, półkolisty, wykonany ze szkła przedmiot na
podwyższeniu. Nawet z tej odległości widział w nim zarys dziewczęcego ciała. Teraz
już nie mógł mieć nadziei, iż próżny grajek się mylił. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Naraz gdzieś z otchłani pamięci doleciał
do niego przesiąknięty zapałem szept: „Nie, bo uczyniłeś mnie silną’’… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gówno prawda!</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> <i>Gdyby tak rzeczywiście było, wciąż byś żyła!
</i>Co z tego, że dziewczyna, która opuszczała jego grotę, miała odważniejsze
spojrzenie niż ta, która do niej wchodziła, co z tego, że pozbawił Śnieżkę
głupich złudzeń i nauczył topienia ostrza w ciele, skoro ona i tak teraz leżała
tam bez ducha?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdzieś pomiędzy kolumnami nioziołek ujrzał
przechadzającego się Raula. Powiewał za nim czarny jak płachta nocy płaszcz. Gburek
chciał wziąć go w ręce i skręcić z niego pętlę na szyję szlachcica. <i>Jej narzeczony, tak?! A gdzie był ten głupiec,
kiedy królowa ją mordowała?! Wydawał się tak śmiały i mądry, i co z tego
przyszło?!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Niewielkim ciałem karła owładnęła ślepa
złość. Nie przejmował się już, jak tłum zareaguje na jego zachowanie — po
prostu pchał się i pełznął pomiędzy morzem różnobarwnych plam, aż w końcu wyczołgał
się prosto na chłodne schodki prowadzące na szczyt ołtarza. Nieopodal stał krzepki
strażnik w zbroi, ale jego wzrok utkwiony był w innym miejscu. Korzystając z
tego, człowieczek zaczął się wspinać na górę. W uszach szumiało mu bicie serca
pomieszane z chórem śpiewających niewiast. Czuł, że ludzie zaczęli go zauważać
— zdumieni wskazywali palcami na zmokniętego diabełka o pałających gniewem
oczach, który dopada do szklanej trumny, jakby chciał pożreć zwłoki królewny. <i>Tak, nienawidźcie mnie, przecież po to się
urodziłem. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">Wieko było otwarte.</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zakończone w strategicznym momencie :D</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kochani, doszliśmy niemal do końca. Pozostał jeszcze tylko jeden rozdział i epilog, ale tak naprawdę cała akcja rozwiąże się w przyszłym rozdziale. To będzie dla mnie wyjątkowa chwila, dlatego też wyznaczam datę, kiedy możecie się spodziewać ostatniego odcinka: <b>23 kwietnia</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Zapraszam i do zobaczenia! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">+ wróciłam do dawnego szablonu, który wykonała dla mnie Elfaba *_*</span></div>
Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-84165859818236434172016-03-03T19:27:00.000+01:002016-03-03T19:27:19.253+01:00Rozdział XXVIII{Szklana trumna}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 3.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Stare mury zamku przeszył ciężki i
złowróżbny dźwięk dzwonów, a połowa mieszkańców dworu otarła się o zawał serca.
Pomywaczki wypuszczały z dłoni ścierki i przewracały wypełnione wodą wiadra, kucharki
omal nie skróciły się nożem o palec, a rycerze zaciskali kurczowo dłonie na
rękojeściach mieczy. W całym zamku rozłożyła się pajęczyna wystraszonych
szeptów i pośpiesznych kroków. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Piegowata Pen była osobistą służką
królowej Heleny, więc gdy w bladych godzinach świtu przyleciała do niej
przyjaciółka, z przejęciem mówiąc, że ich pani została znaleziona martwa w
łożu, omal nie osunęła się na nogach. <i>Morderstwo?
Spisek? Choroba? </i>— przelatywało jej przez głowę. <i>Dobrze, że przynajmniej nie kolejny pożar. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dziewczyna przyglądała się niepewnie, jak zamek
ożywa kłębowiskiem hałasów, jak rycerze w zbrojach przebiegają przez piętra,
jak służące lecą z kolejnymi plotkami. Każdy wydawał się pochłonięty jakimś
wartościowym zadaniem, a ona? Ona mogła tylko stać i zastanawiać się, komu
teraz będzie usługiwała, skoro jej królowa opuściła ten świat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Naraz piegowata dziewczyna przypomniała
sobie o królewnie Śnieżce i jej wiecznie zamkniętej komnacie. <i>Królowa zakazała tam wchodzić, ale chyba
królewna chciałaby wiedzieć, co się stało z jej macochą. </i>Pen, zadowolona,
że wreszcie może się na coś przydać, podwinęła szary materiał sukni służebnej i
pobiegła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Przy drzwiach komnaty trochę się
zaniepokoiła, że będą zamknięte, ale wystarczyło przekręcić srebrną gałkę, a
pomieszczenie już stało otworem. Kotary były rozsunięte, a z wnęki pomiędzy
nimi wlewała się jasna rzeka światła. Na łożu leżała śpiąca piękność — albo
przynajmniej jej cień<span style="font-size: large;">*</span>. Włosy opływały jej twarz jak czarne jezioro, a w
świetle dnia jej cera rzeczywiście wyglądała jak uszyta z płatków śniegu. Co
dziwne, w komnacie nigdzie nie było Raula z Bukowego Dworu, a przecież wszyscy
mówili, że nie zostawia królewny samej. <i>Może
poszedł dowiedzieć się, dlaczego biją dzwony. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">W normalnych warunkach Pen nie śmiałaby
budzić śpiącej pani, ale teraz była zbyt poruszona straszną wieścią, by odejść
bez słowa. Dotknęła ramienia królewny i delikatnie nim potrząsnęła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Pani! Królewno Śnieżko, zbudź się, błagam!
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Na wysłanej spokojem twarzy czarnowłosej
nie drgnął najmniejszy mięsień. Pen przystawiła ucho nad nos śpiącej i zamarła,
nie słysząc szelestu oddechu, nie czując na policzku najlżejszego obłoczku tchnienia.
Teraz królewna wyglądała jak gnijący trup zawinięty w kremową pościel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Przerażona Pen czym prędzej wybiegła kogoś
zawiadomić, zbyt przejęta, by zemdleć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Zamroczony snem Raul w pierwszej chwili pomyślał,
że płynący przez mury dźwięk jest rykiem smoka z opowieści. Dopiero gdy
nadstawił ucha, zrozumiał, że to bicie dzwonów. Siedząc w celi, słyszał tylko
drżący cień głębokiego odgłosu z góry, wystarczyło to jednak, by młodzieniec
poczuł niepokój. <i>Co niesie za sobą ten
dźwięk? Czyją śmierć? </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Przechadzający się za kratami strażnik
oczywiście niczego nie usłyszał i Raul nie mógł liczyć, że przedyskutuje z nim sprawę
alarmu. Jego cela zaś była bezokienna i niepomocna. Mógł tylko kręcić się
nerwowo na słomie, oczekując, że wychwyci jakąś wskazówkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po jakimś czasie dźwięk umilkł albo
przynajmniej tak szlachcicowi się wydawało. Pulsująca w uszach cisza nie
okazała się ani o jotę milsza. Raul martwił się, że królowa włożyła na skronie
koronę triumfu i ma zamiar przyjść do niego z wyciągniętą po serce ręką. <i>Nie pozwolę na to </i>— obiecał sobie nagle.
<i>Zmuszę strażnika, by się do mnie zbliżył,
a potem nabiję się na jego miecz. Wiedźma nie dostanie składnika do jej cholernych
czarów!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Naraz kamienny korytarz rozbrzmiał echem
kroków. W pierwszej chwili młodzieniec pomyślał, że należą do tej życzliwej
kucharki, której udało się wczoraj do niego przedrzeć i wraz z posiłkiem
podarować okruch nadziei. Dźwięk kroków był jednak zbyt ciężki i liczebny, by mógł
należeć do Nyn. Na oświetlonej ścianie zatańczyły niekształtne sylwetki,
zwiastujące nadejście trzech osób. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul aż zerwał się z miejsca, w półmroku
rozpoznając wysoką postać Eda, chłopięcą twarz Lawina i jasne włosy Nytena. Głuchy
strażnik również zauważył intruzów i dobył miecza, wymachując nim ostrzegawczo.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Odpowiedział mu Ed, ściskając w dłoniach
piękne ostrze zwieńczone złotą głową gryfa. Po chwili stal uderzyła o stal —
był to najrozkoszniejszy dźwięk, tuż po śmiechu niewiasty. Raul obserwował
uważnie tę walkę, taniec złocistego i szarego ostrza, ani na chwilę nie wątpiąc
w zwycięstwo przyjaciela. Ed szkolił się w Bukowym Dworze i był równie dobrym
wojownikiem co uwięziony towarzysz. Teraz sprawnie zadawał ciosy i z lekkością
unikał miecza przeciwnika, choć był od niego o głowę wyższy. Po niedługiej
wymianie pchnięć, głuchy strażnik wylądował na ziemi ze złością w oczach i
ostrzem przy gardle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie zabijaj go, on tylko wykonywał swój
obowiązek! — przypomniał Lawin. Jego upór tym razem poruszył Raula. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie zapomniałem o tym. — Ed uśmiechnął
się drapieżnie, po czym solidnym zamachem buta zdzielił przeciwnika w twarz.
Strażnik jęknął i osunął się na ziemię, bezwiednie zamykając powieki. Nyten
doskoczył do niego i wymacał klucze za pasem. Po chwili metalowe kraty otworzyły
się z niechętnym jękiem i Raul był wolny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— A już zaczynałem w was wątpić! — zawołał
z figlarną nutą, przytulając po przyjacielsku Eda i klepiąc go z uznaniem po
plecach. Ten włożył mu pomiędzy palce lśniący zwycięstwem Jęzor Gryfa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Tylko pożyczyłem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Ja myślę! — Raul pieszczotliwie przesunął
palcem po łbie gryfa, jakby był on jego zwierzęcym pupilem. Następnie objął
również uśmiechniętego Nytena, a na końcu uściskał młodszego brata. Jego widok przyniósł
mu wielką ulgę. Cieszył się, że poddanie nie poszło na marne, cieszył się, że
znów widzi twarze swoich najbliższych towarzyszy. Po chwili jednak zmarszczył
brwi, przypominając sobie o świecie za chłodnymi murami lochów. — Wiedźma nic
wam nie zrobiła?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Próbowała — prychnął Ed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Użyła swoich czarów — uzupełnił Nyten, a
jego niebieskie oczy zasnuł smutek. — Byliśmy jak we mgle, nie mogliśmy iść cię
szukać, nie mogliśmy nawet myśleć <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Wydawało mi się, że jak tylko zamknąłem
oczy, już nie mogłem ich otworzyć… — zwierzył się Lawin, spuszczając wzrok,
jakby wstydził się swojej bezsilności. <i>Doskonale
go rozumiem.</i> — Dopiero tego ranka coś się zmieniło. Odzyskaliśmy zmysły i popędziliśmy
ci na ratunek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nagle cała ulga i lekkość w sercu Raula
zamarzła jak za podmuchem zimy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Tego ranka zabiły dzwony… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jego towarzysze wymienili niespokojne spojrzenia.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Królowa została znaleziona martwa we
własnym łożu — zaczął hardo Ed, ale jego uśmiech wydawał się blady jak kończący
się dzień. — W całym zamku panuje zamęt, z którego skorzystaliśmy, by ominąć
straże u wejścia do lochów. Nic jeszcze nie jest pewne, ale ludzie podejrzewają
skrytobójcę lub truciznę. Jak dla mnie, to bez znaczenia. Ważne, że wiedźma wyzionęła
ducha! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Królowa jest
martwa. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Te trzy słowa były jak polanie czoła świętą wodą. Na ustach Raula już
kiełkował pełen zadowolenia uśmiech, gdy przerwał mu smutny, zadziwiająco
ciężki głos Eda:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Przykro mi, Raul, to jeszcze nie koniec.
— Spojrzał przyjacielowi w oczy. — Śnieżka również nie żyje. Ją także znaleziono
na łożu we własnej komnacie, choć jej ciało nie nosiło żadnych śladów, żadnych
ran… Podobno wyglądała, jakby po prostu zasnęła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul miał wrażenie, że napił się z
kielicha szczęścia, a teraz smak trunku gorzknieje w jego ustach. Przyjaciele
patrzyli mu w oczy ze współczuciem, co tylko podsycało jego żal — wolałby teraz
zostać sam; nie chciał, by towarzysze widzieli, jak twarz ich dowódcy blednie,
a nogi drżą, usiłując utrzymać ciężar tracącego władzę ciała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Starał się przywołać w myślach chwilę, w
której widział Śnieżkę po raz ostatni — jak okryta jego płaszczem wchodziła do
zamku, a on patrzył na nią przez delikatny deszcz płatków śniegu. Wyglądała
krucho i mizernie, ale płonęło w niej życie. Była młoda i zdeterminowana. Białe
kocię nabierające pazurków. Młodzieniec usilnie szukał w tej scenie jakiejś
wskazówki, czegoś, co podważyłoby wieść o śmierci królewny. <i>Przecież jedno z ramion wagi sprawiedliwości
miało opaść, a drugie się wznieść, nigdy nie powinny się zrównoważyć... </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Muszę ją zobaczyć! — zdecydował, patrząc
na twarze przyjaciół z gorzejącymi od żalu oczyma. — Zaprowadźcie mnie do niej,
powiedźcie, że jestem jej narzeczonym! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Narzeczonym nieboszczki.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Myślę, że chwilowo to niemożliwe, nawet
dla ciebie — orzekł Nyten, wzdychając ciężko. — Do zamku przybywają coraz to
nowsi medycy, by zbadać ciała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nic nie znajdą, jeśli nie wezmą pod
uwagę pieprzonych czarów! Skoro nie mogę jej zobaczyć, przemówię do ludzi! — oznajmił
niespodziewanie Raul, pragnąc, by gniew i zemsta na chwilę załatały powstającą w
nim dziurę. — Nie pozwolę, by obie umarły w ich pamięci tak samo! Każdy z was
wie, że królowa nie zginęła jako ofiara. Świat musi dowiedzieć się o jej wiedźmowatym
obliczu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jej serce miało rytm dzwonów, a twarz
barwę zsiadłego mleka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Cała służba kuchenna stłoczyła się w
jednym miejscu, by posłuchać wieści, które przyniósł ze sobą rozemocjonowany Pryszcz.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Obie padły jak muchy? — pierwszy
komentarz poleciał ze strony Passy Bułeczki, która drapała się teraz po
rzadkich włosach w akcie niedowierzania. Miotła i Rzepa zaczęły płakać w swoich
ramionach. Pozostałe kucharki również wydawały się wstrząśnięte. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Słoneczko też chciała zadać jakieś
pytanie, znaleźć słowa, które rozwieją tę makabryczną pomyłkę, ale nie
potrafiła zdobyć się na otwarcie ust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— No przecież mówię! — zniecierpliwił się
Pryszcz, a potem podrapał w zamyśleniu krostę na nosie. — Królewna umarła we
śnie zmożona szaleństwem, a dłoń królowej była sczerniała od trucizny… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Trucizna…</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> To bardzo
podstępne słowo, równie podstępne jak umieszczenie jej w błahym nożu. Jeszcze
niedawno Nyn sądziła, że skoro królewnie udało się zadać cios i wsączyć jad w
ciało wiedźmy, szala zwycięstwa będzie po jej stronie. Teraz jednak dławiący
szloch w gardle podpowiadał dziewczynie, że popełniła błąd. Królowa jakimś
cudem zdołała pozbawić Śnieżkę życia. Jej Śnieżkę, prawowitą władczynię
Zielonych Krain! <i>Czy to podstępne czary?
To muszą być czary, prawda?!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Widziała przed oczami młodziutką twarz
Śnieżki, płomyczki radości tańczące w jej oczach jakby odbicie słońca. Widziała
też jej mizerniejszą wersję wśród pary ciepłej wody z bali, która z zapałem
oznajmia, że zabije czarownicę. Widziała ich dłonie złączone w ulotnej chwili
przekazania sztyletu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nyn, słoneczko, co się dzieje? — Zatroskany
głos ojca. Jego ciepłe ręce, łapiące jej osuwające się na ziemię ciało.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ty nie wiesz,
tatusiu. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Powinnam jej powiedzieć, powinnam… i
dopilnować, by to zrobiła… — wyjąkała Słoneczko przez łzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nagle cała jej wiara w zwycięstwo dobra, w
widzenie jasnych aspektów życia, w pogodę ducha zadrżała niespokojnie jak
płomień tuż przed tym, jak owionie go podmuch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po raz pierwszy pojęła, że świat jest
niesprawiedliwy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Zbierzcie ludzi z zamku, najwięcej, jak
się da! — rozkazał Raul, stojąc na skąpanym chłodnym słońcu dziedzińcu.
Strażnicy przy wrotach wydawali się z lekka zdezorientowani, czemu młodzieniec
się nie dziwił. Z przetłuszczonymi włosami i gorliwym błyskiem w oku mógł
wyglądać na szaleńca. Nie potrafił się jednak tym przejąć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Wybacz, panie… — zaczął jeden z
mężczyzn, widocznie poznając w strojącym przed nim człowieku wybawiciela
królewny z Bukowego Dworu. — Znamy twe zasługi, ale kim ty jesteś, by przemówić
do tych ludzi w chwili żałoby?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Młodzieniec nie musiał zastanawiać się nad
odpowiedzią. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jestem narzeczonym królewny Śnieżki i
znam prawdę, której jej usta nie zdążyły wymówić — oznajmił, a coś w jego
wzroku przekonało strażnika, by spełnił jego polecenie i zwołał wszystkie
dusze, które spotkał na swej drodze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po kilku chwilach dziedziniec zaczął się
zapełniać ludźmi. Jedni z zaciekawieniem wyginali szyje, inni wskazywali na
Raula ze zdumieniem. Niektóre twarze nosiły na sobie nieme oskarżenie. Szlachcic
dowiedział się od Eda, że ci wszyscy ludzie zostali ogłupieni przez kłamstwa
wiedźmy i sądzą, że przez ostatnie dni trwał przy królewnie, a gdy została
znaleziona martwa, jego tam nie było. <i>Taki
był plan </i>— pojął zniesmaczony. <i>Miałem
wziąć na siebie winę śmierci Śnieżki. </i>Ta świadomość podjudziła go do działania.
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul stanął na schodach, by być lepiej
widoczny dla oczu tłumu, które i tak już świdrowały go z uwagą. Miał
świadomość, że nie wygląda najlepiej, dlatego starał się utrzymać dumną postawę
ciała. Cieszył go też błyszczący Jęzor Gryfa u boku. Wśród mrowiska plam szukał
wzrokiem jasnych włosów Nyn, ale kucharka albo nie przybyła na jego wezwanie,
albo dobrze się ukrywała. Domyślał się, że wieść o śmierci umiłowanej
dziewczyny mocno ją przejęła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Cisza! — zawołał Raul, a usta tłumu
zamilkły. Młodzieniec starał się mówić spokojnym, donośnym, niezachwianym
głosem, tak jak uczyła go matka. — Jestem Raul z Bukowego Dworu. Narzeczony
waszej królewny. I zebrałem was tutaj, byście usłyszeli prawdę!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I usłyszeli ją. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul zaczął swoją opowieść od momentu
spotkania wynędzniałej Śnieżki nad strumykiem, a zakończył ją na chwili, w
której towarzysze uwolnili go z lochu. Ludzie u jego stóp szemrali między sobą,
ale nikt mu nie przerywał. Podczas przemowy wstąpił w niego silny, gorliwy
duch, niczym płonący mu we wnętrzu płomień, nadając jego słowom moc. Wydawać by
się mogło, że te wszystkie nauki matki i ćwiczenia na polu treningowym miały
służyć właśnie tej chwili; miały spleść się w jedno właśnie teraz i wybuchnąć
całą swą siłą za pomocą postaci rozżalonego młodzieńca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Płomień bólu nieco schłodniał, gdy Raulowi
udało się zostać ze Śnieżką sam na sam. Młodzieniec co prawda słyszał echo
butów pilnujących rycerzy, widział ich cieniste sylwetki pomiędzy smukłymi filarami
katedry, ale były one zbyt daleko, by mogły go niepokoić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Rzędy pustych, drewnianych ław i migoczące
po bokach świece spoglądały w tym samym kierunku, co szlachcic — na umieszczoną
na podwyższeniu ołtarza trumnę. Jej szklane ściany pozwalały zobaczyć całą
postać leżącej w środku dziewczyny. Zgodnie ze zwyczajem Zielonych Krain zmarły
członek rodziny królewskiej zostawał ubierany w najpiękniejsze szaty, wykremowany
specjalnymi ziołami spowalniającymi proces rozkładu i trzymany w przeźroczystej
urnie przez trzy dni, podczas których mógł być podziwiany i żegnany przez
poddanych. Po tym czasie jego zwłoki na zawsze znikały w fałdach ziemi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dzisiejszego wieczora wrota katedry były
jeszcze zamknięte dla tłumu, dlatego we wnętrzu snuła się jedynie cisza i
żałobne cienie, ale jutro trzeba będzie podwoić straże, by nikt nie zbezcześcił
ciała królewny. Raul sam zamierzał doglądać żałobnych pochodów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dziś się modlił. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Zatracony w czasie klęczał na zimniej
posadzce i poruszał ustami — początkowo w słowach znanych mu modłów, potem zaś
w prośbach. O duszę Śnieżki, a także i o siebie samego. Ból, gniew, zapał i
wyrzuty sumienia powoli zamieniały się w pustkę, a to niepokoiło go jeszcze
bardziej. Emocje potrafiły budować, obojętność zaś pchała jedynie w niebyt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po jakimś czasie żałobnik odczuł sztywność
karku i suchość w ustach, co zmusiło go do powstania. Teraz znów widział
królewnę w całej okazałości. Błękitną suknię okrywającą jej chude, zimne,
powoli opętywane przez zgniliznę ciało; czarne włosy wyrównane na końcówkach i
ułożone w fale; zacienione powieki, które już nigdy nie miały się rozewrzeć i
uwolnić spod siebie tych gołębich oczu. Dziewczyna nie była teraz równie piękna
i słodka jak w dniu balu, ale miała w sobie jakiś senny, hipnotyzujący urok,
który kusił do siebie spojrzenie. <i>A może
to po prostu urok nieboszczki?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Wieko trumny chwilowo było otwarte,
dlatego Raul mógł sięgnąć dłonią do środka i poprawić zbłąkane pasemko włosów,
które wypadło z uczesania podczas przenoszenia szklanego przedmiotu do katedry.
Pod palcami wyczuł miękki chłód, jakim obleczone były kości zmarłej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Najgorsze jest to, że nie znam prawdy,
wiesz? — zagadnął cichym, zachrypniętym głosem. Nie wiedział, czy ma prawo do
niej mówić, ale czuł w sobie pewną potrzebę, by obdarzyć Śnieżkę jeszcze
jakimiś słowami. Pamiętał, że gdy zabrano go do niej po raz pierwszy, gdy spojrzał
w martwe oblicze przyszłej żony, głos uwiązł mu w gardle. Nie wiedział, jak
zareagować. Zainteresowanie walką mieczem oswoiło go z widokiem krwi i
uchodzącego życia. Tym razem jednak było jak mówił Ed — żadnych ran, żadnych
śladów. Wszystko jak sen. <i>Albo magia. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Raul mógł jedynie podejrzewać, co zrobiła
wiedźma. Każdy miał swoją teorię, ale najpowszechniejsza była taka, że królowa odprawiła
jakiś upiorny rytuał, który wymagał jej krwi i ofiary z królewny, a także chłodnej,
księżycowej nocy. To zabiło je obie o tej samej porze i we własnych łożach. Ale
w jakim celu był ten rytuał odprawiony i czy się powiódł, tego nikt nie
wiedział. I nikt się nigdy nie dowie, bo martwi nie potrafią udzielać
wyjaśnień. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Teraz jednak przynajmniej nikt nie miał
wątpliwości, że królowa Helena była zła, a wychodząc za króla Filipa,
przywlekła z Czerwonych Krain swą zawiść i szaleństwo, którą wsączyła w obraz
rodziny królewskiej. Oszołomieni ludzie pojęli, że obawy związane z zagraniczną
panią nie były bezpodstawne, że jej ognisty kolor włosów i cała gama zalet były
diabelską sztuczką. Mieszkająca w zamku służba nie zamierzała puścić tego
płazem — już po chwili wszyscy zgodnym, głośnym tłumem ruszyli ku komnacie królowej
i omal własnoręcznie jej nie rozszarpali. Dopiero Raul zapanował nad ich
gniewem, każąc przywiązać zwłoki wiedźmy do pala na dziedzińcu i spalić je —
tak jak nakazywała procedura postępowania z wiedźmami. Płomienie trawiące ciało
kobiety, która odebrała mu królewnę, a także kilku jego dzielnych towarzyszy, płomienie
wydzierające mięso z jej twarzy i zamieniające rude włosy w popiół, sprawiły mu
mściwą radość. Tłum wiwatował w blasku ognia, od którego topił się świeżo spadły
śnieg. Po chwili z Heleny z Czerwonych Krain pozostał tylko ciemny proch, który
młodzieniec kazał wysłać do Karcianego Dworu w kraju, z którego przybyła —
niech jej nikczemny cień raz na zawsze opuści Zielone Krainy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Ona odeszła i nikt już nie wspomni
ciepło jej imienia — tłumaczył Śnieżce, półprzytomnym wzrokiem przesuwając po
twarzy dziewczyny. — Może to pozwoli ci uzyskać pokój. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka nie odpowiedziała. Oblicze
królewny wydawało się wolne od smutku czy strachu, co pozwoliło Raulowi
wierzyć, że nie odeszła w cierpieniach. Usiłował wyobrazić sobie, że ona
wstaje, rozgląda się dookoła zagubionym wzrokiem, a potem podaje mu delikatną
rękę i pozwala się zaprowadzić do domu. Nagle z piersi młodzieńca wyrwał się
krótki, gorzki śmiech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Miałaś być moją żoną. Moja matka chciała
tego od bardzo dawna. Przygotowywała mnie, bym okazał się godny… Nie powiesz mi,
że zawiodłem? Mąż powinien chronić swoją ukochaną. — Pochylił się nad trumną. —
Miałem być twoim rycerzem, mieczem, przyjacielem…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Zacisnął bezsilnie ręce na chłodnej
krawędzi szkła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— To nie twoja wina — usłyszał czyjś
znajomy głos. Dźwięk kroków narastał, a po chwili niepewna dłoń dotknęła jego
ramienia. Raul jednak nie zamierzał się obracać, nie chcąc, by brat ujrzał łzy
w jego oczach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Udzielasz mi rozgrzeszenia? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Lawin westchnął cicho. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Jeśli chcesz kogoś winić, wiń mnie. Gdybym
nie dał się otumanić królowej, nie musiałbyś się poddawać i uratowałbyś
królewnę, wiem to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Gdybanie nam nie pomoże. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Raul, ja… Jesteś najdzielniejszym
człowiekiem, jakiego znam — wyznał Lawin szczerym głosem podziwiającego chłopca.
Spuszczony wzrok świadczył o jego zawstydzeniu, nie przestał jednak mówić: — Jestem
dumny, że mam takiego brata. I myślę, że ona… że królewna Śnieżka też jest z
ciebie dumna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka nie zaprzeczyła, a Raul poczuł, że
wlewa się w niego jakaś ulga — że ten mały, głupiutki braciszek pomógł mu
wydostać się ze studni pustki. Szybkim, nie do końca kontrolowanym ruchem
szlachcic przyciągnął do piersi Lawina. Przez chwilę jeszcze obaj bez słowa
wpatrywali się w migoczącą w półmroku trumnę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 150%;">*Małe wyjaśnienie, jako że nie ma okazji, by
pojawiło się ono w tekście: Śnieżka była więziona w podziemiach, a cała akcja z
jej komnatą i pilnowaniem była tylko plotką królowej. Jednak gdy Śnieżka
połknęła jabłko, Forwin przeniósł ją do jej łóżka, by spoczywała w
odpowiedniejszym miejscu, a poddani nie mieli problemu z znalezieniem jej
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Kiedy Gburek
otworzył oczy, przywitała go ciemność, jakby znalazł się w mrocznym oku
wszechświata. Przez jedną chwilę rozważał, czy jest jeszcze w świecie żywych —
w końcu przebywanie w grocie było w pewnym sensie mieszkaniem w trumnie.
Jeszcze niedawno obudziłby się przy słabym blasku ogniska i próbowałby
powiększyć płomień, by mieszkańcy nie musieli poruszać się na oślep. Tego ranka
jednak karzeł nie miał dla kogo zapalać suchego drewna, a sam preferował
pozostanie pod osłoną mroku — przynajmniej współgrała ona z jego humorem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mógłbym tu leżeć tak długo, póki nie
opuściłoby mnie życie, a moje kości nie zaczęłyby się zmieniać w małą kupkę
popiołów. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">To nie był pierwszy raz, kiedy Gburek zamierzał po prostu dać sobie
spokój z tańcem życia i poczekać, aż jego muzyka zacznie się oddalać. <i>Hej, a kiedy właściwie był ten pierwszy raz?
Może gdy ojciec zabronił mi i Wesołkowi opuszczać tego ciemnego poddasza? Tak,
pamiętam jeszcze brzęk klucza bezlitośnie zamykającego nam drzwi do świata. Umarłbym
już jako mały chłopiec, gdyby Wesołek nie zaczął zabawy w wymyślanie. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ponieważ kilkuletnie
karły nie postawiły jeszcze stopy za próg karczmy ich ojca, nie miały pojęcia,
jak wygląda świat. Pozostawało im tylko wymyślanie. Tylko świat stworzony w ich
umysłach, świat barwny i osobliwy tak samo jak rysy ich groteskowych twarzy. To
sny były źródłem, z którego karłowaci bracia mogli wynurzać pewne obrazy i
dzielić się nimi z sobą nawzajem. „Słońce jest tak naprawdę wielką świecą,
którą olbrzymy przystawiają do okrągłego jak stół świata, na którym stoi nasza
karczma” — wymyślił dumny z siebie Gburek. „Wino ma magiczną moc — to dlatego
pijący je ludzie są wysocy i silni, a my, brzydcy, karłowaci bracia, niepijący
niczego prócz wody, wyglądamy, jak wyglądamy” — tłumaczył Wesołek. „Biały puch
przykrywający dachy budynków tak naprawdę jest dużą warstwą kurzu” — mówił
innym razem. „Nasz ojciec nocami przywdziewa szare futro szczura i wychodzi na
łowy na uliczki miasta” — straszył Gburek, mając w pamięci chude ciało
rodziciela i jego wystające zęby. Te domysły mijały się z prawdą, ale były jak
płomień, rozgrzewający osamotnione i zlęknione serca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Czas płynął dalej,
a Gburek nadal nie potrafił się uwolnić od widma brata. Słyszał w snach jego wołający
o pomoc głos, słyszał jego serdeczny śmiech w szmerze liści, widział jego twarz
we własnym odbiciu w bystrym nurcie. Wiedział, że z chwilą, gdy Wesołek upadł na
ziemię z pogruchotaną czaszką, umarła połowa niego. Śmierci jego pięciu
przybranych braci także obdzierały go z jestestwa, zatem wydawać się mogło, że
z karła pozostał teraz tylko strzęp. <i>A
jednak ten strzęp oddycha, ten strzęp myśli, ten strzęp odczuwa głód. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Niejasne,
żarłoczne uczucie głodu powoli pożerało mu żołądek od środka i w pewnej chwili
Gburek nie mógł już bezmyślnie wpatrywać się w ciemność. Z poirytowanym
westchnięciem podniósł się na tych swoich krótkich nóżkach, zrobił kilka
wymachów dłońmi, omal nie przewrócił się na jednej ze szmat, aż w końcu dotarł
do sterty gałązek, które zwały się paleniskiem. Niezdarnie rozpalił ogień. Potem
pożyczył kilka płomyków, tworząc pochodnię i udał się do swojej spiżarni,
licząc, że ostał się tam choć jeden grzyb. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka pomogła mu
uprzątnąć to pomieszczenie i pozbyć się gnijących pokarmów, w jamie nadal
jednak unosił się nieprzyjemny dla nosa zapach. Karzeł sięgnął po twarde,
wyschnięte grzyby i wrócił na miejsce, z pasją przegryzając swoje śniadanie. <i>Tak, jedz sobie. Kęs po kęsie. Musisz mieć
siłę, by ustać na nogach albo przynajmniej umieć wstać, by się odlać. </i>Człowieczek
po raz kolejny zadał sobie pytanie, dlaczego jeszcze żyje. Co dawało mu siłę,
by otwierać oczy, zapełniać swój burczący brzuch i ponownie rozpalać ognisko? Skąd
w nim ta wola życia? Dlaczego, choć wpierw utracił brata, następnie grzebał
trupy swoich przyjaciół, a teraz jeszcze oglądał odchodzącą Śnieżkę, wciąż chciało
mu się wykonywać te proste, codzienne czynności, które zapewniały mu pozostanie
na tym świecie?</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po raz setny
zastanowił się, co by było, gdyby wtedy wskoczył do tłumu w ślad za bratem. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gdybym był taki jak Wesołek, wrażliwy i
naiwny, kolejne upadki mogłoby mnie zabić. Ale przecież ja jestem ten
silniejszy, prawda? Wytworzyłem wokół siebie twardą, ponurą skorupę, która
chroni mnie przed światem. Mam ten cholerny instynkt samozachowawczy. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ciszę groty
przerwał jego drwiący rechot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po śniadaniu
postanowił wyjrzeć na dwór. Tak bez powodu. Znów została mu tylko samotność —
mógł robić, co chciał, nie martwiąc się, że jakaś panienka będzie miała mu to
za złe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Puszcza
Zapomnienia w dwa dni przystroiła się w białą szatę z miękkiego, zwiewnego
materiału. Brunatne gałęzie ukryły swą nagość pod puchatym szalem, a z ziemi
uleciały kolory jesieni. Spod tego zimnego cholerstwa wychylały się tylko
główki zwiędłych traw. Dziś na szczęście smoliste chmury nie popruły się i nie
wypuszczały z rozcięć pierza. Myśli karła mimowolnie powędrowały ku Śnieżce i
ognikom zachwytu w jej niebieskich oczach, gdy z taką naiwnością wspominała o
nadejściu zimy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">O, tak, zima to samo piękno. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek objął się
ramionami, brodząc przez błoto i śnieg w nieznanym sobie celu. Drzewa
obserwujące takiego małego i zaciętego człowieczka z pewnością miały ubaw, ale
gdyby karzeł przejmował się każdą nieprzychylną opinią, własnoręcznie pogrzebałby
się pod ziemią. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dopiero po jakimś
czasie Gburek zdał sobie sprawę, że usiłuje przed czymś uciec. <i>Genialne rozwiązanie, ty głupi karle! Wyjść
do lasu, gdzie każdy ośnieżony skrawek przypomina ci o jej jasnej skórze… </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Śnieżka…</span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Myśl o niej była jak sopel lodu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Karzeł wciąż
jeszcze nie mógł się przyzwyczaić od tego, że po obudzeniu nie słyszy jej czystego
głosu albo krzątaniny po grocie. I nadal nie potrafił otrząsnąć się z faktu, że ona
odeszła, że tak po prostu odwróciła się do niego plecami i zniknęła w poświecie
wstającego dla niej dnia. <i>Nie tak po
prostu. Nie zrobiła tego tylko dla wygody i tamtego nadgorliwego bogacza,
prawda? — </i>pytał siebie uporczywie. <i>Wróciła,
by wymierzyć sprawiedliwość i odzyskać swój dom. </i>Takim celom nie można było
odmówić szlachetności i karzeł w głębi serca wiedział, że nie powinien mieć o
to żalu. W końcu ta nieszczęsna panienka, którą z taką niechęcią przyprowadził
do swojej groty, urodziła się córką króla, a dopiero potem zaprzyjaźniła się z
karłem. I nawet gdy szeptała tę swoją piękną obietnicę, że zawsze będzie ją
miał, w Gburku tliło się gorzkie przekonanie, że nie zestarzeją się razem w tej
ciemnej dziurze, że ich rozstanie prędzej czy później nastąpi. <i>Wolałbym później, ale czy ktoś kiedyś liczył
się z moją wolą? </i>Teraz gdy niziołek na spokojnie przypominał sobie chwilę
ich pożegnania, zakłopotanie Śnieżki i swoje własne rozgoryczenie, żałował, że
dał się zapamiętać od gorszej strony, że gniew odebrał mu te kilka dobrych cech.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dała mi też drugą obietnicę — </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">przypomniał sobie,
pociągając zaczerwienionym z zimna nosem. <i>Że
spotkamy się ponownie. </i>Na tę myśl znów się roześmiał, choć nie potrafił
stwierdzić, czy z kpiny czy z rozżalenia. Wesołek zapewne posądziłby go o
dławienie każdego płomyczka nadziei, ale on po prostu wiedział, że jeśli
Śnieżce uda się uwolnić tron — czego niechętnie jej życzył — w jej grafiku nie
będzie już miejsca na spotkanie z wyrzutkiem. Królewna znów przywdzieje swoje
piękne szaty, uczesze hebanowe włosy pod złocistą siateczką i nie będzie
chciała włóczyć się po lesie. A nawet jeśli zapragnie wypełnić przysięgę, jej
zaufani rycerze nie pozwolą jej na ponowne zniknięcie w przeklętej puszczy. <i>Nie, Śnieżko, w życiu królewny nie ma
miejsca na spotkanie z karłem. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I gdy człowieczek
już zamierzał pogrążyć się w smętnym morzu udręki, coś świsnęło mu za prawym
uchem. Obejrzał się zaniepokojony, ale przed jego oczami fruwał tylko brązowy
ptak o bystrych, koralikowych oczach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Masz coś dla
mnie? — spytał niepewnie Gburek, wciąż czując lekkie zażenowanie na myśl, że
wysłał za Śnieżką swojego ptasiego przyjaciela. <i>Chcę tylko mieć pewność, że jest bezpieczna. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jednak kiedy drozd
zrzucił mu na rękę garstkę znajomych, hebanowych włosów, miał wrażenie, jakby
na skórze rozrosło mu się piętno śmierci. <i>Brak
wieści to jednak brak zmartwienia. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Co jej się
stało? Jest w niebezpieczeństwie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Drozd może i nie
rozumiał słów w ludzkiej mowie, ale pojął przyczynę wzburzenia w oczach
przyjaciela. Skinął kilka razy swoim upierzonym łebkiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek zacisnął
dłoń na kilku włosach Śnieżki. <i>A więc
jednak. Szlachetna misja nie powiodła się, wiedźma okazała się sprytniejsza. To
od czego był ten dzielny Raul, po co zabierał swoją królewnę z lasu, jak nie po
to, by ją chronić, by nie dopuścić do klęski?!</i> Karzeł był zaskoczony swoim
przejęciem. <i>To nie pierwszy raz.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Pamiętał, że po
jakimś czasie był zdolny tolerować Śnieżkę i jej idealistyczne podejście do
świata, a jej obecność nawet sprawiała mu przyjemność, ale nie spodziewał się,
że tak przestraszy go widok królewny w łapach tych parszywych rabusiów. Gdy zza
muru krzaków widział bezradną szamotaninę dziewczyny i jej rozpaczliwe wołanie
o pomoc, zrozumiał, że choć budzi respekt równy dziecku, nie może tylko stać i
patrzeć, jak ci zwyrodnialcy ją krzywdzą. <i>Może
dlatego, że dobrze znałem smak poniżenia, a może dlatego, że obawiałem się
straty kolejnej bliskiej duszy? </i>Decydując się na ryzykowną pomoc, karzeł
wcale nie myślał o odgrywaniu bohatera, ale gdy królewna w podzięce rzuciła mu
się na szyję, dotknęło go słodkie ciepło. Po raz pierwszy zachował się jak
mężczyzna. Po raz pierwszy czuł się jak ktoś wartościowy i właśnie tamta wdzięczność
teraz zrodziła w nim myśl, by przybyć do miasta i chociaż spróbować przegonić
groźbę wiszącą nad Śnieżką. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nóżki na ośnieżonej gałęzi i przypatrywał się uważnie chmurnemu obliczu
przyjaciela. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Co, myślisz, że
to głupie? — warknął Gburek, nie będąc pewien, czy zwraca się do ptaka, czy do
swojego rozsądku. — A myślisz, że ja tak nie myślę? Co komediancki skrzat
zdziała przeciwko potężnej czarownicy? Królowa zgniecie mnie jak robaka, ale może
uda mi się tym jakoś pomóc Śnieżce! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Karzeł czuł, że
już zbyt długo siedział w więzieniu ziemistych ścian groty — że jeśli jeszcze ma
oddychać, to niech te oddechy będą coś warte. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Fragment pasma
włosów opadła na ziemię, a Gburek ruszył przez warstwy śniegu do swojego domu. <i>Muszę się zaopatrzyć w kilka rzeczy. </i>Drozd
zaś pozostał na miejscu, patrząc czarnymi oczami za swoim przyjacielem. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Jeszcze rano
Gburek zastanawiał się, dlaczego wciąż kołacze się w nim życie i jeszcze rano
był gotów odpowiedzieć, że z braku odwagi, by ze sobą skończyć. Jak większość
obawiał się, co go czeka po przekroczeniu bramy śmierci, dokąd uleci jego smętna
dusza. Ludzie, w tym jego ojciec na czele, nieraz powtarzali mu, że jest
dziełem diabła. Czy więc po oddaniu się w ręce kostuchy miał trafić do
piekielnego królestwa swojego stworzyciela? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Teraz jednak przyszło
mu do głowy, że może chodziło o coś jeszcze innego. A nuż jednak miał w sobie
coś z Wesołka? Może trwał przez te wszystkie ciężkie lata, wierząc, że jego los
się odwróci? Że spotka go — albo chociaż muśnie — coś dobrego? To interesujące,
że wśród całej tej gburowatości tliła się w nim jakaś iskierka optymisty, która
teraz zapłonęła żywiej, jakby desperacka dusza człowieczka pragnęła jednak
wierzyć, że ani jego, ani Śnieżki nie czeka nieszczęśliwe zakończenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gorączkowa gonitwa
myśli i popędliwie przeszukiwanie groty pozwoliły mu poczuć, że naprawdę żyje. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Szukanie
przedmiotów potrzebnych do walki z czarownicą nie było łatwe, zwłaszcza, gdy
nie posiadało się prawie nic. W końcu Gburek zrobił z jednej ze szmat
prymitywny tobołek i włożył do niego ostatnie zapasy grzybów, kilka suchych
gałązek, o które teraz nie było łatwo, oraz srebrny nóż, który dawno temu ukradł
kobiecie-brodzie, z którą wędrował w trupie. Na swoją poszarzałą od starości
szatę założył amatorsko zrobiony kożuch z zajęczych futer, w czym wyglądał jak prawdziwy
skrzat z baśni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Objął spojrzeniem
drżącą w półmroku grotę, jakby niepewny, czy może na tak długo się z nią
rozstać. <i>Była niewygodna i brzydka, ale
dawała mi poczucie bezpieczeństwa. </i>Usiłował wyobrazić sobie, że kiedyś na
tych posłaniach leżeli jego dawni bracia, że naprawdę był okres, w którym ta
jama rozbrzmiewała ich wesołymi głosami. Potem przypomniał sobie, że to w tym
miejscu Śnieżka trzymała go za ręce i zamarła w odległości tak bliskiej, jak
nigdy dotąd… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Wsadził stopę do
przygasającego paleniska i zdusił ostatnie płomyczki. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Gburek nigdy nie
kochał Puszczy Zapomnienia, ale przez te kilka lat zdołał się do niej
przyzwyczaić. Znał rytm, którym pulsowała, uzależnił się od jej wilgotnej woni,
dlatego teraz, gdy zamierzał ją opuścić, czuł się nieswojo. To tak, jakby nagle
ktoś kazał mu zrzucić noszone przez wieki ubranie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Las był duży, a skąpany w sennej, jasnoszarej
poświecie zimy zdawał się nie mieć końca, karzeł jednak wiedział, jak dotrzeć
na jego skraj. Po drodze minął dolinkę, w gardzieli</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;"> której</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;"> uk</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">rywali się
Roszpunka i Flynn, słynni handlarze Śnieżnymi Jagodami i niedoszłe ofiary
czarownicy. Gburek znał ich historię dzięki Mędrkowi, który odkrył jagodową
plantację i postanowił bliżej poznać jej właścicieli. </span><i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">Ciekawe, czy płakali po jego śmierci.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Karzeł obawiał się, że podczas wędrówki
natknie się na niebezpiecznych ludzi pokroju Sawa, ale droga przed nim była
biała i czysta. Większość zwierząt również umilkła. Gdzieś pomiędzy drzewami
przesunął się tylko cień majestatycznego łosia. Człowieczek czym prędzej wbił
wzrok w ziemię, wiedząc, że gdyby spojrzał w bursztynowe oczy stworzenia,
zamieniłby się w złoty posąg. <i>Kiedyś ta
złota klątwa omal nie dotknęła Gapcia. W ostatniej chwili szarpnąłem go na
ziemię. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Karle nogi nie
były stworzone do marszu, dlatego Gburek musiał co jakiś czas robić postój — siadać
na wystającym kamieniu i wyrównywać oddech. Palce u rąk mu zamarzły, a z nosa
ciekł obficie katar. Przyszła mu do głowy głupia myśl, by odszukać mijanego
łosia i spróbować wskoczyć mu na grzbiet, szybko jednak uprzytomnił sobie, że
to nie jest zwierzę do jeżdżenia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Po chłodnym dniu
na nieboskłon wślizgnęła się jeszcze zimniejsza noc z milionami jasnych
punkcików skrytych za chmurami. Gburek próbował dalej pruć przez las, po pewnym
czasie jednak zmuszony był rozpalić małe ognisko i odprężyć mięśnie przy
poświecie ciepła. <i>Ciekawe, ile oni
wracali do zamku </i>— zastanawiał się, a na jego zmarznięte usta wszedł
uśmieszek. <i>Biorąc pod uwagę, że
prawdopodobnie mieli konie, ja będę szybszy. Znam ten las lepiej i wiem, jak
można skrócić sobie drogę. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Noc nie należała
do miłych i dygoczący karzeł z braku zajęć zaczął rozmyślać o Śnieżce. Najpierw
przypomniał sobie moment, gdy ją spotkał — a właściwie znalazł — tonącą w
bagnie. Słyszał już jej pierwszy krzyk o pomoc, ale wahał się, czy podążyć na
jego wezwanie. Od śmierci braci stał się głuchy na wszelkie odruchy ludzkie, a
już wcześniej nie przepadał za wysokimi ludźmi. Szczególnie bogato urodzone
panienki budziły w nim niechęć — złośliwe i rozpieszczane przez życie, nie
potrafiły nawet śmiać się z jego występów. Jedyne, co widział w ich oczach, to
odrazę i sprzeciw, że takie stworzenie chodzi po tym samym świecie co one.
Dlatego, kiedy królewna spoglądnęła na niego po raz pierwszy, nie był
zaskoczony, widząc jej niemiłe zdumienie i niesmak. Pod spojrzeniem tych
ładnych, zniszczonych oczu miał ochotę czym prędzej zniknąć w najgłębszych
czeluściach puszczy. Zaraz jednak zachowanie dziewczyny uległo lekkiej zmianie
— wydawała się bardziej zakłopotana niż zdegustowana. Potem okazała mu uprzejmą
wdzięczność i zaczęła prosić o schronienie; w jej oczach zapalił się płomień
determinacji, który kazał jej walczyć o swoje. <i>Głupio byłoby zostawić ją samą w tym niespokojnym miejscu. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">A jeszcze głupiej dać się dla niej zabić.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;"> Gburek ocknął się z sennego otępiania,
niejasno zauważając, że ognisko już dogasło, a linia horyzontu jaśnieje. Zmusił
się, by ruszyć w dalszą drogę.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Wilkołak zastał
królową słaniającą się na kolanach. Nie przypominała siebie. Zniknęła gdzieś
chłodna, dumna maska, magnetyzm oczu i siła ducha. Teraz kobieta była
rozczochraną, dygoczącą, wykrzywioną w grymasie frustracji wiedźmą z baśni
opowiadanych niegrzecznym dzieciom. Jej szmaragdowe oczy lśniły od łez. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Forwin… Zabierz
mnie do niej — wyjąkała ze słabym żądaniem, przyciskając do piersi rękę, z
której skapywały krople krwi. Forwin skrzywił się w nieodgadnionym
wyrazie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Chcesz dopełnić
swojego dzieła?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Tak, jej serce
mi pomoże, uratuje. I jej widok… Ja… nie wiem… — Słowa stały się strzępkami
papieru wirującymi na silnym wietrze bólu. Mężczyzna zaśmiał się ochryple, a
dźwięk ten odbił się od ciasnych ścian komnaty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Za późno, moja
pani. Ona odeszła. A teraz odchodzisz i ty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Co ty bredzisz?!
— Z trudem wzięła głębszy oddech. — Masz mnie do niej zabrać…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Nie — warknął
jak wilk. Zbliżył się do niej, a jego twarz zdawała się złagodnieć, stała się
bardziej ludzka. — Wyglądasz okropnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— To trucizna.
Zatruty nóż…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— To straszne. Ale
jestem twoim strażnikiem, pamiętasz? Przy mnie jesteś bezpieczna… — Forwin
wyciągnął do niej ręce, a potem wziął jej drżące ciało w ramiona i przytulił do
owłosionej piersi, jakby nadal byli kochankami spotykającymi się za zasłoną
róż, jakby ktoś wyciął mroczne chwile z ich przeszłości. Helena wyglądała jak
czerwona kometa ze złamanym ogonem otoczona ramionami wielkiego cienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Wilkołak zaniósł
ją do jej pogrążonej w ciemności komnaty i delikatnie położył na łożu. Włosy
przylepiły się królowej do twarzy, co wyglądało jak czerwone szramy. Oczy błyszczały
łzami i gorączką. Gdy Forwin się obrócił, chwyciła go brutalnie za rękę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Masz zostać! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Ależ Wasza
Miłość potrzebuje odpoczynku — odparł mężczyzna zatroskanym tonem, przy którym
tylko złośliwy błysk w oczach demaskował sarkazm. Z królowej wylewały się
ostatnie krople gniewu. Jej palce nadal wbijały się w jego skórę na
podobieństwo szponów wrony zatopionych w ciele ofiary. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Przysięgałeś mi!
Przysięgałeś wierność…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— A ty zabiłaś
Różę. Była niewinna! Nie wiedziała, że mam drugi romans! — wyrzucił Forwin, a
jego oczy stały się lśniącą otchłanią długo chowanego bólu i żalu. — A ty na
moich oczach wyrwałaś jej serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Królowa pojęła
nagle, że nigdy nie zadała sobie trudu, by poznać imię dziewczyny od flamingów.
Zmrużyła gniewnie załzawione oczy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— To ją kochałeś
ją, prawda? Dobrze się bawiłeś, okłamując mnie w żywe oczy!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Kochanie was
dwóch było błędem, za który płaciłem cenę — przyznał wilkołak, a różnokształtne
cienie zaigrały na jego dzikiej twarzy. Potem z łatwością wyszarpał rękę ze
słabnącego uścisku wilgotnych palców czarownicy. — Ale na wszystko nadchodzi kres. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">— Łaski! — Oczy
królowej rozwarły się w nagłym, dziecięcym strachu, bo świadomość pozbawiała ją
odwagi. — Ja… nie chcę umierać przez wieczność… Forwinie, zabij mnie…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Mężczyzna zaśmiał
się i odszedł, zmieniając się w wilczy cień, przemykający pomiędzy tajnymi
korytarzami. Po tej nocy nikt go już więcej nie widział. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Królowa została
sama. Teraz czuła już ogień we wszystkich żyłach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Nie sama. </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Szkarłatny całun
opadł z cichym szelestem, pozwalając, by w lustrze odbił się płomienisty blask
wschodzącego słońca. Helena widziała w nim jednak nie tylko światło. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Teraz przypomniała sobie wszystko. Zwierciadła spoglądały na nią już od dziecka. Te jednak było
pierwsze — duże i ozdobione srebrzystymi motywami flory. Dostała je od
człowieka w wielkim kapeluszu, który przedstawił się jako wędrowny magik. Ponoć
lustro to miało pokazywać najpiękniejsze strony spoglądającego w niego
człowieka. Ale czar ten był przekrzywiony tak samo jak klepki w umyśle Kapelusznika.
Gdy mała Helena w nie spojrzała, wokół jej ciała niczym macki ośmiornicy
oplotła się klątwa. Szklane oczy podążały za nią nawet w snach. Potem zaczęły
do niej szeptać ustami bliźniaczej siostry, namawiając do czynów, które budziły
w niej zgorszenie. Dopiero na łożu śmierci blada z od utraty krwi Królowa Kier wyznała
córce, że tak naprawdę klątwa miała dotyczyć jej — za to, że przed wielu laty
zraniła serce magika, ten odpłacił się jej okrutnie, skazując córkę krnąbrnej
kobiety na cierpienia. <i>Taka zemsta i z
niego czyniła szaleńca. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Lustro było
szklanym demonem. Zaszczepiło w Helenie szaleństwo. Ale dopiero teraz pojęła,
że cień tkwił w niej już wcześniej, w jej największym lęku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">A w dzieciństwie
Helena bała się jednego — że jej serce się zatrzyma. Matka lubiła opowiadać, że
po jej narodzinach jej serce na moment przestało bić, czym wystraszyło wszystkich
w Karcianym Dworze. Od tego czasu mała czarownica bała się, że znów zamrze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I to właśnie
wykorzystał szklany demon, przekształcając lęk w obsesję. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Umierająca Helena
usłyszała drwiący śmiech postaci w lustrze. Odbicia mnożyły się w ramach
obrazu, żyrandolu, dzbanie… wszystkie bliźniaczki śmiały się szyderczo, jak
złośliwe duchy. <i>To ty powinnaś tak
cierpieć, matko, to klątwa za twoje grzechy! <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">I z ust królowej
wyrwał się śmiech. Nigdy nie chciała być taka jak Królowa Kier ze swoim okrucieństwem i manią krwi, ale czy tak naprawdę bardzo się od niej różniła?
Obie były czarownicami w czerwonych kreacjach, obie skrzywdziły mężczyzn, którzy
się zemścili, jedna lubiła ścięte głowy, druga wyrwane serca. <i>Jednak żyła we mnie cząstka matki. Ale teraz
obie już umieramy. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Ból był już nie do
zniesienia. Helena miała wrażenie, że słyszy bijące w słojach serca, jej
zdobycze, jej słodki Filip. A może to było jej własne?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Słońce zalało </span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">świat</span><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> jasnym blaskiem tak jak w Czerwonych Krainach, gdy gorące ciało Heleny
zamarło bezwładnie na poduszkach. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Magiczne lustro zamilkło na wieki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%;">Dum dum. Wielkimi krokami zbliżamy się do końca. Jestem ciekawa, co powiecie na taki obrót wydarzeń. Mam też nadzieję, że fragment oczami Gburka wam się podobał. To szczególna część opowiadania ;) </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-77897181059177234442015-12-30T17:30:00.000+01:002015-12-30T17:31:48.872+01:00Rozdział XXVI{Szaleństwo}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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świat ginął w śnieżnej, zimnej porze nocy, Raul nie potrafił zmrużyć oka. Opierał
się o twardą ścianę, szeleszcząc słomą przy nadmiernym wierceniu. Nie mógł
uciec przed mrokiem, chociaż tuż przed jego celą płonęła pochodnia; jej blask
tańczył po śliskiej powierzchni krat, przypominających miecze dzielące
młodzieńca od wolności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> „Dam ci sławę, choć może nie tą, o której
marzysz’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Te złośliwe słowa
powracały do Raula jak niepokojące cienie. <i>Co
wiedźma miała na myśli? Czyżby zamknięcie mnie w lochach i odizolowanie od
królewny nie było całym jej planem? Czy szykuje dla mnie coś jeszcze?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul nigdy nie
chciał być tchórzem, teraz jednak jego serce kołatało się w piersi z obawą.
Wierzył w sprawiedliwość, w dobro, w krzyżujące się w pojedynku miecze. Magia
była dla niego czymś niepojętnym i zdradzieckim — mierzenie się z nią
porównywał do nierównej walki z zasłoniętymi oczyma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jak mam ci pomóc, Śnieżko?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ciągle myślał o
swojej czarnowłosej pani; kruchej, odzianej w lichy kożuch z szaraków, upierającej
się, że sama zabije swoją macochę. <i>Może
gdybym się nie wtrącał i trzymał naszej umowy, gdybym nie podniósł na
czarownicę sztyletu, mógłbym być teraz przydatny i dalej ją chronić </i>—
wyrzucał sobie. Czy królowa już przejrzała jej zamiary? Czy Śnieżka jeszcze
żyje? A może jej serce już drży w słoju? <i>Coś
bym o tym wiedział. Słyszałbym żałobne dzwony albo poruszenie na górze. </i>Śmierć
królewny z pewnością nie mogłaby pozostać bez echa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy królewna
żyje? Jest bezpieczna? Wiadomo coś o jej zdrowiu? — dopytywał mimo to stojącego
za kratami strażnika. Wedle jego rachuby czasu, słońce już wstało, a on był
zmęczony i zdenerwowany. Jednak pilnujący go mężczyzna nie odpowiadał; za
każdym razem stał jak słup soli i nawet nie raczył obrócić głowy. Młodzieniec
nie potrzebował wiele czasu, by zdać sobie sprawę, że ma do czynienia z
głuchym. To odkrycie podjudziło w nim gniew. Był pewien, że królowa specjalnie
przydzieliła mu takiego strażnika — by prawda nigdy nie opuściła tej celi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Posiadanie
niesłyszącego wartownika miało swoje zalety i Raul przy większym wysiłku
intelektualnym oraz szczypcie szczęścia dałby radę zdobyć klucze,
unieszkodliwić mężczyznę i uciec. Powstrzymywał go jednak lęk o Lawina.
Wiedział, że królowa miała go w garści — jeden nieostrożny ruch i serce jego
braciszka zostanie zmiażdżone w jej szponach. Obawiał się, że to samo dotyczy
Eda i Nytena, jego dzielnych kompanów, jego przyjaciół. Oni też byli skazani na
łaskę królowej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Bezczynność i
monotonia lochów były dla zapalczywego młodzieńca najgorszymi katuszami. Godziny
mijały mu na oglądaniu wnętrza niewielkiej, chłodnej celi i przędzeniu
niespokojnych myśli. Musiał jednak przyznać, że nie traktowano go źle. Wszakże
był synem lorda i należały mu się pewne prawa. Dostawał dwa ciepłe posiłki
dziennie, wsuwane między kratami przez głuchego strażnika. Ten sam mężczyzna
opróżniał mu kubeł na odchody, ilekroć tenże stał się pełny. Następnej nocy
głuchy przyniósł szlachcicowi także koc, by to obślizgłe miejsce nie wpędziło
go w gorączkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <i>Nie
ulega wątpliwości, że królowa nie chce mojej śmierci</i>. Ale to frasowało
Raula jeszcze bardziej. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ojciec nic nie
wiedział. Beztrosko wkładał drewnianą łopatę do środka pieca, by płonące tam jęzory ognia mogły upiec podłużne bochny chleba. Nyn nieprzytomnym wzrokiem wpatrywała
się w jego pracującą sylwetkę; w harde, pokryte mąką ręce i cierpliwą, ogorzałą
od ognia twarz. Chciała znaleźć siłę w jego spokoju. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Co powinnam zrobić, tatusiu? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— pragnęła
wyszeptać jak mała dziewczynka, ale widząc uczciwą, żarliwą pracę mężczyzny,
zrozumiała, że nie może obarczać go swoim brzemieniem. Piekł dla rodziny
królewskiej od lat i nie miała prawa zatruwać mu tego własnymi błędami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dlaczego paplałam jak głupia, zamiast
powiedzieć Śnieżce o najważniejszym? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— pytała siebie po raz kolejny, myślami
powracając do królewny i jej dwulicowej macochy. <i>Czy już doszło do starcia? Czy Śnieżka zadała cios? Czy wie, jaką broń
dzierżyła w dłoni? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Słoneczko
próbowała ponownie zobaczyć się z przyjaciółką. Wzięła sobie za tarczę dzban z
parującymi ziołami i pod jego pretekstem chciała wejść do komnaty Śnieżki.
Powstrzymała ją jednak żelazna ręka strażnika. „Nikt nie może tam wchodzić.
Królewna potrzebuje niezamąconego odpoczynku’’ — wyjaśnił tym swoim sztywnym
tonem, odprawiając zdenerwowaną kucharkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Spróbowała więc
innej drogi, pragnąc porozmawiać z tym wysokim, odważnym szlachcicem z Bukowego
Dworu, niestety on również zniknął jak za dotknięciem czarodziejskiej różdżki.
Pozostał po nim tylko ten lśniący miecz z głowicą gryfa. Nyn pamiętała, jak
młodzieniec odchodził pod ramię z królową, która miała mu coś pokazać tuż po
tym, jak ustalili zaręczyny. Od Miotły dowiedziała się, że władczyni
zaprowadziła go do schorowanej Śnieżki, by jego widok dał jej siłę. Powiadano,
że Raul nie odstępuje od łoża ukochanej. <i>To
musi być miłość. Albo podstęp.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Z racji
nieobecności Śnieżki i Raula, Nyn postanowiła się zwrócić do pozostałych
członków drużyny ratunkowej. Pamiętała tego nieufnego chłopca z puszkiem
zamiast zarostu — może on powiedziałby jej coś pomocnego? Niestety z nim
również nie mogła zamienić choćby słowa, bo zastała go chrapiącego sobie w
najlepsze w poduszkę. <i>Albo podróż tak go
zmęczyła, albo ktoś go uśpił. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Ostatnim promyczkiem nadziei byli pozostali
dwaj rycerze, ale jeden z nich beznamiętnym tonem oddelegował kucharkę, gdy
tylko wręczyła mu do dłoni dzban wina, do komnaty drugiego zaś nie mogła nawet
wejść. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wiecznie zamknięte drzwi! Czy ten zamek
składa się tylko z nich? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Oczywiście nikt
poza Słoneczko nie wykazywał objawów niepokoju. Wszyscy mieszkańcy włości
cieszyli się z powrotu królewny, a ich oczy zapalały się z ciekawości, gdy dotarła
do nich plotka o nadchodzącym ślubie. Młode pomywaczki rozprawiały o urodzie
Raula z Bukowego Dworu, a Miotła i Rzepa już dyskutowały, jakie ciasta każą im
upiec. A gdy Nyn próbowała jakoś napomknąć o dziwnych okolicznościach ucieczki
Śnieżki, nikt nie chciał jej słuchać. Było to niegrzeczne, ale zaczynała się
zastanawiać, czy pracuje z głuchymi i ślepymi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tylko wypiekający
chleb ojciec mógłby chociaż wysłuchać tego, co córka ma do powiedzenia,
jednakże ten krok tak naprawdę nic by nie zmienił. Królowa zadbała, by jej plan
przejęcia tronu — czy też po prostu zamordowania piękniejszej od siebie —
toczył się bez zakłóceń. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle dziewczyna
poczuła muśnięcie w głowę. Obróciła się, by móc zobaczyć Passy Bułeczkę, stojącą
nad nią z rękami na pulchnych biodrach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Cały dzień masz
zamiar się obijać? — spytała kobieta, uśmiechając się ponaglająco. Dopiero
teraz Słoneczko zdała sobie sprawę, że siedziała i rozmyślała zbyt długo. Za
oknami przy pułapie pomieszczenia było już ciemno. Nadchodziła pora kolacji. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Daj jej spokój,
chciała tylko pooglądać ojca w pracy — wstawił się za nią rodziciel, z uśmiechem
odgarniając spocone kosmyki z czoła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— W królewskiej
kuchni nie ma na to czasu — odburknęła Bułeczka, żartobliwym gestem chwytając
jasnowłosą za supeł fartucha na szyi i ciągnąc ją w stronę ich stanowiska. Nyn zachichotała
słabo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">No dobrze, weź się do roboty, dziewczyno. Gdyby
coś się stało Śnieżce, wszyscy by o tym wiedzieli — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">usiłowała sobie
wmówić, biorąc się za obieranie kartofli. Po chwili jednak przerwały jej jakiś
ruch wychwycony kątem oka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To był Pryszcz —
chudy, słomianowłosy podrostek o twarzy usianej czerwonymi wypryskami. Bułeczka
nazywała go „chłopcem na posyłki kucharzy’’, bo chodził wszędzie tam, gdzie
pozostali pracownicy kuchni nie mieli czasu. Słoneczko przyzwyczaiła się, że
wbiegał do pomieszczenia, zamieniał kilka słów z gotującymi, a potem wylatywał
z nowym zadaniem. Teraz też nie zdziwiło ją, że brał drewnianą tacę z suchym
chlebem i warzywami na granicy świeżości. <i>Nędzny
pokarm dla nędznych więźniów.</i> Ale gdy na tacę Pryszcza trafił też całkiem
dobrze wyglądający gulasz, nie mogła ukryć zdumienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dla kogo to? —
spytała półszeptem, zaprzestając obierania. Chłopiec rzucił jej niepewne
spojrzenie, rozdrapując nerwowo jedną z krost, ale jak zwykle nie potrafił
oprzeć się życzliwemu uśmiechowi kucharki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dla nowego
więźnia — odparł równie przyciszonym głosem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To ktoś ważny,
skoro dostaje ciepły gulasz?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie wiem… Tak
myślę. — Pryszcz wzruszył z irytacją ramionami. — Nie pozwolono mi się mu
przyjrzeć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Serce Nyn zabiło
szybciej. Wierzyła w zbieżność faktów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Może mogłabym ci
pomóc? — zapytała nagle słodkim głosem, wskazując na kilka posiłków leżących na
jednej tacy i myśląc o wątłych rękach Pryszcza. — Zaniosłabym gulasz dla tego
wielmożnego więźnia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pryszczaty chłopak
zmarszczył brwi, wyraźnie usiłując pojąć powód takiego zainteresowania u
kucharki. Słoneczko patrzyła mu przyjaźnie w oczy — to był jedyny spryt, jaki
posiadała. W końcu Pryszcz skinął głową i wręczył dziewczynie misę gulaszu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— No dobra, Słoneczko,
masz. Ale ten tępy strażnik i tak nie pozwoli ci się do niego zbliżyć. — Przy
tych słowach młodzik uśmiechnął się chytrze, jakby sądził, że rozgryzł swoją
rozmówczynię. Nyn powstrzymała się od zatoczenia oczami i tylko zachichotała tajemniczo.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Następnie, korzystając
z nieuwagi Bułeczki, czmychnęła z kuchni i razem z Pryszczem ruszyła na
najniższy poziom zamku. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nyn nigdy nie była
w lochach i wyobrażała je sobie jako ciemne, plugawe miejsce, którego ciszę raz
po raz przerywają zawodzenia i bolesne krzyki. Teraz miała okazję się
przekonać, że owszem, w podziemiu na próżno spodziewać się światła i czystości,
ale po ścianach wcale nie tańczą echa pokutujących jęków. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Na sztywnych
nogach szła zaraz za Pryszczem, starając się stąpać ostrożnie, by rozkołysany
gulasz się nie wylał na posadzkę. Wiele cel było pustych, a mieszkańcy
pozostałych śledzili uważnie ich ruchy swoimi błyszczącymi szaleńczo oczami. Któryś
z nich zagwizdał cicho, a Słoneczko się wzdrygnęła. Na szczęście w półmroku
przechadzali się milczący strażnicy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pryszcz szepnął
jej, że cela, której szuka, znajduje się na końcu, a sam zaczął już rozdawać
jedzenie. Nyn ucieszyła się, że zostawił ją samą, by mogła wypełnić plan, choć
w tym ponurym miejscu wolałaby jednak mieć kogoś do towarzystwa. <i>Bądź
dzielna. Oni nie mogą ci nic zrobić. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W końcu udało jej
się dojść do umieszczonej w rogu celi, przed którą stał niski strażnik, w
drżącym świetle pochodni przypominający kamienny pomnik. Gdy jednak dziewczyna
się zbliżyła, wyciągnął ręce, jakby w oczekiwaniu na podanie misy. Słoneczko
zawahała się, szybko zerkając na siedzącego za kratami mężczyznę. Widoczność
była ograniczona, kucharka zdołała jednak dostrzec tę charakterystyczną orzechową
czuprynę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej nadzieje bądź obawy ziściły się. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Strażnik
odchrząknął ponaglająco. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chciałabym mu to
podać osobiście — wyjąkała dziewczyna, pragnąc zamienić kilka słów ze szlachcicem,
usłyszeć, co się stało. Strażnik zmarszczył groźnie brwi, więc poszerzyła swój
serdeczny, nieszczery uśmiech. — Proszę szlachetnego pana. Czy to jakiś
problem? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— On jest głuchy —
dobiegł ją napięty głos z celi. Raul zbliżył się do krat, a w jego ciemnych oczach
zabłysło radosne rozpoznanie. Pilnujący mężczyzna natomiast wyglądał na
zirytowanego tym, że nie rozumie, o co chodzi dziewczynie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Proszę, on jest
moim ukochanym… — spróbowała jeszcze raz Nyn, grając zasmuconą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Użyj gestów! —
podpowiedział Raul. Tak też zrobiła — dotknęła się w miejsce, pod którym biło
jej serce i zrobiła proszącą minę, powtarzając słowo „ukochany’’. Strażnik
nadal nie wyglądał na nastawionego przyjaźnie, machnął jednak ręką i przepuścił
dziewczynę. Słoneczko skinęła pokornie głową, świadoma, że jego oczy będą ją
obserwować. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Uklękła przy
żelaznych kratach i powoli zaczęła wsuwać pod nimi misę. Raul jednak w ogóle
nie patrzył na jedzenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy ona żyje? —
wyszeptał z gorączkową prośbą. Słoneczko przeklęła swoją niewiedzę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie pozwalają
nam jej widywać, ale myślę, że nie jest martwa. I proszę, panie, czy mógłbyś
spojrzeć na gulasz? Strażnik nas obserwuje. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Młodzieniec
posłusznie wziął w ręce ciepłą jeszcze misę i na chwilę zanurzył w niej twarz. Potem
spojrzał na Nyn z jeszcze większym niepokojem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A Lawin, mój
brat? I moi towarzysze?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Widziałam ich.
Są dziwnie milczący, ale żyją — odparła, ciesząc się, że chociaż teraz mogła sprawić,
by w obliczu szlachcica pojawiła się ulga. Zaczęła się nawet zastanawiać, czy
wyznać mu, co zrobiła ze sztyletem Śnieżki, licząc na jakieś słowo pocieszenia,
ale nie zdążyła otworzyć ust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zaczarowała ich! — warknął Raul pomiędzy
kolejnymi kęsami. — Wybacz, że zawiodłem twoją królewnę. Powinienem ostudzić
swój zapał. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A ja gadać z sensem. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kątem oka
zobaczyła, że strażnik zaczyna się już niecierpliwić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś odważny,
panie — szepnęła, marszcząc z determinacją brwi. — Nie możemy tracić nadziei w
Śnieżkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Strażnik chrząknął
znacząco. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W nagłej chęci
wsparcia Słoneczko dotknęła pomiędzy kratami zimnej dłoni więźnia. <i>Powiedziałam, że to mój ukochany. </i>Raul
nie otrącił jej, tylko ścisnął mocniej. Jego oczy lśniły gorączkowo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jak masz na
imię? — spytał nagle. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nyn — wyszeptała
szybko z delikatnym uśmiechem, a potem zabrała swoją rękę i podniosła się z
miejsca. — Jeżeli to będzie możliwe, znów przyniosę ci posiłek!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pochodnia
oświetliła słaby uśmieszek na ustach Raula.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Uważaj na siebie,
Nyn. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pełnym
wdzięczności skinięciem głowy pożegnała głuchego strażnika, obejrzała się
jeszcze raz za siebie, by ujrzeć skąpaną w półcieniu sylwetkę młodzieńca, po
czym ruszyła w stronę wyjścia. Już nie poświęcała uwagi upiorności lochów czy
patrzącym na nią więźniom. Nie zastanawiała się też, czy Pryszcz do tej pory skończył
rozdawanie kolacji. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej myśli znów
zaczęły wirować w umyśle jak ławica ryb w rzece. <i>Czy zadrasnęłaś królową, Śnieżko? Czy wiesz, że nawet to mogło ją
osłabić? Czy wiesz, że specjalnie na tę okazję udałam się do Puszczy
Zapomnienia w poszukiwaniu Grzybów Wiedźm?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To Bułeczka jej o
tym powiedziała. W ciszy podziemia nawet słyszała jej złowieszczy głos: „Grzyby
Wiedźm nie nadają się do ugotowania, ale za to można z nich zrobić
pierwszorzędną truciznę.’’ <i>A trucizna
zabija czarownice, tak mówią wszystkie podania. Ponoć świecące grzyby zostały
nazwane tak przez łowców wiedźm. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pamiętała też
sztylet, który dała Śnieżce. <i>Nie sztylet,
a zwykły nóż kuchenny. Ale nasączony trucizną, znaczył więcej niż złoty miecz
Raula.<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Słoneczko była już u szczytów schodów
wyprowadzających ją z mroków lochów, gdy naraz z jej piersi wyrwał się
histeryczny śmiech. Nie chciała się przyznawać, ale gdy dawniej rozmawiała ze
Śnieżką, czuła coś więcej niż zwykłą serdeczność. Była dumna, że królewna
obdarzyła ją przyjaźnią — że tym samym wyróżniła ją spośród innych młodych
służek. To był ich słodki sekret, który sprawiał, że kucharka mogła czuć się
lepsza od innych. Zachłanne, wstydliwe myśli. </span>Teraz Nyn była
gotowa obiecać, że już nigdy nie pomyśli w tej sposób o ich przyjaźni. <i>Oby tylko Śnieżce się udało. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królową zaczynało
dopadać coraz większe zmęczenie. Dyskretnymi ruchami poprawiała rdzawe kosmyki
włosów, by zakryły jej czoło, na którym już perlił się pot. Co chwilę też
poruszała się niespokojnie w pięknym, obitym szafirowym materiałem tronie o
srebrnych podłokietnikach. Łańcuszek ludzi dobiegał już końca. <i>I całe szczęście, bo inaczej kazałabym
wyrwać im serca i przybić do ścian. </i>Omal nie zaśmiała się w nieelegancki
sposób. <i>Serca byłyby ładną ozdobą dla tych
chłodnych, posępnych ścian. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ostatnią osobą był
sir Frallon, pulchny szlachcic o wiecznie rumianej twarzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wasza Miłość, i
ja chciałbym wspomóc królewską rodzinę w tych niespokojnych chwilach — rzekł
grubym, przymilnym tonem, bryzgając na granatowy dywan kawałkiem śliny. W
dłoniach trzymał drewnianą, ozdobioną rzeźbami aniołków skrzynię. — Oto
poduszka z piórami złotej gęsi. Gdy tylko królewna położy na niej swą delikatną
główkę, odpłynie w piękny sen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Skoro temu głupcowi chciało się uganiać za
złotą gęsią, proszę bardzo. Ja mogę dać piękny sen za pomocą kilku obrotów w
kotle. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena uśmiechnęła się jednak uprzejmie i zapewniła, że królewna bardzo
się ucieszy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Drewnianą skrzynię
postawiono obok tronu, lord Frallon ociężale ruszył do wyjścia, a drzwi sali
tronowej wreszcie się zamknęły, jako ostatniego gościa wpuszczając ciszę.
Królowa westchnęła głęboko i dotknęła swojego czoła. Wydawało jej się, że pod
skórą pulsuje ogień. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś zmęczona,
pani? — zapytał sir Kadan, jej dowódca straży, o twardej, godnej zaufania
twarzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W pewnym sensie tak. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie sądziła, że
pozyskiwanie najcenniejszego serca do jej kolekcji, tak wiele sił będzie ją
kosztować. Już samo zmierzenie się z oskarżycielskim spojrzeniem Śnieżki i jej gotowym
zabić sztyletem było uciążliwe, a teraz jeszcze to ciągle pilnowanie, by plan
był zapięty na ostatni guzik, a wszystkie sekrety bezpiecznie… Helena miała
dość udawania i zakładania masek we własnym zamku. Przecież lustro wiedziało,
jaka była — widziało jej prawdziwe jestestwo. <i>Jeśli jednak się ujawnię, ludzie zwrócą się przeciwko mnie. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Znała ten smak
strachu pełznący po karku jak obślizgły robak. Towarzyszyło jej, ilekroć
spoglądała w oczy matki i zastanawiała się, czy mogłaby jej wyznać prawdę o
lustrach i sercach. Potrzebowała komuś o tym powiedzieć, jednakże obawiała się
niechęci i zawodu na twarzy Królowej Kier, tego, że kobieta uzna ją za złą i
każe skrócić o głowę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dowiedziała się dopiero wtedy, gdy po nią
przyszłam. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To było niedługo
po bolesnej zdradzie Forwina. Zawód miłosny utwardził strukturę Heleny i
popchnął ją w stronę szeptów luster. Królowa Kier dalej leżała w swoim łożu z
niezidentyfikowaną chorobą trawiącą jej umysł i wiecznym narzekaniem na ustach.
Grzeczna córka przyszła ją odwiedzić — przytuliła i pogłaskała po włosach.
Kobieta poruszyła się w tym uścisku, może wreszcie poczuła, że powinna dać
latorośli więcej ciepła? Helena jednak nie chciała już pocałunków czy bajek na
dobranoc. Pragnęła tego bijącego jak dzwon serca Kier. <i>Pierwsza zdobycz jest najsłodsza. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa przegoniła
z umysłu cienie wspomnień, powoli podnosząc się z tronu. Dzisiejszy dzień
niepokojąco obdzierał ją z sił. Sir Kadan posłużył jej silnym ramieniem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wybacz śmiałość,
Wasza Miłość, ale może powinnaś rzadziej odwiedzać swoją pasierbicę? — odezwał
się. — Może choroba przeszła z niej na Waszą Wysokość? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kadan był szczerym
i oddanym rycerzem, a przy tym zaślepiony swoją służbą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, to możliwe…
— pochwyciła z udawanym żalem Helena. — Za często tam bywałam, a choroba
jeszcze nie opuściła tej komnaty…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zaraz jednak
kobieta przestała być tak zadowolona z tej wymówki, bowiem własnoręcznie
rozpuściła plotkę, jakoby dzielny Raul trwał przy łożu swej królewny dzień i
noc. Skoro zaś istniało ryzyko zarażenia, będzie musiał się ewakuować i przy
tym pokazać na oczy ludziom… <i>Albo stanie
się jeszcze bardziej odważny, zostając ze Śnieżką na dobre i na złe — </i>warknęła
w myślach, zirytowana, że znów musi wkładać nowy element do układanki, by
potrzymać pozory. Cała ta historia była oczywiście tylko bajeczką. Tak naprawdę
Raul siedział w lochach i czekał na rolę, jaką mu przygotowała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa nie chowała
urazy do młodzieńca z Bukowego Dworu, w pewnym sensie nawet jej imponował, ale
potrzebowała kogoś, na kogo można potem zrzucić winę za morderstwo królewny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A skoro Raul przesiaduje tam podejrzanie
dużo czasu, równie dobrze może knuć coś niegodziwego, prawda? <o:p></o:p></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy wiedźma dotarła
do swojej tajemnej komnaty, nie mogła już powstrzymać dyszenia. Cieszę
pomieszczenia mącił jej gorączkowy oddech. Największy ból płynął z ręki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa spojrzała
na migoczącą w blasku świec ranę na wierzchu dłoni — nie była zbyt głęboka, a krew
na niej już zakrzepła, ale to właśnie ona zdawała się być rozżarzonym metalem. Kobieta
niejasno przypomniała sobie, że zadał ją ten malutki sztylet Śnieżki. <i>Sądziłam, że to tylko draśnięcie, muśnięcie
gniewu dziecka. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zdenerwowana
kobieta zaczęła przetrząsać półki ze szklanymi, lśniącymi zachęcająco fiolkami,
a także rozwijać pokryte kurzem rolki pergaminów, na których ręka jej matki
spisała zaklęcia. W końcu Helena znalazła kilka sposobów na uśmierzenie
zakażonej rany. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Bulgoczące w
słojach serca z ciekawością obserwowały wijącą się pomiędzy półkami czarownicę
— jej drżące dłonie, rude włosy podnoszące się jak fala ognia i szepczące
gorączkowo usta. Cień kobiety tańczył na ścianie jak ciemne odbicie szaleństwa.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Fiolka za fiolką,
receptura za recepturą, łyk wywaru za łykiem, ale ból nie ustawał. Wyglądało na
to, że metody Czerwonych Krain nie powstrzymują jadu Zielonych. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co to za
trucizna? — sapała zmęczona Helena, zaciskając palce na kancie stołu. Ledwo
trzymała się na nogach. — Przeklęta ziemia! Coś ty mi zrobiła, córeczko?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zerknęła na ranę —
ciemnoczerwona skorupa pękła i jęzorki krwi wypływały na nowo, liżąc skórę pomiędzy
palcami. Co dziwne, miały świetlisty połysk. <i>To zapewne jakaś magia, ale jaka?!<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co mam robić?! —
Królowa dopadła do swojego niewyraźnego odbicia w metalowej fakturze kociołka.
— Powiedz mi, ty zawsze wiesz! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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chwilę spoglądała na nią z nieodgadnionym uśmiechem. <i>Zawsze tajemnicza i szydercza. </i>Potem jej usta poruszyły się, tkając
litery imienia. <i>Śnieżka. </i>Helena
westchnęła, ni to z udręki, ni to z ulgi. Czy mogła liczyć, że królewna będzie
znała antidotum? Na pewno chciałaby ujrzeć teraz swoją pasierbicę, tę słodką,
bladą jak róża twarzyczkę, usłyszeć jej delikatne serce…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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się poruszyć, ale ze strachem zdała sobie sprawę, że o własnych siłach nie da
rady przejść kilku kroków.</span></div>
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wrzasnęła rozpaczliwie w ciemność. Ironia losu chciała, by w tych chwilach pozostał
jej jedynie on. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Obiecuję, że wszystkie zaległości nadrobię po Nowym Roku. Żałuję, że nie zdążyłam nic dodać na Święta, a teraz kończę rozdział mało optymistycznie, ale... kochani czytelnicy, niech sylwestrowa noc będzie dla was pełna magii, a nadchodzący rok dobry i obfity w wenę. Dziękuję, że jesteście ze mną już tak długo! ^^ Sama nie mogę uwierzyć, że powyższa historia narodziła się w mojej głowie dokładnie dwa lata temu...</span></div>
Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-50124385064272369902015-11-15T14:26:00.000+01:002015-11-15T14:26:05.034+01:00Rozdział XXV{Biały królik}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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przez łąkę… Czy może istnieć ufniejsze i bardziej niewinne stworzonko? Każdy z
nas był kiedyś owym białym królikiem. Pytanie brzmi: czy zdążymy na czas, czy też po drodze zgubimy się w ciemnej norze? Czy świat obejdzie się z nami łaskawie, poklepie po nosku, opatrzy zranioną łapkę… czy też
skrępuje nas jego szaleństwo? Co, jeśli po pewnym czasie odbicie ukaże nam już nie zwierzynę, a łowcę? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">[</span><b style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zaznaczam, że to tylko część inspiracji
historią w Krainie Czarów. Wszystko dzieje się po wydarzeniach z książki Lewisa Carrolla, Alicja już dawno wróciła do
domu, a Królowa Kier zdążyła urodzić córkę. Być może kiedyś pochylę się nad
historią samej Alicji.]</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Biały królik
doskoczył do Alicji i różowym noskiem zaczął obwąchiwać jej chabrową sukienkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zostaniesz moją
przyjaciółką? — spytała mała Helena piskliwym głosem, który mógłby się
wydobywać z drobniutkiej piersi szmacianego królika, a później pokiwała głową
lalki Alicji.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Pewnie, że
zostanę, jesteś śliczniutki!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wspaniale! A
zatem zapraszam cię na filiżankę herbaty do… — Helena urwała. Do komnaty weszła jej matka. Gdy dziewczynka siedziała na podłodze, kobieta zdawała jej się ogromna i
wyniosła, choć w rzeczywistości nie należała do wysokich. Jej głowę zwieńczał
kok rudych włosów, podkreślający ostre rysy twarzy i orli nos. Gdy matka
zrobiła jeszcze kilka kroków, podłogę zamiótł rąbek jej pysznej, szkarłatnej
sukni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena mimowolnie
odłożyła zabawki. Biały królik w kraciastym fraku oraz śliczna laleczka o
jasnych lokach i porcelanowych policzkach wylądowali na miękkim dywanie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Bawisz się. Jesteś zarumieniona — stwierdziła
matka głosem, który przypominał szpilki wbijające się w ciało. Później
uśmiechnęła się kącikami wąskich, czerwonych jak sama krew ust. — Cieszę się,
bo to znaczy, że twoje serce bije. Opowiadałam ci, jak po narodzinach ono
zamarło? Wszyscy obawiali się, że już nie wznowi swojej pracy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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niespełna ośmioletnia przełknęła ślinę. Nie rozumiała, dlaczego matka tak
często wspomina o jej nieposłusznym sercu. Przez to wielokrotnie nawiedzały ją
koszmary. Śniło jej się, że zamyka oczy, a jej organ przestaje bić i Helena nie
budzi się już więcej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kobieta
wyłupiastymi, zielonymi oczyma obserwowała siedzącą na podłodze córkę o dwóch
czerwonych warkoczykach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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powiedzieć, że jutro wyjeżdżam z Karcianego Dworu. Nie potrafię stwierdzić,
kiedy wrócę. Obejmiesz na ten czas stanowisko pani domu?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rozległy i wznosił się wśród zadbanych ogrodów i misternych żywopłotów, przez
co zyskał opinię najpiękniejszej posiadłości w Czerwonych Krainach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wzrok matki nadal utkwiony
był w twarzy dziewczynki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Podpaliłaś
wczoraj poduszkę. Służąca mi powiedziała — rzekła takim tonem, jakby na coś
czekała. Policzki Heleny poróżowiały, a ona sama wbiła wystraszone spojrzenie w
błękitne, okolone gęstymi rzęsami oczy Alicji, jakby szukając u niej ratunku.
To była prawda. Dziewczynce śniło się, że wyjmuje z piersi swoje własne uśpione
serce — widok tej wstrząsnął nią do tego stopnia, że uwolniła z siebie skrywaną
głęboko moc. Ogień ogarnął całą jedwabną poduszkę. Służka wpadła do komnaty z
wiadrem wody i krzyczała, by mała panienka uciekała, ale Helena nie bała się
skaczących płomieni, tylko wpatrywała się w nie z pewną fascynacją…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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że tego pożałuje. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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moją córką. — Kobieta w szkarłatnej sukni długim palcem uniosła brodę
dziewczynki i wpatrywała się z rosnącą aprobatą w jej oczy. — Odziedziczyłaś po
mnie cząstkę magii. Nie odrzucaj jej, nie bój się. Twoje serce mogło przestać
bić, ale twój dar da ci siłę, o jakiej nie śniłaś.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Heleny rozszerzyły się w zdumieniu i zachwycie. Matka jeszcze nigdy nie
przemawiała do niej z taką czułością — to musiało oznaczać coś dobrego. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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głową. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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siedziała w słonecznej komnacie i grała w karty ze swoją nianią — była to
obowiązkowa rozrywka Karcianego Dworu, zaraz obok krokieta. Niespodziewanie do środka wtargnął jeden
ze strażników, oznajmiając, że dziewczynka ma gościa. Jej ręka z asem
zatrzymała się w połowie drogi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy to nie może
poczekać? — spytała Helena z dziecięcym niezadowoleniem. Była zbyt mała, by
przejmować obowiązki matki, a nie chciała jej rozczarować jakimś nierozsądnym
krokiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mówi, że przyszedł do ciebie, panienko. Przyniósł… dar. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rozpogodziła twarz dziewczynki. Helena skinęła głową i po chwili w świetle
wpadającego przez okna słońca pojawił się osobliwy mężczyzna. Jego szczupła
sylwetka tonęła w pomarańczowym płaszczu, a na białych, pokręconych jak u lalki
włosach tkwił wysoki, zgniłozielony kapelusz. Dziewczynka zaśmiała się
serdecznie na ten widok, gdyż nigdy nie widziała tak niemądrze ubranego pana. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przybysz skłonił
się uprzejmie, ściągając z głowy pokaźny kapelusz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Proszę mi
wybaczyć śmiałość, ale jest panienka córką Królowej Kier? — zapytał pogodnym,
lekko drżącym od ekscytacji głosem. Helena poruszyła się niespokojnie w miękkim
fotelu, gdyż matka nie lubiła tego przezwiska, nie lubiła, gdy ludzie oskarżali
ją o sympatię do egzekucji. Gdyby tu była, z pewnością zechciałaby skrócić
mężczyznę o głowę… Ale ten wesoło uśmiechający się pan mógł nie wiedzieć, że
nie wolno używać takiego określenia, mógł zrobić to nieświadomie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, a co? —
odparła pytaniem na pytanie, bez cienia zagniewania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Boć znałem twą
szlachetną matkę, tak, tak, znałem ją i przyszedłem tu, by… — Przesunął po niej
chytrym spojrzeniem oczu czarnych niczym dwie otchłanie. — By wręczyć ci
prezent. Jestem wędrownym magikiem, o tak. Zające… nie, króliki w kapeluszu,
gołębie w rękawie, herbata w połowie filiżanki… Ale tobie chcę dać lustro —
zakończył swój chaotyczny wywód z szerokim uśmiechem. Dziewczynka zmarszczyła
brwi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Lustro? Nie chcę
być niemiła, ale mam już…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, nie —
przerwał jej spokojnie gość i uniósł palec. Jego ciemne oczy pękały z dumy. — To
jest magiczne lustro. Potrafi pokazać najpiękniejsze strony spoglądającego w
nie człowieka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tuż po tym kapelusznik
pstryknął palcem i nagle w jasnym powietrzu znikąd zaczęły kreślić się nowe,
ciemne linie, splatające się i tworzące kolisty kształt. Helena przetarła oczy,
a jej niania westchnęła z niedowierzaniem. Córka Królowej Kier nigdy nie
widziała tak pięknego zwierciadła. Tafla wydawała się przejrzysta i lśniąca
niczym zaczarowane jezioro, a wokół niej pięły się srebrzyste łodygi, liście i
kwiaty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dziękuję, jest
śliczne — wydusiła Helena. Magik poprawił ręką swoje jasne, sterczące pod
kapeluszem włosy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Daję ci je przez
wzgląd na matkę, dokładnie, właśnie przez nią. Pamiętaj, patrz w nie uważnie.
To magiczne lustro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To już mówiłeś,
ale…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Bywaj, panienko.
— Kapelusznik zmierzył dziewczynkę jeszcze jednym dziwacznie zadowolonym
spojrzeniem, jakby dzielili jakiś sekret, a potem skłonił się i zniknął, nim
Helena zdążyła poprosić go o następną magiczną sztuczkę. Wyglądało to tak,
jakby rozpłynął się w powietrzu razem ze swoim zielonym kapeluszem. Pozostało
tylko piękne zwierciadło na środku pokoju. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Panienko Heleno…
— odezwała się niepewnie niania siedząc przed stosem kart do gry. — Lepiej nie
wspominaj matce o tym dziwnym człowieku. Jest z natury nieufna i zapewne
kazałaby rozbić te lustro…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczynka
musiała przyznać kobiecie rację. Królowa Kier nie lubiła niezapowiedzianych
gości, zabawek córki i przedmiotów, które nie są przeznaczone dla niej. Lepiej
będzie, jeśli zachowają te lustro w tajemnicy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena przykryła
śliczne zwierciadło płótnem i skryła w głębi komnaty, dlatego powracająca z
podróży matka niczego nie zauważyła. Teraz dziewczynka leżała zagrzebana w
pościeli, a sen odganiały od niej niewyraźne krzyki dobiegające zza
zasłoniętych okiennic. Wiedziała, że na dziedzińcu odbywa się kolejne ścinanie
głów ludziom, którzy popadli w niełaskę pani domu. Rudowłosa nigdy nie była
obecna przy tych egzekucjach, ale słysząc błagania o pomoc i uderzenia topora,
wyobrażała sobie różne straszne rzeczy. Nieraz bała się, że gdy rozgniewa
matkę, sama zostanie pozbawiona głowy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Noc się dłużyła.
Nagle mała Helena przypomniała sobie o magicznym lustrze w cieniu komnaty —
może ono w jakiś sposób jej pomoże? Może dlatego dostała je od Kapelusznika? Wysunęła
się spod kołdry i na bosych stópkach dotarła do przykrytego przedmiotu,
pociągając za płótno. Materiał opadł, odsłaniając połyskujące w blasku księżyca
oblicze zwierciadła. Helena widziała w nim dziewczynkę w białym gieźle, z
czerwono-rudymi włosami okalającymi okrągłą twarzyczkę i zielonymi oczami, w
których tańczyło znużenie. Córka Królowej Kier spróbowała przegonić z twarzy
posępność, uśmiechając się entuzjastycznie. Swoim trzecim okiem wyczuwała
zaklętą w szkle magię i tryskała podnieceniem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Lustereczko,
powiedz przecie, kto jest najpiękniejszy w świecie — wyszeptała z figlarną nutą,
mając w pamięci słowa Kapelusznika. Była jeszcze małą dziewczynką, ale miała
ładną twarzyczkę, a w jej oczach krył się jakiś blask. Chciała ujrzeć w sobie
piękno kobiety. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szmaragdowe,
zachłanne oczy bliźniaczki w zwierciadle wpatrywały się uważnie w wyczekujące
tęczówki materialnej dziewczynki. Nagle Helena poczuła się nieswojo, gdyż ten
wzrok przenikał przez szkło i docierał do jej serca. Na ustach odbicia pojawił
się cień nieprzyjemnego uśmiechu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Znam cię Heleno. Wiem, czego się boisz i
czego pragniesz… — </span></i><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">syczał cichutki głos szkła, ciemności i
księżycowej poświaty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena cofnęła się
i niemal biegiem wskoczyła do ciepłego jeszcze łoża. Wszystko wokół umilkło —
egzekucje dobiegły końca. I tylko serce dziewczynki biło głośno niczym dzwon. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Spodoba ci się
to, Heleno — rzekła beztrosko matka w dniu pierwszego uczestnictwa swojej córki
w egzekucji. Stały na dziedzińcu pod kopułą szarych chmur i wraz z innymi
mieszkańcami dworu wpatrywały się w prowadzonego na śmierć człowieka. — Smak
władzy jest słodki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena wcale nie
czuła na języku słodkości; ledwo oddychała przytłoczona nudnościami. Bała się
jednak sprzeciwić matce i tylko skinęła głową. Wiatr szarpał jej rozpuszczonymi
włosami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przed katem,
skrywającym swą twarz za karmazynową maską, stanął drżący mężczyzna. Odzienie
miał we wzorze fioletowo-różowych pasków, jak każdy skazaniec. Posłusznie
klęknął na bruku, ze wzrokiem wbitym we własne kolana. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co on złego
zrobił, matko? — odważyła się spytać Helena, nie potrafiąc nie żałować tego
człowieka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Był bezczelny —
oznajmiła z pogardą Królowa Kier, a potem uniosła rękę z jaśniejącym jej na
ustach uśmiechem. — Skrócić go o głowę!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mężczyzna w
dziwacznym stroju zdążył jeszcze obrócić głowę i spojrzeć prosto na Helenę swoimi
wielkimi, zwężonymi oczami. Katowski topór już zaczął opadać, a on podarował
dziewczynce szkaradny uśmiech ostrych zębów, uśmiech prześmiewczy i
złowieszczy. Mała westchnęła cicho, gdy ostrze zagłębiło się w jego karku, gdy
trysnęła szkarłatna krew, a brzydka głowa mężczyzny odłączyła się od tułowia i
potoczyła się po kamiennych kostkach. Dziewczynka nie śmiała jednak odwrócić
wzroku, nie chciała sprawić matce zawodu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa Kier
skinęła z zadowoleniem głową. Jej oczy lśniły, gdy spojrzała na córkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nie są wspaniałe? Jedno twoje słowo może opuścić topór!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, matko. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś silna,
prawda, moja mała Heleno? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Staram się być…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dobrze. Gdy
podrośniesz, otworzę przed tobą ścieżki magii. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena nie
odkrywała już lustra Kapelusznika. W świetle dnia wmawiała sobie, że te
natarczywe spojrzenie odbicia było tylko wytworem wyobraźni, ale w ciemności
nocy nieraz słyszała cichy szmer dochodzący zza płótna, jakby przyzywanie,
chłodny śmiech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Matka zapraszała
ją do udziału w kolejnych egzekucjach. Helena nie potrafiła powstrzymać drżącej
wargi, widząc, jak skróceni o głowę zostają mężczyźni starzy i młodzi, damy
dworu i nierządnice, a czasem nawet ubogie dzieci, które odważyły się podkraść
z palca Królowej Kier jeden z pierścieni. W ściekającej po bruku krwi było coś
przerażającego i potwornego, ale jednocześnie fascynującego… Mała Helena nigdy
nie odwracała wzroku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Później jednak
zawsze schodziła do barwnego ogrodu i kryła się w cieniu krzewów. Lubiła
kwiecisty zapach i spokój tego miejsca — nie umknęło to uwadze matki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Posadźcie tu
rubinowe róże dla mojej córki — rozkazała trzem ogrodnikom, uśmiechając się
lekko do dziewczynki. Helena nie mogła powstrzymać radości; czuła, że jej
posłuszeństwo zostało wynagrodzone, że Królowa Kier po raz pierwszy z dobroci
serca coś jej daruje. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jednak ogrodnicy
Karcianego Dworu — jak cała służba — pracowali w stresie i niechcący pomylili
nasiona kwiatów. Po pewnym czasie okazało się, że płatki zasadzonych róż nie są
czerwone jak rubiny, a białe niczym śnieg. Helena przyglądała się im nieufnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wybacz, pani! —
zawołali przerażeni mężczyźni i opadli na kolana w prośbie o łaskę. Dziewczynka
była nieco rozbawioną tą pomyłką, ale uśmiech zamarł jej na ustach, kiedy do
ogrodu zeszła matka i prędko spostrzegła kwiaty o niewłaściwym kolorze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skrócić ich o
głowę! — zarządziła, ledwie zaszczycając spojrzeniem kulących się ogrodników. Helenie
było ich żal, bo ostatecznie nie zrobili nic złego, ale wiedziała, że nie może
się sprzeciwić woli rodzicielki.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wyrosły białe, ale splamił je szkarłat krwi dających głowę katowi ogrodników. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W dniu swoich
dwunastych urodzin Helena została zaciągnięta przez matkę do podziemnej
komnaty, do miejsca, gdzie ich oddechy były jedynym dźwiękiem przeszywającym
mroczną ciszę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa Kier
wyciągnęła dłoń, a pomiędzy jej palcami pojawił się magiczny płomień, bardziej
czerwony i lśniący niż ogień. Dziewczyna omal nie zachłystnęła się chłodnym
powietrzem — jej sny były pełne żaru i serc, czuła w sobie moc, a teraz miała
dowiedzieć się, jak tego używać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteśmy
czarownicami, Heleno — odezwała się z dumą matka, kiedy jej córka skończyła
napawać się tańczącym w jej dłoni płomieniem. — Potomkiniami dzikich kobiet,
które przybyły do Czerwonych Krain zza morza. Jesteśmy silniejsze niż inne
niewiasty i mamy prawo zajść wyżej niż one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Naprawdę?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Myślisz, że w
jaki sposób osiągnęłam tak wysoką pozycję, myślisz, że dlaczego Karciany Dwór
jest tak zachwycający? Przecież nie dzięki twojemu nieszczęsnemu ojcu, który
bał się własnego cienia i tylko przynosił mi wstyd na każdym kroku! Cóż za karykatura
mężczyzny… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena niewiele
wiedziała o swoim rodzicielu; zmarł, kiedy była jeszcze bardzo mała i właściwie
nie miała z nim żadnych wspomnień. Matka zaś nie lubiła o nim mówić, wyraźnie
nie była zadowolona z tego małżeństwa, a teraz wyszło na jaw, jak bardzo
gardziła tamtym człowiekiem… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jak on właściwie
zginął?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To nieważne! —
Kobieta machnęła ręką, jak zwykle szybko się irytując. Zaraz jednak przybrała
pełną zapału minę. — Przywiodłam cię tu, by pokazać ci naszą wyjątkowość, dar,
który płynie w naszych żyłach wraz z krwią. Ale nikt nie może wiedzieć. Zwykli,
szarzy ludzie są zbyt ograniczeni, by to pojąć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena poczuła
lekkie ukłucie strachu. Spuściła wzrok. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czarownice pali
się na stosie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tylko jeśli są
zbyt nierozważne, by dać się złapać. Zresztą ty nie musisz się obawiać, Heleno,
nasza pozycja zapewnia nam ochronę. Nikt nie odważy się podnieść na nas ręki,
ale możemy spowodować sieci szeptów i nieufności. Lepiej temu zapobiec. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Rozumiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A teraz pokaż
mi, co potrafisz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ja… Matko, nie
potrafię tego okiełznać, nie jestem…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Och, przecież
chcę cię właśnie nauczyć, czyż nie tak? Jednakże przez ostatnie lata czarowałaś
nieświadomie, podpalałaś poduszki, gasiłaś świece, miałaś przeczucia…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zgadza się… </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">— Helena zamyśliła się. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">— </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">Dlaczego to jest ogień?</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Są na świecie
różne czarownice, posiadające władzę na różnymi żywiołami. Kobiety z naszego
rodu są naznaczone ognistą mocą. Jesteśmy silne i nieokiełznane, potrafimy
niszczyć i dawać życie wedle naszych kaprysów… Czy to nie wspaniałe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena musiała
skinąć głową, czując tryskające w niej podniecenie. Chociaż stała w chłodnej,
ukrytej przed oczami innych komnacie i miała świadomość, że musi się jeszcze
wiele nauczyć, nigdy nie była bardziej zadowolona. Matka porzuciła
teraz maskę srogiej, krwawej kobiety i stała się jej przewodniczką, osobą,
która dzieliła z nią sekret i zamierzała wskazać jej właściwą drogę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena dorastała i
czuła, że nie jest już tą bojaźliwą dziewczynką, która w środku nocy przeraziła
się swojego odbicia. Teraz w jej dłoniach spoczywała moc, a ona sama zamierzała
rozwikłać zagadkę tajemniczego lustra Kapelusznika, położyć kres dochodzącym z
niego szeptom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pewnego dnia
stanęła naprzeciw zwierciadła i ściągnęła z niego zasłonę, by na jego szklanej
powierzchni mógł spocząć pomarańczowy blask zachodzącego słońca. W tym świetle
włosy dziewczyny wydawały się niezwykle czerwone, a jej twarz piękna i
tajemnicza. Helena nie mogła oderwać wzroku od tej urodziwej osoby, na którą
wyrosła. <i>Może dopiero teraz czar lustra
zaczął działać? </i>— przeszło jej przez głowę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ulga jednak prędko
zaczęła zamieniać się w popiół, kiedy bliźniaczka w zwierciadle uśmiechnęła się
chytrze i wyciągnęła przed siebie dłoń, jakby chciała pochwycić stojącą przed
srebrzystą taflą dziewczynę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiedziałam, że
sama do mnie przyjdziesz. — Lustro przemówiło jej głosem, przeszywającym
dźwiękiem wydobywającym się gdzieś ze szkła. Helena pobladła, ale nie potrafiła
zmusić rąk do ponownego zakrycia zwierciadła. Mogła jedynie wyszeptać:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czego chcesz?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Pytanie brzmi,
czego ty chcesz, Heleno. Czego pragniesz w głębi serca, o czym śnisz, co
zaprząta twoją głowę i z czego nie przyznasz się nawet swojej matce… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To nic takiego!
Niczego nie pragnę! Jesteś tylko lustrem, nie możesz mnie znać!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jestem tobą.
Znam cię lepiej niż twój własny umysł. A zatem — czego pragniesz najbardziej na
świecie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ku przerażeniu
Heleny, odbicie w lustrze nieco się zmieniło. Za sobą nie widziała już
zbawiennych promieni słońca, tylko gęstniejący mrok, a ona sama nie stała już z
pustymi rękami. W dłoniach trzymała ciepły, czerwony przedmiot; krew
przeciekała jej przez palce i rozbijała się kropelkami o posadzkę. Dziewczyna miała
ochotę krzyczeć, ale prędko zdała sobie sprawę, że to nie jest jej serce; nie jej własny organ, który zamarł tak, jak niegdyś przy jej narodzinach i teraz
był już niezdatny do użytku… To było CZYJEŚ serce, które pulsowało jej w
dłoniach niczym żywe stworzenie, piękne i słodkie jak sama esencja życia.
Helena drżała, ale nie władał nią już strach, tylko fascynacja i podniecenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Już nigdy nie
będziesz musiała się bać — obiecało szeptem lustro. — Serce nie będzie twoją
słabością, tylko siłą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna
pokręciła słabo głową. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To niewłaściwe…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Teraz to ja
decyduję o tym, co jest właściwe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena nigdy
więcej nie była już sama. Kiedyś, kiedy miała po kilka lat i żadnej równolatki
do zabaw, żałowała, że urodziła się jedynaczką, że nie ma siostry, z którą
mogłaby porozmawiać i dzielić strach przed matką. Teraz otrzymała siostrę
majaczącą się w szklanej tafli… I wcale jej się to nie podobało. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szepty się
nasiliły; krążyły nad uchem dziewczyny niczym stado natrętnych kruków. „Serce’’
— powtarzały dniami i nocami — „Zdobądź serce…’’. A najgorsze było to, że jakaś
część Heleny rzeczywiście tego pragnęła; chciała poczuć ten bijący organ w
swoich dłoniach, tak jak widziała to w lustrze, chciała, by to było materialne.
<i>Może powinnam powiedzieć matce? </i>—
zastanawiała się kilkakrotnie, mając nadzieję, że Królowa Kier roztoczy nad nią
jakiś czar ochronny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zrób to, a uzna
cię za szaloną córkę i każe skrócić o głowę — odparła jej dziewczyna w lustrze.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie jest aż taka
okrutna!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chcesz się
przekonać? Wiesz, w głębi ducha wiesz, że pozbyła się twojego ojca, bo sprawiał
jej zawód… Czy naprawdę sądzisz, że z córką nie postąpi tak samo?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena zadrżała,
czując rację w tych słowach. Znalazła się w potrzasku.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pewnej nocy nie
mogła już tego wytrzymać — wyślizgnęła się z łóżka i dotarła do pogrążonego w
ciszy ogrodu. Nasłuchiwała niczym przyczajony drapieżca, zaciskając władające
magią dłonie. W końcu usłyszała szelest; jakiś biały kształt przemykał przez
równo przystrzyżone trawniki. Helena bez namysłu skierowała w tym kierunku ręce.
Promień czerwonego światła ugodził zwierzę i przygwoździł je do ziemi. Kiedy
dziewczyna zbliżyła </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 22.6666679382324px;">się</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> i przymrużyła oczy, dostrzegła, że to biały królik.
Zwierzątko wydawało z siebie ostatnie tchnienia; w jego oczach błyskał dziki
strach. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dokąd było ci
tak spiesznie? — zapytała czule Helena. Potem wyprostowała palce i przebiła
nimi cieniutką, różową skórę królika. Zwierzę zapiszczało żałośnie, a kiedy
czarownica wyjęła z jego piersi drobne serce, zamarło na zawsze. Helena
pozostała ze swoją zdobyczą, pulsującą jej w dłoniach. Oblepiająca organ krew
lśniła pięknie w świetle księżyca.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , "sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena pochyliła
się i pocałowała zdobyte serce. Było ono tak słodkie jak sam biały królik. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rozdział mnie samej wydaje się trochę dziwny, taki odrealniony w stosunku do głównej akcji. Niemniej był konieczny. Wiem, że jedna notka to trochę za mało, żeby ogarnąć wszystkie motywy i wspomnienia postaci, ale mam nadzieję, że czytaliście uważnie, bo w następnym rozdziale pojawią się liczne nawiązania do przeszłości królowej. Liczę, że teraz lepiej ją zrozumiecie :)</span></div>
Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-36600305787729977592015-10-25T19:01:00.000+01:002015-10-25T19:26:13.771+01:00Rozdział XXIV{Zatrute jabłko}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śpij, mała królewno… <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ojciec podniósł ją
z ziemi, jakby ważyła tyle co piórko, i okręcił dookoła siebie. Rozbrzmiał
dziecięcy śmiech, by zaraz potem zmienić się w zduszony pisk dziewczęcych
pogaduszek z Nyn. Potem Śnieżka widziała salę balową, błyski świec i parkiet; czuła, że jej dłonie splecione </span>są ze smukłymi palcami młodzieńca z
marzeń. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Naraz te palce
zniekształciły się i zesztywniały, a przepych wokół zastąpił półmrok i drżące
światło ogniska. Widziała błyszczące ponuro oczy, by zaraz potem ujrzeć
szmaragdowe, zatrute szaleństwem. Królewna stała przyciśnięta do ściany, a czerwona
królowa delikatnym ruchem ścierała łzę z jej policzka. „Wszyscy jesteśmy tylko
odbiciami, dlatego potrzebne nam serca, potrzebna nam wieczność…’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Cały świat
pogrążył się w płynnych plamach szkarłatu. Trzy strużki krwi wiły się leniwie
pośród białych pagórków śniegu. Padał na nie kobiecy cień. Przewijała się
zraniona dłoń z igłą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śpij, mała królewno…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przeleciał czarny
kruk. Wśród ciemności jasnym blaskiem iskrzyła się tylko szklana trumna. Po
chwili wieko gwałtowanie odpadło, roztrzaskując się na tysiące kawałeczków. Z
lśniącego nagrobka wyszła blada niczym śmierć dziewczyna w strzępach sukni. Jej
oczy były rozpostarte i beznamiętne. Z jej piersi ziała upstrzona zakrzepłymi
plamami szkarłatu dziura. Jej czarne włosy zaczynały wypadać jak krucze pióra,
a sine kawałki skóry odklejać się od kości. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">O n a była tą
dziewczyną. Nie czuła nic, świat był skuty lodem i ciemnością. Kruk zdawał się wykrakiwać
dwa złowieszcze słowa — „bez serca, bez serca, bez serca…’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy Śnieżka ze
zduszonym jękiem zerwała się ze snu, jej ręce od razu powędrowały do lewej
piersi. Uspokoiła się trochę dopiero wtedy, kiedy wyczuła pod palcami bijący
pośpiesznie organ. <i>Jeszcze nie umarłam. Powiedziała,
że moje serce nie jest gotowe.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przypomniała sobie
jednak coś jeszcze.<i> </i>„Nie upłynie
wiele czasu, nim Raul założy na twój palec pierścionek i wasza miłość stanie
się pełna. A wówczas twoje serce będzie najcieplejsze’’ — echo złowróżbnego
proroctwa napełniło ją nową falą lęku. Dopiero po kilku chwilach dziewczyna
pojęła, że kuli się na świeżo posłanym łożu, a otaczają ją trzy kamienne
ściany niewielkiego pomieszczenia. Czwartą nich stanowiły metalowe kraty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jestem w lochach? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— zastanawiała
się, szybko jednak obaliła tę teorię. Co prawda nigdy nie miała żadnego
interesu, by zejść na najniższy i najplugawszy poziom zamku, ale mogła domyślać
się, że nie ma tam miękkiego łoża z czystą kołdrą, stoliczka ze srebrnym
zwierciadełkiem i drewnianego wiadra na naturalne potrzeby. Ciemność
rozpraszały pomarańczowe jęzory licznych pochodni. <i>Komnatą też tego nie mogę nazwać, bo nie ma tu dla mnie wyjścia. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka powoli
stanęła na zimnej, ale całkiem czystej, jakby niedawno zamiecionej podłodze, orientując się, że po raz pierwszy od dawna ma na sobie odzienie
godne królewny. Ku ziemi opadały fałdy kremowej sukni, a talię przytrzymywał szafirowy gorset. Włosy też miała wyczesane i lśniące. To jednak wcale jej
nie uspokoiło. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Podeszła do krat,
za którymi ciągnął się pogrążony w półmroku korytarz. Królewna w życiu go nie widziała. Był wąski, a jego ściany pokrywały pajęczyny i mech. <i>Musiała mnie uwięzić w jakimś tajemnym
miejscu. Zapewne stąd nikt nie usłyszy mojego wołania o pomoc. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle rozległo się
niespokojne charknięcie, a jakiś potężny cień w kącie poruszył się i powiększył
do rozmiarów wilka. W mroku błysnęły dwa żółte ślepia i skierowały się prosto
na dziewczynę. Królewna pisnęła ze strachu, przypominając sobie przerażającego
stwora, który gonił ją, odkąd tylko wbiegła do Puszczy Zapomnienia. Była pewna,
że gdyby ją wówczas dopadł, skończyłaby jako resztki między jego zębami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Chciała się cofnąć
i ukryć pod łożem, ale jakaś odważna część niej walczyła o opanowanie
paraliżującego strachu. <i>Oddzielają nas
kraty. </i>Ze zwierzęciem tymczasem zaczęło dziać się coś dziwnego — prężył się
i wyginał, porastająca go sierść znikała pod brzoskwiniową skórą, a wydłużające
się łapy przybierały kształt ludzkich kończyn. Po chwili z ziemi podnosił się już
nie wilk, a człowiek — masywnie zbudowany, odziany w poszarpaną szatę i
zarośnięty na twarzy, ale człowiek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Lepiej, moja
pani? — mruknął zachrypniętym głosem, nie spuszczając z dziewczyny jarzących
się oczu. Królewna przełknęła ślinę i zrobiła kroczek do przodu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie wiedziałam,
że masz też ludzki kształt… — wymamrotała, a potem odchrząknęła, by jej głos
zabrzmiał pewniej. — To ty mnie ścigałeś w lesie. Jesteś jej sługą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jej niewolnikiem
— poprawił ją mężczyzna, krzywiąc się lekko. <i>Czy naprawdę? </i>Śnieżka widziała grzejące mu grzbiet łachmany; żółte,
ropiejące oczy i dziką twarz, która bardziej mogła należeć do zwierzęcia niż do
człowieka. Zrobiło jej się go żal, ale wciąż nie potrafiła wydobyć z siebie
ufności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dlaczego?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— W przeszłości ją
skrzywdziłem i to jest moja cena. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna
przymrużyła oczy, zdając sobie sprawę, że przeszłość królowej jest dla niej jedynie mgłą. Ile o niej wiedziała? Jaka dawniej była jej matka? Kogo kochała? Kiedy dokonała
pierwszej makabrycznej zbrodni w imię tej miłości?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> — A zatem znałeś ją w Czerwonych Krainach? —
spytała powoli. — Opowiedz mi coś o tym, proszę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To ty jesteś jej
pasierbicą, sama zapytaj. Ja muszę milczeć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co zrobi, jeśli
będziesz nieposłuszny?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wątpię, byś
mogła to sobie wyobrazić, królewno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka zacisnęła
palce na zimnym pręcie kraty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Z moją macochą
jest coś nie tak, prawda? Mówiła, że lustra ją obserwują, że wyraża miłość
poprzez wyrwanie serca… W jej umyśle tkwi cierń, szaleństwo. Czy można to jakoś
powstrzymać? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie sądzę. —
Wilczy strażnik na moment spuścił wzrok. — Patrzyłem, jak się z tym zmaga przez
wiele lat. Ma też dobre chwile, ale one są już coraz rzadsze. Lustra kradną jej
duszę. Przykro mi, ale ona wyrwie ci serce, a ja jej w tym pomogę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie mógłbyś z
tym walczyć? Może jest jakaś droga, byś odzyskał wolność?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dziecino, jak
możesz po tym wszystkim być taka naiwna? Nie ma żadnej drogi. Pada na mnie
coraz dłuższy cień wilka. Ty wylądujesz w trumnie, a ja stracę całe swoje
człowieczeństwo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przez chwilę
zdawało jej się, że mówi do niej ustami Gburka — on również sądził, że była
łatwowierną gąską, która nic nie wie o mrokach świata. Ale obaj byli tak
pogrążeni w zgorzknieniu, że nie mogli ujrzeć, iż to jest właśnie broń Śnieżki
— wiara, ziarenko wiary, że coś da się jeszcze zrobić. Bez tego nie umiałaby postawić
ani jednego kroku na przód. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz też na pewno istnieje jakieś
wyjście. Nie proszę o wiele, chcę jedynie, by było ono trochę jaśniejsze od
skończenia w trumnie bez serca, ze świadomością, że wszystkich zawiodłam. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka nie
kontynuowała już tej dyskusji, tylko wróciła do łoża i zaczęła wspominać swoją
walkę macochą. Druzgocąco przegrała tamtą partię. Miała ochotę wyć. <i>To była moja jedyna szansa. Myślałam o niej
tak długo… i zaprzepaściłam ją. </i>Zastanawiała się, czy Roszpunka dałaby się
tak głupio złapać w kąpieli i czy Raul, gdy zgodnie z zapowiedzią czarownicy
wreszcie się spotkają, powie: „A nie mówiłem? To nie była robota dla słabej
pannicy’’. Na myśl o dzielnym szlachcicu ogarniał ją dławiący niepokój. Z<i>dołał uciec czy jest już częścią planu
królowej? Czy wie, że potem zostanie obwiniony o moją śmierć?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Myślała też o
swojej macosze. Jedynym sukcesem, jaki osiągnęła w walce z nią, było odkrycie
jej prawdziwych motywów. Śnieżka czuła rozdarcie. Nie mogła powiedzieć, że
kobieta jest bezduszną jędzą — na swój szalony sposób kochała i króla, i
pasierbicę. Ale obłąkanie zatruło w niej wszelkie człowieczeństwo, wszelką
zdrowość relacji z innymi. <i>I jeszcze jej
obsesyjny dotyk… </i>Dziewczyna nie mogła zapomnieć strachu, jaki czuła, myśląc,
że zaraz straci serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie mogę do tego dopuścić</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To pogrzebałoby
wszystkie starania, jakie razem z Raulem podjęli. To byłaby największa
przegrana. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wiesz, co musisz zrobić… </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— szepnął
dziewczynie w głowie głos śliski jak język węża. Wówczas jej serce zaczęło bić
znacznie szybciej i niemal wyrywać się spomiędzy żeber, jakby chcąc udowodnić,
jak wiele jest w nim życia. Całe jestestwo Śnieżki również bało się tej myśli.
Teraz dopiero pojęła, jak bardzo chce żyć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale musiała
zaakceptować fakt, że jest już martwa. Może z chwilą, gdy opuściła Gburka, może z
chwilą, gdy królowa odebrała jej broń, a może z chwilą spłynięcia na niej tej
świadomości. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna
podniosła się gwałtownie, rozglądając gorączkowo. To pomieszczenie było jak
przytulna łupinka pośród rzeki brudu i mroku. Nie było w nim narzędzi do
dokonania zbrodni. Spojrzała z nadzieją na małe zwierciadełko błyszczące na
stole — czy jego szkło mogłoby przeciąć tętnicę szyjną? A może kołdra? Czy da
się z niej zrobić solidny sznur? Tylko o co go zawiesić? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co ty robisz? —
warknął po jakimś czasie wilczy mężczyzna, spoglądając, jak dziewczyna za
kratami błąka się na wpół obłąkańczo, płacząc i śmiejąc histerycznie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka zatrzymała
się i spojrzała na niego oczami pełnymi łez i paniki. Dopiero teraz zauważyła,
że strażnik gdzieś zniknął, a patrząc na tacę parującego jedzenia w jego
rękach, zrozumiała, że poszedł po posiłek dla niej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chciałam to
zrobić, naprawdę chciałam, ale… nie mogę — wyjąkała, poruszając gwałtowanie
zaróżowionymi nozdrzami, by powstrzymać katar. — Za bardzo boję się bólu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mężczyzna tylko
obnażył pożółkłe zęby, jakby nadal był w skórze wilka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A ty nie
myślałeś o tym? — dopytywała dziecinnym głosikiem. — Żeby uwolnić się w ten
sposób? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale ja chcę żyć.
Chcę biegać i zatapiać zęby w mięsie. — Oczy mężczyzny błysnęły, ale jego twarz
spochmurniała. — To prymitywne, jednakże dla takich chwil żyję. Nie umiałbym
sam z tym skończyć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Rozumiem… Nad
tobą nie wisi widomo śmierci…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To prawda. —
Strażnik zerknął na trzymana tacę, a jego głos złagodniał: — Usiądź, królewno,
posil się. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mój ostatni posiłek? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna wciąż
patrzyła w oczy wilka, zdumiona odkryciem, że należą one do jej ostatniej
nadziei. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie uwolnisz
mnie, prawda? — spytała głucho. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, bo więzi
mnie przysięga. I ty też nie próbuj się sama uwalniać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wsunął tacę. Śnieżka ledwo
na nią spojrzała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jej magia opiera
się na żywych sercach? — wyszeptała nagle tak żałośnie, że chyba nawet bestia
nie mogłaby nakarmić ją teraz fałszem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak. Martwe może
co najwyżej oddać mi jako resztki. — Strażnik uśmiechnął się cierpko, ale spoważniał,
gdy dziewczyna desperacko przycisnęła zarumienioną twarz do krat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Pchnij mnie!
Błagam, sama nie dam rady… Powiedz, że ja sama się dźgnęłam kawałkiem lustra! Czy proszę o zbyt wiele?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wilkołak patrzył na
nią przez chwilę w milczeniu. Słychać było tylko pociąganie nosem Śnieżki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Królewska córka
— wyrzucił z siebie niespodziewanie. Jego świecące oczy stały się rozbiegane i
skomlące. — Gdzie mój zasrany honor? Byłem niegdyś rycerzem, na Boga!
Zdradziłem Helenę i zesłałem na Różę śmierć, to prawda, ale jak mogę teraz pozwolić,
by córka króla skończyła pchnięta ostrzem jakiegoś zawszonego głupca?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Żadne z nas tego nie zrobi. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie splamisz
honoru, bo to jest mój rozkaz — przekonywała drżącym głosem Śnieżka, a z jej
oczu spłynęły nowe krople łez. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, królewno,
nie! Nie tak. Dam ci śmierć czystą i spokojną. Zaczekaj tutaj! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka osunęła
się na ziemię, nieczuła na ironię, zdolna jedynie przełykać łzy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <o:p></o:p></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W lochach zrobiło
się chłodno, a półwilczy mężczyzna nie wracał. Śnieżka siedziała skulona na
łożu i w pewnej chwili skusiła się na oblane miodem ciasteczka. Przypominały jej one o Nyn, o
słodkiej, wesołej przyjaciółce. <i>Powinnam
po raz ostatni skosztować słodyczy. </i>Na tacy leżało także ładnie
przyprawione udko kurczaka, jego jednak nie potrafiła już przełknąć.
Popiła kuflem mleka — wystygłym, ale smacznym. <i>Jestem karmiona jak prosiak na rzeź. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna zdołała
się już trochę otrząsnąć z pierwszego szoku, jaki wzbudziła w niej perspektywa
odebrania sobie życia. W ciszy i samotności myśli przędły się łatwiej, dlatego mogła zastanowić </span>się, czy zamierza słusznie.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">„Nie masz innej
matki’’ — tak powiedziała jej macocha. Śnieżka nie umiała poddać tego w wątpliwość.
Nie pamiętała swojej rodzicielki. Królowa Anna była dla niej tylko obrazem
wiszącym w korytarzu upamiętniającym minione niewiasty przy tronie. Czy więc
czarownica miała rację? Dobro wyhodowała w Śnieżce ona, kobieta, która wyrywa
serca? Czy istota królewny opierała się naukach królowej? Czy jej walka zatem była
bezsensowna? Może powinna poddać się matce, która przecież dała jej miłość?
Pamiętała szaleńczy błysk w oku wiedźmy, ale też i czułość jej dłoni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Może powinnam pogodzić się z
przeznaczeniem?</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pomyślała jednak o
leżącym w zwęglonej pościeli ojcu; o pustych oczach Flynna, które wykuły ciernie
czarownicy; o Gburku, który chwycił ją za dłoń, gdy była na krawędzi rozpaczy; o wojowniczej minie Raula i jego drużyny; o wierze w oczach Słoneczko i sile,
która kazała jej unieść sztylet. O nadziei płatków śniegu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Moją matką jest zima. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ta myśl dodała jej
trochę otuchy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po jakimś czasie
za kratami wreszcie pojawiła się potężna sylwetka strażnika. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jaką mamy porę?
— rzuciła na przywitanie dziewczyna, bo denerwował ją brak możliwości ustalenia
momentu dnia. Nawet nie potrafiła powiedzieć, jak długo tu siedzi, jak dużo
czasu upłynęło od jej rozdzielenia z przyjaciółmi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Noc. To
najbezpieczniejsza pora — odparł sucho mężczyzna, przerzucając w wielkich
rękach jakiś okrągły, dwukolorowy przedmiot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A jak długo już tutaj
jestem? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Myślę, że mija
dokładnie doba. Ale nie pytaj mnie, ile masz tutaj czekać, bo nie wiem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie muszę pytać, bo nie zamierzam czekać. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mężczyzna wreszcie
spojrzał jej w oczy, po czym uniósł krzaczaste brwi na widok pustej tacy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Widzę, że
smakowało. I że przestałaś się </span>już rzucać. — Jego wąskie, wilgotne wargi
rozciągnęły się w uśmiechu, w którym nie było wesołości. — To dobrze, bo
chciałbym, żebyś podjęła w miarę racjonalną decyzję.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jaką? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Strażnik uniósł
rękę z zielono-czerwonym owocem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Widzisz to
jabłko? Wiele ryzykowałem, by dostać się niezauważonym do tajnej komnaty
królowej i nasączyć go kroplą dwóch wywarów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czary. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Z nimi królewna wolała być ostrożna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dziękuję, ale… jak ma mi to pomóc? Jak
działa każdy z tych wywarów? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Połowa czerwona,
połowa zielona. Zielony to spokojny kolor. — Mężczyzna przesunął kciukiem po
wspomnianej części owocu. — Jeśli ugryziesz z tej strony, mikstura ukoi twoje
nerwy i pozwoli na łagodny sen do ostatecznego czasu. Nie będziesz musiała się
bać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Iluzja spokoju. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna była
pewna, że to przyjemne rozwiązanie. Domyślała się także, co jest drugim, na jej
usta jednak już pomknęło pytanie:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A czerwona
połowa?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To kolor
śmierci. — Ślepia wilkołaka rozbłysły złowrogo. — Połknij go, a stanie się to,
o co mnie prosiłaś. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Krew odpłynęła dziewczynie z twarzy, pozostawiając białe płótno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skąd masz
pewność? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Obserwuję czary
Heleny od dawna. Wiem, co podaje tym, których chce chwilowo uciszyć, a co tym,
którzy powinni bezszelestnie odejść. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Coś chłodnego
zacisnęło się na sercu Śnieżki, gdy wstała i ruszyła w stronę krat. To zabawne,
że ten niewielki owoc lokalizował w sobie tyle obaw. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co powiesz
królowej? — zaniepokoiła się, gdy miała już jabłko na wyciągnięcie ręki.
Mężczyzna wydał z siebie leniwe warknięcie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Mam kilka
pomysłów, o to się nie martw. Dane jej słowo powstrzymuje mnie przed
otworzeniem tych krat, nie zabroniła mi jednak cię zabijać. — Gdy dziewczyna
położyła palce na gładkim owocu, jeszcze nie pozwolił jej zabrać swojej
zdobyczy. — Ale rozważ wszystko dobrze, królewno. To nieodwołalny wyrok. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wyrok nade mną już zapadł. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka z
ostrożnością, na jaką stać drżącą lekko rękę, wzięła od niego jabłko, jakby
bała się, że je upuści, a ono zmieni się w kąsającego węża. Jej oczy jednak
zaraz powędrowały ku dzikiej twarzy mężczyzny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jak masz na
imię?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Niegdyś byłem
Forwinem. — W jego głosie usłyszała nutę zapomnianej dumy. — Synem Gąsienicowych
Pól.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zatem, Forwinie,
dziękuję. — Królewna zdała sobie sprawę, że ciężko brzmieć poważnie, gdy głos
jest na skraju załamania. Spróbowała zatuszować to bladym uśmiechem. — Nie
jesteś bestią. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mężczyzna nie
odpowiedział. Rzucił jej długie, jakby rozciągnięte w niepewności spojrzenie, a
potem zostawił ją samą sobie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna
tymczasem </span>z jabłkiem usiadła na łożu, obserwując, jak po aksamitnej skórce
owocu ślizga się łakomy blask pochodni. Wcześniej drżała przed śmiercią, ale
teraz, gdy utkwiła ona w tym słodkim plonie jabłoni, czuła się spokojniej. <i>To będzie jak sen.</i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Forwin zrobił, co
mógł — dał jej wybór, ale tym samym utrudnił zadanie, bo teraz jej myśli
uciekały ku zielonej połówce. Gdyby dostała całe czerwone jabłko, nie miałaby
innych opcji. <i>Już i tak jestem martwa </i>—
powtarzała sobie, choć czuła, że jej oczy zachodzą łzami. <i>Myśl. Zaczep się o coś miłego. Myśl o ukochanym ojcu. To jego ramiona
przytulą cię na powitanie, gdy się zbudzisz. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Żałowała jednak
tych, których tutaj zostawi. Czy Nyn zdoła utrzymać swoją pogodę ducha? <i>Myliłam się co do niej, ona nie jest
interesowana. Zawsze byłyśmy przyjaciółkami. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czy Raul będzie
się obwiniał? <i>Nie powinien. Zrobił, co
mógł. Był bohaterem, który zawiózł mnie do domu, i lojalnym rycerzem.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czy Gburek w ogóle
dowie się o tym, że umarła? Naprawdę chciała go jeszcze raz zobaczyć, pożegnać
się z nim jak należy, wyznać mu wszystko. Naraz ogarnęła ją dziwna tęsknota za chwilami,
które spędziła w jego grocie. To były szare i trudne dni, w których jednak żyła jak
nigdy dotąd. Przypomniała sobie ponurą twarz karła i jego sceptyczny język. Prawie
się uśmiechnęła. <i>Nigdy nie powinnam
opuszczać tej groty. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Forwin oddalił się
od krat, ale spacerował nerwowo po korytarzu. <i>Czy liczy, że wybiorę przyjemne kilka chwil w błogiej nieświadomości?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna
wielokrotnie słyszała opowieści o wzniesieniu się ponad własne pragnienia i
dążeniu do niematerialnych cnót, ale gdy sama stanęła przed tym wyborem, ciężko
jej było wykrzesać z siebie te iskry dumy i zadowolenia. Nie wiedziała też, jak
zabrać się do umierania, jak powinna odchodzić córka królewska. Stawiała na to,
że strużki łez na policzkach i z trudem tłumiony w piersiach jęk nie są
pożądane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nieśpiesznie uniosła
jabłko od strony czerwonej jak krew. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie wygrasz, królowo </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— usiłowała się
pocieszyć<i>. </i>Była ciekawa,
jak macocha zareaguje. Wyobraziła ją sobie, jak dobiega do leżącej bez ducha
przybranej córki i płacze nad utraconym sercem, pogrzebaną szansą wieczności; jak wyrywa sobie włosy z głowy, jak
szaleństwo w niej pulsuje. Przez chwilę królewnie zrobiło się jej żal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Chłodne,
karmazynowe usta dotknęły równie karmazynowej powierzchni jabłka. Śmierć okazała
się słodka i soczysta. Śnieżka czuła ją na swoim karku i drżała bardziej z
każdą chwilą, ale dzielnie przeżuwała dalej, by w jej całe ciało wtłoczyła się
trucizna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Serce biło jak
dzwony. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Świat wirował jak
sala balowa, gdy tańczyła z Raulem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Trzy strużki krwi
wiły się leniwie pośród białych pagórków śniegu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gburek uśmiechał się
do niej ciepło niczym promień słońca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A z oczu drżącej królewny
Śnieżki wypłynęły rubinowe łzy. Wpierw przypominały klejnoty, ale gdy potoczyły
się powoli po jej bladych policzkach, przywodziły na myśl raczej smugi krwi
uciekające przed zamierającym sercem. Jedne były słone, inne gorzkie, niektóre
lodowate, a niektóre ciepłe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Smakowały jak ż y c
i e.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śpij, mała królewno…</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><br /></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">Lubię ten rozdział. Utwierdza mnie w przekonaniu, że stworzyłam coś innego, fajnego, a postać Śnieżki przemówiła i do mojego serca. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">W następnych rozdziałach ukażę losy pozostałych bohaterów, więc na razie pozostawiam was w niepewności co do śmierci królewny. Mam nadzieję, że was nie rozczaruję. </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-82901198991948369662015-10-08T19:01:00.000+02:002015-10-08T19:01:42.095+02:00Rozdział XXIII{Rycerz, królowa i wilk}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul musiał
przyznać, że sucha komnata i wygodne łoże poprawiły mu humor, choć wzdragał się
przed odczuwaniem wdzięczności wobec tej żmii w ludzkiej skórze. Nie mógł
również zapomnieć o Śnieżce. Wciąż widział jej wątłą sylwetkę znikającą
pomiędzy dębowymi drzwiami jak w paszczy potwora. Chciał jej ufać i wierzyć, że
pokona zło, niemniej było mu wstyd, że grzeje sobie tyłek przed kominkiem,
podczas gdy ona szykuje najważniejszy cios. Już widział niezadowoloną minę swojej
matki, lady Aleny, już słyszał, jak kobieta mówi: ,,Pozwoliłeś damie zabijać? Czy
choć raz możesz nie być takim matołem?!’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Westchnął cicho,
bo ciężko mu było wytłumaczyć swoje zachowanie. Po prostu odkąd znalazł Śnieżkę
nad strumykiem, widział w niej pewną iskrę, której wcześniej tam nie było — a
ta mała iskierka sprawiła, że pozwolił królewnie samodzielnie zająć się
podstępną macochą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A szkoda. Takie wiedźmy powinno się pojmać
i publicznie stracić, najlepiej w oczyszczających językach płomieni. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ciszę nocy
przerwało pukanie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wejść!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po chwili w krąg
rzucanego przez palenisko światła weszła młoda, jasnowłosa dziewczyna w
fartuszku. Jej malinowe usta układały się w nieśmiały, ale pełen serdeczności
uśmiech. A w dłoniach trzymała tacę z misą zupy i talerz jagnięciny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jest pan głody?
— spytała kucharka pogodnie. Szlachcic nie mógł zaprzeczyć, dlatego skinął
głową, a dziewczyna ruszyła w stronę drewnianego stołu przy oknie. Raul nie
poświęcał jej większej uwagi do czasu, gdy jasnowłosa potknęła się o zawinięty
rąbek dywanu. Na chwilę straciła panowanie nad tacą; misa zsunęła się i
brawurowo roztłukła w chwili zderzenia z podłożem, a mieszczący się w nim
barszcz falami rozbryzgał się wokół. Kucharka znieruchomiała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul zerwał się z
miejsca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Niech pan wybaczy,
błagam…! Dziś ważny dzień, wróciła do nas królewna. To naturalne, że jestem troszkę
rozkojarzona — trajkotała przepraszająco dziewczyna, zagarniając szczątki misy.
Raul uklęknął obok niej i zaczął robić to samo, chociaż nie za bardzo wiedział
dlaczego. Może po prostu w tych chwilach napięcia potrzebował czymś zająć ręce.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skoro tak się
tym przejmujesz, musisz naprawdę miłować królewnę — stwierdził, zakładając na
usta wymuszony uśmiech. Dziewczyna jednak odpowiedziała mu szczerą, radosną
miną. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zgadza się,
królewna jest mi bardzo bliska, panie. — Nagle jej zielone oczy zamigotały
tajemniczo, a ona przybliżyła się do młodzieńca tak, że dzieliły ich tylko
cale. — Opowiedziała mi o waszym planie. Wierzę w nią, ale za pańskim
pozwoleniem, co z pana za mężczyzna i rycerz, skoro pozwolił jej pan walczyć
samotnie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mówiła to bez
złośliwości, z lekkim, uroczym wyrzutem w spojrzeniu, ale Raul poczuł się
dotknięty, bo nadała jego wątpliwościom dźwięk. Jego mina schłodniała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie wiem, skąd
to wszystko wiesz, wścibska dziewko, ale wierz mi, nie chciałem zostawić jej
samej. To ona się uparła. Cały czas drżę o jej los. I jestem gotów zaatakować,
gdyby coś poszło nie tak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Kocha ją pan? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W oczach tej
dziewczyny było tyle jasnych punkcików, pełnych nadziei i marzeń, ale dla
młodzieńca odpowiedź nie była równie oczywista. I jakkolwiek by ona brzmiała,
nie zamierzał się z nią dzielić z tą służebną dziewką, która równie dobrze
mogła być na usługach królowej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A ty? —
zarzucił. — Czy twa miłość do królewny jest wystarczająco duża, by jej nie
zdradzić?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zdradzić?! Jestem
po waszej stronie i ponadto…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle jednak
skrzypnęły drzwi i do komnaty wszedł brązowowłosy chłopak, który na widok ich
dwójki niemal stykającej się nosami spuścił wzrok. Zirytowany Raul podniósł
się z miejsca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co jest,
braciszku?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ja tylko
chciałem… — Przybysz spojrzał nieufanie na kucharkę. — Dowiedzieć się, czy na
razie wszystko jest bez zmian. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Chciałeś powiedzieć — czy dalej siedzimy
bezczynnie. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, musimy
nabrać sił — odrzekł Raul spokojnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dobrze,
rozumiem, w takim razie… dobranoc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dobranoc, Lawin.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul odprowadził
brata wzrokiem aż do drzwi. Podejrzewał, że chłopak czuje się dość niepewnie
wśród murów zamku czarownicy. Po raz pierwszy zadał sobie pytanie, czy chęć
trzymania go blisko siebie to opłacalne działanie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Właśnie miał
obrócić się ku kucharce i dokładniej ją wypytać, gdy do komnaty weszła kolejna
postać — królowa we własnej osobie. Raul zesztywniał, patrząc, jak ta wiedźma
zbliża się do niego powolnym, wdzięcznym krokiem, obleczona w suknię z
czerwono-białym motywem szachownicy. <i>Jest
piękna, muszę przyznać, ale jej oczy są trucizną. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy ten
młodzieniec, którego minęłam po drodze, to twój brat? — spytała na wstępie
lekkim tonem. — Widziałam pewne podobieństwo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zgadza się, Wasza
Miłość.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szlachcic uważnie obserwował kobietę, gotowy
zareagować na najmniejszy ruch. Słyszał za sobą pocieranie materiału o podłogę,
a zatem ta zadziorna kucharka skryła się w cieniu wykonywanej roboty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa podeszła
bliżej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Hm, przyznam, że
nie wiem o mieszkańcach Bukowego Dworu tyle, ile bym chciała, a przecież teraz
będzie o was głośno w królestwie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Rad jestem, że
to słyszę. Chowam nadzieję, że obecna sytuacja zbliży do siebie królewski zamek
i Bukowy Dwór.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Coś zabłysło w jej
szmaragdowych oczach, jakby właśnie to chciała usłyszeć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— O tak, może
nawet tak bardzo, jak w moich marzeniach. Przyprowadzając do mnie Śnieżkę,
wykazałeś się niezłomnością, a także wielką troską. Śmiem twierdzić, że moja
pasierbica jest ci bliska. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Macki
nieprzyjemnego chłodu owinęły się wokół szyi młodzieńca, bo nie był pewien,
dokąd prowadzi ta rozmowa. <i>Chce nas
zeswatać? A może jestem dla niej niewygodny? </i>Wiedział za to, że szorująca
kucharka łapczywie nadstawia ucha i w tej chwili ucieszył się, że nie jest w
komnacie sam, że ma kogoś po swojej stronie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To prawda —
zdecydował się odpowiedzieć i rozciągnąć usta w przyjacielskim uśmiechu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Kochasz ją, mój dzielny
panie? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Rozległ się cichy
trzask za jego plecami — pewnie kucharka z nieuwagi nadepnęła na odłamek
naczynia. Raul miał wrażenie, że coś w jego sercu również trzasnęło. Sam nie
wiedział, dlaczego znów się wahał. Śnieżka miała wszystko, była wszystkim, na
co nakierowywała go matka. On sam był pod wrażeniem jej urody, podziwiał ją za odwagę
i pragnął być przy niej, a jednak… coś w nim szeptało, że kocha ją bardziej jak
swoją panią niż kobietę. Może właśnie dlatego, że za bardzo wpasowywała się w
narzucone przez matkę ramy? Może z powodu jej zmiany w lesie? A może po prostu
brakło im czasu, by obudzić w sobie wzajemne pożądanie?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, Wasza
Miłość. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Znakomicie, gdyż
ona również chowa ku tobie uczucie. Wiesz, dokąd zmierzam, mój panie? Śnieżka
to młoda, zagubiona dziewczyna. Potrzeba jej miłości i to takiej, którą może
dać mężczyzna. — Uśmiech królowej był jak zakrwawiony sierp. — To znów
przywróci ją do życia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ostrożnie. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zawsze marzyłem,
by poślubić królewnę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A ja zawsze
marzyłam, by moja pasierbica zawarła szczęśliwe małżeństwo. Cieszę się, że doszliśmy
do porozumienia. Zechcesz pójść ze mną? — spytała wiedźma pogodnym tonem,
wyciągając ku niemu swą szponiastą rękę. — Chcę ci coś pokazać, Raulu. Mogę
zwać cię po imieniu, prawda?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To będzie
zaszczyt, pani. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ujął ją pod rękę i
dał poprowadzić się korytarzami, żałując, że nie czuje przy sobie ciężaru
pozostawionego w komnacie Jęzora Gryfa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zamek już spał,
pogrożony w cieniach. Za łukami mijanych okien padały płatki śniegu. Atmosfera
była wyścielona takim spokojem, że Raul uznał to za niepokojące. Wolną dłonią
ostrożnie wymacał ostatni przedmiot nadziei — przypięty do pasa sztylecik, z
którym nigdy się nie rozstawał. Miał umowę ze Śnieżką, ale skoro obiekt ich
ataku szedł z nim ramię w ramię, powinien spróbować. Musiał spróbować. <i>Może wtedy sumienie i ta mała kucharka dadzą
mi spokój! <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powoli wyjął z
pochwy ostrze. Mierzył w samo serce. Gdy jednak koniec sztyletu znalazł się tuż
przy jej ciele, wiedźma zmieniła się w ulotny, czerwony dym, z którego dobywało
się echo kpiącego śmiechu. Zdezorientowany młodzieniec zamachał sztyletem na
wszystkie strony, mając wrażenie, że walczy z duchem. Wtem jednak przed jego
nosem wybuchł wypełniony siarką kłąb — i zaraz potem zniknął korytarz i
dekorująca go zbroja rycerza, uleciały kolory rzeczywistości, a szlachcic
znalazł się pośród oparów bladoróżowej mgły.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Słyszał tylko swój
przyśpieszony oddech. <i>Czy ja umarłem?</i>
<i>Cóż to za gierki?! </i>Zaciskał i
rozkurczał palce, ale nie wyczuł między nimi swojego sztyletu, jakby ostrze
również zmieniło się w mgłę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiedziałam, że
jesteś w spisku — usłyszał władczy i drwiący głos królowej, sączący się gdzieś z
góry. — Taki zapalczywy młodzieniec nie może się powstrzymać przed zdobyciem
chwały, prawda? Nie martw się, dam ci sławę, choć może nie tą, o której
marzysz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej słowa
pozwoliły Raulowi nakarmić swój lęk gniewem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Cokolwiek dla
mnie planujesz, wiedźmo, nie oprę ci się! — wydarł się, by bez względu na jej
lokalizację, dobrze go usłyszała. — Będę walczył do ostatniej kropli krwi w
żyłach!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Och, wierzę ci,
ale pamiętaj, że mam też twojego słodkiego braciszka. Nie chciałbyś chyba, bym pozbawiła
go serca?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Lawin — szepnął
porażony, oczami wyobraźni widząc drobne, nieruchome ciało brata z dziurą ziejącą w miejscu serca. Nie mógł, obiecał sobie… — Nie waż się go tknąć!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy mamy zatem układ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz w umyśle
Raula o uwagę walczyły dwie twarze — wystraszona Lawina i pełna zapału Śnieżki.
Młodzieniec wiedział, że kogoś z nich zawiedzie i przez tego znienawidził
królową jeszcze bardziej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, wiedźmo —
wycedził w końcu ponuro, gdyż bierność w takiej sytuacji była ujmą na jego
honorze, skazą na sumieniu.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Znakomicie! —
Usatysfakcjonowany głos potoczył się echem po odrealnionej okolicy, aż w końcu
ucichł zupełnie, pozostawiając po sobie pustkę i napięcie. Podstępna mgła
opadła jak pąsowy szal, a Raul pojął, że znalazł się za kratami celi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Była jeszcze jedna
rzecz do zrobienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa zawsze
dążyła do perfekcji — jeśli już wciela swoje plany w życie i ustawia na
miejscach aktorów swojego przedstawienia, nie mogła nikogo pominąć. Śnieżka
odpoczywała po ciężkich przeżyciach, a Raul miał czekać na odpowiedni moment w
celi. Pozostali jeszcze jego towarzysze — braciszek o słodkim, szybko bijącym
tonie serca; wysoki, hardy rycerz i drugi, jasnowłosy. Helena nie miała
wątpliwości, że również są w spisku, że wiedzą zbyt wiele. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie mogła ich
jednak zabić. Ten młodzieniaszek chroniony był układem, jaki zawarła z Raulem,
a jeśli ci dwaj mężczyźni zniknęliby tak nagle, służba zaczęłaby pytać. Kobieta
nie mogła jednak pozwolić, by niewyparzone usta zatruły jej wizerunek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Odbicie lustrzane
miało rozwiązanie i Helena zamierzała wcielić je w życie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jeszcze tej samej
nocy zamknęła się w swojej tajemnej komnacie i rozpaliła ogień pod kotłem. Lubiła
spoglądać na bulgoczący wywar, lubiła tworzyć płynne czary. <i>Moja matka się nie myliła. Magia to potęga. </i>Helena
po raz kolejny cieszyła się, że w jej dłoniach leży taka moc. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Na czarującą w
pocie czoła wiedźmę zza szklanych ścian spoglądały stojące na półce serca. Zawsze,
gdy królowa była w pobliżu, poruszały się niespokojnie, może z utęsknieniem? Helena
była dumna ze swojej kolekcji, w której mieściły się bijące organy złotogrzywego
lwa i białego królika z Czerwonych Krain, a także trofea z chłodniejszego królestwa
— pięknego, długonogiego jelenia i srebrnego, żywiącego się mięsem jednorożca. Forwin
zdobył je dla niej w Puszczy Zapomnienia, bo ona sama nie mogła bez podejrzeń
udać się do lasu. W słojach drgały też — a może przede wszystkim — serca
ludzkie. Wielkie, czerwone i gniewne Królowej Kier, słodkie i smutne króla
Filipa, a także kilku osób, które nadszarpały nerwy królowej. <i>W sercach tkwi moja miłość i nienawiść. Moja
siła. </i>Coś na dnie umysłu wiedźmy przypomniało sobie, że kiedyś się ich
bała. <i> </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle, gdy wywar
przybrał już właściwą, woskową barwę, kobieta usłyszała dźwięk ciężkich kroków.
Przez wnękę do komnaty wszedł jej sługa — jedyny, przy którym nie musiała zakładać
fałszywych masek i który sam musiał milczeć, skrępowany łańcuchem przysięgi. Zarośnięte,
dobrze zbudowane ciało mężczyzny okrywały ciemne płachty zniszczonej szaty. Jego
oczy świeciły w półmroku żółtym blaskiem, choć królowa pamiętała, że kiedyś
miały barwę stali. <i>Był pierwszym
mężczyzną, którego pokochałam. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I największą pomyłką. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To stało się, gdy
królowa była niewiele starsza od Śnieżki; swoje rdzawe włosy czesała w dwa urocze
warkocze, a jej ręce plamiły się tylko sercami drobnych zwierząt. W
dzieciństwie matka nie poświęcała jej zbyt wiele czasu, gdy zaś dojrzała, Królowa
Kier rozchorowała się i domagała uwagi córki. Helena spędzała długie godziny
przy łożu słabej matki, wysłuchując jej ględzenia. Oczywiście martwiła się o
stan zdrowia rodzicielki, złościło ją jednak niepotrzebne dramatyzowanie. Przecież
słyszała bicie jej serca i czuła, że kobieta nie umrze. Medycy również
twierdzili, że fizycznie ich pani jest zdrowa. Co ciekawe, po zapadnięciu na tę
dziwną chorobę, Królowa Kier przestała oglądać egzekucje głów, jakby od tego krwawego
widowiska rozbolała ją jej własna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Niepewny stan
zdrowia matki i konieczność doglądania jej odbiły się na twarzy Heleny znużeniem.
Nawet uciekanie do pachnącego ogrodu róż nie przynosiło odpowiedniej ulgi. I
wtedy właśnie na drodze nieszczęsnej panienki zaczął pojawiać się kapitan
straży — rosły, odważny, starszy o dekadę sir Forwin z Gąsienicowych Pól. Dotrzymywał
jej towarzystwa w ogrodzie. Przy nim dziewczyna zaczęła żyć od nowa; czuła, że
jego silne dłonie obronią ją przed złymi szeptami luster. To był pierwszy
okres, w którym ich moc zelżała jak przytłumiona świeca. Helena wiedziała, co
powiedziałaby matka na romans córki ze swoim strażnikiem, nie dbała o to
jednak. Liczyło się to, że ktoś wreszcie był przy niej i rozpogadzał, że
całował ją jak swój najdroższy skarb. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To były piękne,
jakby oblane miodem chwile. Dopiero po jakimś czasie dziewczyna zaczęła słyszeć
w rytmie serca Forwina coś niepokojącego, jakby jakąś płochliwość, wyrzuty
sumienia. Pewnego ciepłego wieczora, gdy wracała z sypialni narzekającej matki,
postanowiła udać się jeszcze do ogrodu. Tam zaś zastała przerażający widok,
który rozdarł jej młode serce na pół. Forwin stał wśród grządek jej róż i obejmował
jakąś smukłą, złotowłosą dziewkę. Helena znała nawet jej twarz — w myślach
nazywała ją Dziewczyną od Flamingów. To ona zajmowała się tymi zwierzętami, gdy
kończono grę w krokieta. A teraz bezwstydnie błądziła dłońmi po ciele jej
ukochanego, on natomiast wydawał się zachwycony; całował jej usta z jeszcze
większą namiętnością niż tą, którą podarowywał Helenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zraniona córka
Królowej Kier natychmiast przerwała te czułości. Wypełniała ją nieznana dotąd
lawa uczuć. Jej dłonie zaiskrzyły się na czerwono, a płynąca z nich magia
przewróciła zakochane gołąbki na ziemię. Zaskoczony Forwin usiłował się tłumaczyć,
zapewniał, że to Helenę kocha bardziej, błagał o życie złotowłosej, ale czarownica
nie dopuszczała do siebie tych trujących słów. Sięgnęła po podłe serce dziewki,
przebijając palcami jej miękkie ciało i kruche kości. Dziewczyna od flamingów
zamarła z przerażeniem w oczach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Następnie przyszła
kolej na Forwina, który oddychał ciężko na trawie i szeptał błagania.
Przypominał skamlające zwierzę, którego skusił byle kąsek mięsa. Dlatego Helena
przeklęła go czarami, nakładając na niego cień wilka. „Chcesz żyć, mój
kapitanie?’’ — spytała chłodno, a on skinął głową, z której zaczęły wyrastać
coraz to nowsze kosmyki włosów. „Przysięgnij, że będziesz mi służyć’’. I zrobił
to, oddając się jej woli. Odtąd był jej wilczym strażnikiem. Wiedział, że za
nieposłuszeństwo czeka go coś gorszego niż śmierć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz Forwin stał
boso i czekał, aż jego pani przeleje do fiolki część wywaru. Jego świecące ślepia
były zasklepioną niemocą i nienawiścią. <i>I
strachem. </i>Królowa lubiła, gdy po jego twarzy przemykało to uczucie. Było
zapłatą za jej złamane serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dopilnuj, by
nasi trzej rycerze to wypili — rozkazała, ostrożnie podając lśniącą woskową
poświatą fiolkę do jego brudnych dłoni. Wilkołak skinął głową z twarzą bez
wyrazu. Kobieta uśmiechnęła się władczo. — I znajdź mi pozostałych członków tej
dzielnej gromadki. Wiesz, jak wyglądają, prawda?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, pani…
Obserwowałem ich — przyznał, unosząc kącik ust. Helena postukała palcem o
brodę, zastanawiając się, czy mężczyzna wiedział o planie Śnieżki. <i>Może podsłuchał pewne słowa, ale przypadkowo
nie zdążył mnie o nich powiadomić?</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak naprawdę tylko
raz wykazał się nieposłuszeństwem. To było na początku ich mieszkania w zamku. Dostał
za zadanie zabić pomywaczkę, która zaprowadziła ich do tej ukrytej komnaty i
zajęła się oczyszczeniem jej z pajęczyn. Królowa była dziewczynie wdzięczna,
ale nie mogła pozwolić sobie na niewygodnych świadków. Wtedy Forwin zawahał się,
próbował przekonać swoją panią do łagodniejszego rozwiązania. <i>Może ta dziewka przypominała mu o utraconej Dziewczynie od Flamingów? </i>Jakiekolwiek
powody kłębiły się mu w tym zawszonym łbie, Helena szybko się ich pozbyła,
przykuwając go do ściany ciężkim łańcuchem. Nosił metalową obrożę jak prawdziwy
pies, a ona powoli podpalała jego łapy złośliwymi płomykami. Pamiętała, że wył
z bólu, a jego ciało zmieniało się fragmentami, jakby wahało się pomiędzy
człowiekiem a wilkiem. W końcu mężczyzna zgodził się uciszyć pomywaczkę i już
nigdy nie okazywał skrupułów. Zabijał, kogo mu zleciła, ostrzem lub kłami. Był nawet
gotów zgładzić słodką królewnę.</span><br />
— Doskonale. Znajdziesz ich w karczmie „Złota Podkowa’’.
— Królowa machnęła ręką. — Zrób zatem użytek ze swoich zębów, żeby ci się nie
stępiły.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Niemal słyszała
powstrzymywany w gardle mężczyzny warkot. <i>Byłeś
moim szczęściem. Teraz będziesz cierpiał do końca swoich parszywych dni. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wszyscy mają
umrzeć? — zapytał głucho. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zgadza się. —
Przymrużyła oczy. — I zrób to po cichu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak jest, pani.
Do świtu nie będą cię już niepokoić.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po chwili wilczy
sługa odszedł, szurając po ziemi wytartym płaszczem. <i>Mój szczur, ślizgający się przez kanały zamku. </i>Helena po raz
kolejny zadała sobie pytanie, dlaczego wtedy go nie zgładziła, dlaczego nie
wyrwała mu serca jak Dziewczynie od Flamingów i nie umieściła go w swojej
kolekcji jako trofeum zemsty. Owszem, był przydatny i swoim cierpieniem
sprawiał jej satysfakcję, ale czy wiedziała to tamtego wieczora, gdy miłość
zmieniła się w nienawiść? <i>Nie zasługiwał
na łaskę śmierci — </i>stwierdziła.<i> Nigdy
też go nie kochałam. Gdyby tak było, jego serce znalazłoby się w słoju, tak jak
serce mojego kochanego Filipa. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wiedźma zbliżyła
się do słoja podpisanego odpowiednim imieniem. Przyłożyła palec do
szklanej szyby, a do jej wewnętrznej strony przylgnęło serce. Helena przywołała
w pamięci spokojne, szafirowe oczy i ciepło ust ukochanego, myśląc sobie, że
jej serce kiedyś spocznie w tym samym słoju. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Drozd przysiadł na
parapecie i bystrze przyglądał się komnacie, od której oddzielała go szklana
ściana. Była zima, więc nie miał co liczyć, że ktoś będzie chciał otworzyć
okno. Pozostało mu obserwowanie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kobieta o włosach
jak zachód słońca obudziła się, zawołała inną kobietę, a ta pomogła jej
przywdziać codzienny strój. Ta pierwsza, która wydawała się również ważniejszą
i niebezpieczniejszą, miała na ustach lekki, zagadkowy uśmiech. Często
spoglądała w bok, gdzie stał przykryty płótnem przedmiot. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po jakimś czasie
opuściła komnatę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ptak potrząsnął
brązowymi piórami, by uwolnić się od osiadłych na nich białych płatków. Jego
cienkie nóżki zdrętwiały od chłodu, nie poddawał się jednak. Nie chciał zawieść
swojego przyjaciela. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W końcu do komnaty
weszła dziewczyna w szarym stroju i zaczęła uwijać się przy łożu. Drozd wyczuł
okazję i zaczął stukać dzióbkiem o szybę. Po kilku uderzeniach nieznajoma go
usłyszała. Jej obsypana piegami twarz spoglądała na niego ze zdumieniem i
zaciekawieniem. Ptak nie przestawał stukać w szkło, aż w końcu „ofiara’’ zbliżyła
się do okna, a jej usta poruszyły się, jakby w pytaniu. Stworzonko przechyliło
ponaglająco łebek — służka dała się zmanipulować i uchyliła okiennicę. Możliwe,
że chciała tylko pogłaskać niespodziewanego gościa, ale ten skorzystał z okazji
i wleciał do ciepłego wnętrza, pozostawiając po sobie kilka drobinek śniegu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna jęknęła
i zaczęła machać gorączkowo rękami, usiłując złapać nieproszone zwierzątko, ale
drozd trzymał się sklepienia pomieszczenia i pozostawał nieuchwytny. W końcu służka
pogroziła mu palcem i wybiegła z komnaty. Zanim wróciła z koleżanką, ptak
zdołał już ukryć się pod łożem. Słyszał ich niepewne głosy, a potem zrozumiał,
że zaniechały poszukiwań, może uznając, że już wyleciał. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Minęło kilka chwil
i stukot ich ciężkich chodaków się oddalił. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zadowolony ptak przyfrunął
do dębowej szafy, której drzwi były lekko uchylone. Był tylko małym
stworzonkiem, ale życie w Puszczy Zapomnienia nauczyło go rozpoznawania magii,
a teraz właśnie czuł, że w środku mebla znajduje się coś niecodziennego,
tajemniczego, zakazanego. Z niejakim trudem wsunął się w szczelinę pomiędzy
skrzydłami szafy i poleciał ostrożnie przez tunel ciemności. Po pewnym czasie
ujrzał światło. To pochodnie — paliły się w kilku miejscach jak małe, ogniste
słońca. Pod jedną z nich leżał największy wilk, jakiego w życiu widział. Miał
czarnobrązową sierść, a coś w pozie jego leżenia wydawało się ludzkie. Drozd po
cichu przeleciał mu nad łbem i wcisnął się pomiędzy kraty, które stanowiły
żelazne drzwi jakiejś małej, przytulnej komnaty.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Na łożu spoczywała
dziewczyna. Choć teraz miała na sobie porządniejsze ubranie, drozd poznał jej bladą,
miłą twarzyczkę. Jej pierś poruszała się miarowo, a ciemne rzęsy rzucały cień
na policzki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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na swoją śpiącą przyjaciółkę. Dlaczego tkwiła tutaj, w ukryciu, pod pieczą tego
stwora? Coś było nie tak! Ale jak to przekazać?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Drozd krążył
chwilę wokół niej, aż w końcu nie przyszło mi na myśl nic lepszego od włosów.
Ostrożnie zacisnął kończyny na pasemku jasnolicej dziewczyny i pociągnął. W
szponach zostało mu kilka ciemnych nitek. Z cichym szelestem wzbił się w górę,
by wrócić do Puszczy Zapomnienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ten rozdział to taka mieszanka. Trochę perypetii Raula, trochę królowej... Wiem, że sceny z Czerwonych Krain mogą być niejasne, ale niebawem pojawi się tutaj pełna retrospekcja i te wątki zostaną wyjaśnione.</span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-41409548239649352872015-09-12T16:13:00.001+02:002015-09-12T16:13:17.795+02:00Rozdział XXII{Szachownica czerwieni i bieli}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka musiała
przyznać, że królowa ją zaskoczyła — nie sądziła, że przyjdzie do niej tak
szybko. Ostrożnym ruchem wsunęła zaciśniętą na nożu Nyn dłoń w głąb wody,
próbując przywołać na twarz dzikość i zagubienie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie chcę cię
niepokoić — uprzedziła macocha. Jej zielone oczy z uwagą spoglądały na
wychudzone ciało pasierbicy i, co dziwne, wyrażały czułość. — Musiałam jedynie nasycić
tęsknotę za tobą. Nieustannie zastanawiałam się, czy żyjesz… Ale wróciłaś do mnie
i tylko to się liczy. Posłałam już po najlepszych medyków. Przywrócą ci siły. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewnę
zaskoczyła troska w jej głosie — wiedziała, że to tylko wytwór nikczemności,
ale wydawała się ona tak szczera, tak poruszająca…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Znam cię —
wyszeptała, nie chcąc rozkuwać otoczki szaleństwa wokół siebie. Królowa uśmiechnęła
się, a jej twarz nabrała kształtu przyjaznego jabłuszka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Oczywiście, że
tak, moje dziecko. I wkrótce wszystko będzie</span> jak dawniej…</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie, nie będzie! </span></i>— coś wykrzyknęło w Śnieżce ze sprzeciwem. <i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zamordowałaś mojego ojca,
a za mną chcesz zrobić to samo! Jesteś z ł a. Zginiesz, tak jak wiedźma od
Roszpunki.</span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna
odwróciła wzrok, by nie pokazać w nim swojego gniewu. Spoglądała teraz na szare,
unoszące się na tafli wody drobinki własnego brudu. Mokre włosy zsunęły </span>jej się na policzki.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Widzę, że tamta
dziewka już zajęła się twoim wyglądem. To dobrze. — Królowa kucnęła przy swojej
pasierbicy; dzieliło je kilka niebezpiecznych cali. — Chociaż dla mnie zawsze
będziesz piękna… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak, podejdź bliżej…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nóż w dłoni
Śnieżki stał się niewiarygodnie ciężki, ona jednak prześcignęła jego wagę. I
gdy wiedźma już niemal dotykała pasma jej włosów, królewna uniosła się w wodzie
jak mordercza syrena, przytrzymała macochę za ramię, a drugą dłonią zadała cios
sprawiedliwości. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Na pojedynczy
oddech wszystko zamarło. Wyglądało to tak, jakby dwie królowe stanęły naprzeciwko siebie na polach szachownicy, gdzie miejsce było tylko dla jednej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Biel i czerwień. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zima i lato. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka zrodzona w
śnieżny wieczór i Helena z Czerwonych Krain. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak to powinno się
zakończyć.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdyby Helena się
tego nie spodziewała, zgubiłoby ją z pewnością samo zaskoczenie gwałtownym
atakiem, tak, że nie zdążyłaby nawet pomyśleć o obronie. Ale na krótko przed
agresją Śnieżki jej wzrok padł na niewyraźne odbicie jej samej w wodzie. Usta
wodnej bliźniaczki poruszyły się ostrzegawczo, serce obok zabiło szaleńczo, a zaraz potem rozległ się
chlupot atakującej królewny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wyczulona królowa zdążyła wyszarpać</span> się spod ręki Śnieżki i odsunąć na tyle, by ostrze nie przebiło jej
serca, a przecięło skórę na wierzchu dłoni. Czarownica poczuła błyskawicę bólu,
przechodzącą po kolei po odcinkach jej świeżej rany, ale to tylko wzbudziło w
niej wzburzenie i poczucie zdrady.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka była
zarumieniona i wstrząśnięta. Spróbowała zadać kolejny cios, ale macocha jej już
na niego nie pozwoliła. Gwałtowanie wstała, a potem machnęła dłonią. Gniewne
myśli przyzywały ciepło magii do jej dłoni. Z czubków palców kobiety wypłynęły
lśniące, rubinowe strużki, które po chwili pomknęły ku dziewczynie i na wzór
złowieszczego przedłużenia dłoni zacisnęły się na gardle małej wojowniczki. Zaraz
potem z chlupotem wyciągnęły ją z wody i przycisnęły do najbliższej ściany. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Sztylet niedoszłej
zabójczyni opadł z brzękiem na ziemię. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka dyszała ze
zdumienia i szarpała się w powietrzu, dłońmi usiłując podrapać utkaną z
czerwonej magii dłoń, a nogami uderzając o kamienną fasadę. Mokre włosy
przykleiły się jej do policzków. Helenę rozbawiłby ten widok, gdyby nie była
tak wściekła. Słyszała bardzo wyraźnie serce pasierbicy i miała ochotę sięgnąć
po nie już teraz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak się
postępuje z matką, Śnieżko? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A czy tak się
postępuje z córką? I z mężem? — wysapała dziewczyna, dając sobie spokój z
próbami poskromienia wiedźmowatej ręki. Jej oczy za sprawą płomieni złości
stały się nader przytomne. — Chcesz tylko naszych serc! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A więc wie. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa zacisnęła
usta, nagle pojmując powód ucieczki królewny oraz jej wyciągnięty przed chwilą
nóż. Ta świadomość napełniła ją pewnym smutkiem. Nikt nie lubi, gdy jego
sekrety wychodzą na jaw, zwłaszcza przy osobach, na których nam zależy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Kocham cię —
odpowiedziała cicho, z ulatującym żalem. Oczy dziewczyny stały się wielkie jak
sadzawki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— I chcesz mi
wyrwać serce? Czy ty siebie słyszysz?!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przed oczami kobiety
przewinął się chytry mężczyzna w wysokim kapeluszu i piękne, wielkie lustro,
które jej podarował; matka, która krzyczała ,,ściąć im głowy!’’, łzy szczęścia
na widok ciepłego serca Filipa i róże o płatkach jak krople krwi… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co robisz, gdy
kogoś kochasz? — spytała szeptem, który zdawał się dochodzić zza jakiejś
mrocznej zasłony. — Szukasz jego bliskości, oczekujesz pocałunków… A to tylko
niestałe pieszczoty. Liczy się to, co wieczne, moja matka zawsze mi to
powtarzała. A serca są wieczne. Zamknięte w słoju, wyrażają miłość na zawsze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skąd… Dlaczego
tak myślisz?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wargi czarownicy
uśmiechnęły się drżąco.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Lustra mi
powiedziały. Patrzą na mnie już od dawna. Gdy spoglądam w ich taflę, czuję, że
to nie ja obserwuję swoje odbicie, lecz, że to ono obserwuje mnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dlatego zakryłaś
lustra? — Śnieżka sprawiała wrażenie, że chce to zrozumieć i obudzić w macosze
nadzieję. — Chciałaś z tym walczyć? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak, chciałam je zniszczyć. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale tego królowa
nie powiedziała. Lustra były wszędzie. Lustra słuchały. Lustra rozkazywały. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Z nimi nie można
walczyć. Wszyscy jesteśmy tylko odbiciami, dlatego potrzebne nam serca,
potrzebna nam wieczność… — Coś szaleńczego zapaliło się w jej oczach. — Kocham
serca. Są piękne, nie uważasz? Kryje się w nich tyle uczuć, tyle pasji i obaw… A
ich struktura… Idealna. Gdyby taka nie była, nie moglibyśmy żyć. A idealność to
wieczność. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kobieta drżała,
jej słowa były szybkie i nasączone obłędem. Miała wrażenie, że wkroczyła do
ogrodu szeptów, a furtka za nią zaczynała się zamykać. Nie widziała już zapełniających
się łzami oczu królewny — była w stanie myśleć jedynie o pulsującym organie
ukrytym pod tą mleczną skórą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Oddała się
szaleństwu luster. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie możesz tego
zrobić! — wykrztusiła desperacko Śnieżka — Jeżeli się kogoś kocha, pragnie się jedynie
jego szczęścia. A jeśli ty naprawdę mnie kochasz, tak jak i ja ciebie kochałam,
nie możesz mi zabrać serca! Proszę… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale gdy ono jest
tak piękne… Odkąd cię zobaczyłam tamtego dnia, z rozwianymi włosami i lśniącymi
oczyma, nigdy nie słyszałam piękniejszego dźwięku niż bicie twojego młodego
serca. Wsłuchiwałam się w nie, gdy usnęłaś, zmorzona moimi opowiastkami na
dobranoc. Czułam, jak płacze po stracie ojca i jak dojrzewa wraz z tobą. Jest
tak delikatne, tak niewinne, tak słodkie… — szeptała wiedźma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Twarz Śnieżki
wyrażała przerażenie i obrzydzenie, ale królowa nie zważała na to, wyciągając
dłoń dalej, aż w końcu jej palce zacisnęły się na lewej piersi dziewczyny. Teraz
to przyśpieszone, melodyjne bicie pulsowało w ręce Heleny, miała je tak
blisko…. Czuła jego młodość i życie. Coraz głośniejsze uderzenia. Coraz cieplejsze
serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dlaczego mnie
nie zabijesz? — pisnęła w końcu Śnieżka, a blask bijący z czerwonej ręki obnażał
strach w jej oczach. — Dlaczego wcześniej nie… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Twoje serce nie
było gotowe — wyjaśniła wiedźma spokojniej, jakby na moment wrócił jej
rozsądek. — Teraz zaś, gdy jest, ja nie jestem gotowa. Rozumiesz, śmierć
królewskiej córki wzbudzi sensacje, potrzebny mi ktoś, kto to posprząta. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej dłoń przestała
pieścić jej pierś. Śnieżka nie potrafiła jednak odetchnąć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— M-musiałam
osiągnąć dorosłość? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— W pewnym sensie.
Wszakże miłość to pewien próg dorosłości, nie sądzisz? Dlatego wydałam wtedy
tamten bal, zapraszając wielu ciekawych mężczyzn z królestwa. Czułam, że wśród
nich będzie ten jedyny. — Królowa musnęła ją figlarnie w nos. Po chwili Śnieżkę
dopadło oszałamiające zrozumienie, a jej serce zabiło jak płochliwy królik. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Masz na myśli
Raula?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Oczywiście!
Przyznam, że to uroczy i dzielny młody człowiek. — Helena klasnęła w dłonie jak
podniecona dziewczynka. — Tak się cieszę, że zapalił w tobie ten szczególny
płomień!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skąd… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie zaprzeczaj,
moja panno! Czułam to przed chwilą. Twoje serce nigdy nie było równie
rozgrzane, aczkolwiek kielich ten nie jest jeszcze pełny. Ale nie martw się,
nie upłynie wiele czasu, nim Raul założy na twój palec pierścionek i wasza
miłość stanie się pełna. A wówczas twoje serce będzie najcieplejsze — Kobieta
uśmiechnęła się szeroko i chytrze na wizję trzymania w dłoniach obiektu jej
marzeń. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To szaleństwo, jesteś chora z szaleństwa! Nie pozwolę ci!
Ostrzegę Raula i… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej naiwność była
zabawna. Dziewczyna nie wiedziała, że miała pozostać zamknięta w lochu, a z
Raulem zobaczyć się dopiero w dniu zaślubin. <i>Serce zamknięte w samotności i tęsknocie ożyje, gdy ujrzy swą drugą
połówkę! A wówczas… je sobie zabiorę. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Śnieżko, ciii. Nie
bądź tak niegrzeczną dziewczynką jak w dniu, gdy cię poznałam. — Królowa podparła
się teatralnie pod boki i zaskoczyło ją, że jej pasierbica ma jeszcze siłę marszczyć
brwi w oburzeniu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Słucham?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak. Mała
królewna, zrozpaczona, samotna, zuchwała i egoistyczna. — Wydęła ze smutkiem
usta, a potem ułożyła je w kolejny uśmieszek. — Ale wykorzeniłam to z ciebie,
pamiętasz? Pod moją pieczą nauczyłaś się wrażliwości i siły. Jak twoje oczy
mogą widzieć we mnie potwora? Przecież to dzięki mnie jesteś dobra… — Dotknęła </span>czule jej policzka, patrząc na drgające piersi i rozpacz. — Nie zaprzeczaj. Nie masz innej matki. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Te słowa wydawały
się ugasić w oczach dziewczyny wszelki płomień walki. <i>To idealna pora na sen </i>— pomyślała Helena i pstryknęła zgrabnie
palcami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ściskająca gardło
dziewczyny dłoń, utkana z czarów, przeniosła bezwładną nieszczęśnicę z powrotem
do stygnącej w balii wody, a następnie zaczęła zmieniać się w szary, senny dym.
Ten zaś po chwili przybrał kształt lśniącego, obsydianowego grzebienia, który
spoczął na wyciągniętej dłoni królowej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Niespokojna
Śnieżka usiłowała jeszcze wygrzebać się z balii i po coś sięgnąć, ale macocha
już była przy niej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ciii… — Helena uklękła
i troskliwym gestem zaczęła przeczesywać mokre, czarne pasma nierówno
skróconych włosów królewny, obiecując sobie, że przywróci im dawny urok. Resztki
oporu zastygły wraz z ich właścicielką. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powolny ruch
grzebienia. Okiełznane kosmyki opadały posłusznie na kruche ramiona dziewczyny.
Ona sama siedziała w wodzie całkiem spokojnie, zaklęta pomiędzy jawą a marą.
Coś ciężkiego osiadało się na jej powiekach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jak córka z matką </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— pomyślała
wzruszona Helena, ostrożnie rozczesując ostatnie kołtuny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka ostatkami
świadomości próbowała walczyć, trzepotała rzęsami jak opętana, ale wkrótce czar
snu zadziałał. Nieprzytomna osunęła się lekko, przytrzymywana przez ramiona
wiedźmy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena przez
chwilę przyglądała się śpiącej pasierbicy. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Następnie zawołała służki, mówiąc,
że królewna zasłabła w kąpieli. Odziane w szare stroje kobiety posłusznie
zajęły się swoją panią — wyciągnęły z balii, wysuszyły wprawnymi ruchami
ręczników, a potem ubrały w świeżą, kremową suknię i zaniosły do jej komnaty. Królowa
cierpliwie pozwoliła im na to, ale gdy położyły dziewczynę na łożu, zakazała
wchodzenia komukolwiek do pomieszczenia. ,,Królewna czuje się zagubiona i
potrzebuje niezamąconego odpoczynku. Tylko ja mogę z nią mówić’’ — powiedziała
im nieznoszącym sprzeciwu tonem. Służki skinęły gorliwie głowami, zapewne
chcąc, by ich młoda pani wróciła do zdrowia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ich niezgrabne kroki się oddalą, a potem zamknęła się w komnacie pasierbicy. W
dłoniach trzymała szafirowy gorset, który wcześniej zamoczyła w jednorazowej miksturze
znikania i pojawiania się. Delikatnie opięła nim talię nieprzytomnej
dziewczyny, a następnie zasznurowała z matczyną wprawą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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w nitkach materiału zadziałała. Królowa nie musiała uciekać się do czarów,
mogła sama przenieść królewnę, ale obawiała się, że zobaczą ją czyjeś
niepożądane oczy. Teraz uciszy wszystkie pytania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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znikać, jakby jej ciało kawałek po kawałku zmieniało się w przeźroczysty dym. Po
chwili pozostało po niej tylko puste łoże. Wiedźma wiedziała jednak, że jej
córka nie przepadła na wieki, a jedynie przeniosła się do bardziej skrytego
miejsca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spokojna i spełniona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Stanęła przed jednym
ze zwierciadeł i śmiałym gestem zsunęła z niego zasłonę, która przez tyle lat
oddzielała ją od prawdziwej jej — w odbiciu widać było piękną kobietę o włosach
czerwonych jak krew i oczach lśniących zwycięstwem. Usta wyginał pewny siebie
uśmieszek, na twarz padał cień. Pod nogami, zamiast dywanu, leżały stosy
czerwonych serc. <i>Jestem czerwoną królową.</i>
Bliźniaczka w lustrze mrugnęła do niej i wyszeptała jej ustami:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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powiedz przecie… kto jest najpiękniejszy w świecie? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Rozdział dość krótki i może nieco dziwny ;) Pewnie zastanawiacie się, dokąd to wszystko prowadzi. Powiem tyle: teraz wydarzy się wiele rzeczy, losy bohaterów zaczną się nieoczekiwanie krzyżować i splatać, by na końcu... a zresztą sami zobaczycie :P </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I wybaczcie za off-topic, ale oglądałam ostatnio piękny film i muszę tutaj o nim wspomnieć. Nazywa się "<a href="http://www.filmweb.pl/film/Ja+w+%C5%9Brodku+ta%C5%84cz%C4%99-2004-162368">Ja w środku tańczę</a>", z Jamesem McAvoyem, Stevenem Robertsonem i Romolą Garai. Dwóch chłopaków na wózkach inwalidzkich próbuje samodzielnego życia w rzeczywistości, w której nawet wizyta w łazience wymaga czyjejś pomocy; w międzyczasie nawiązuje się między nimi ciekawa przyjaźń, a na ich drodze staje ładna i niegłupia dziewczyna. Może brzmi to jak tani wyciskacz łez, ale film jest naprawdę przemyślany i poruszający. Kto ma czas, niech zerknie :) </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-46997826633769149132015-08-24T18:23:00.000+02:002015-08-24T18:23:40.062+02:00Rozdział XXI{Oczy luster}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Lustro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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przedmiot, kawał szkła, jeden z wielu elementów pomieszczenia. Mijamy je w
swoich lakonicznych wędrówkach przez komnatę, a jednak ono cały czas tkwi na
ścianie i obserwuje nas, śledzi nasze ruchy swymi szklistymi oczyma niczym
przyczajony w mroku kot. Gdy powierzamy pustemu pokojowi ciężkie westchnienie,
niepowstrzymywany śmiech czy tłumione wcześniej łzy, zwierciadło spogląda na
nas jak ktoś zaufany, jak przyjaciel. Gdy zaś zrzucamy z siebie odzienie, by
móc się przebrać, jego wzrok jest wzrokiem kochanka. Zwierciadło nieustannie
widzi nas w sobie — jak przymierzamy nowy strój, jak poprawiamy niesforne
kosmyki włosów, jak ćwiczymy maski i grymasy, które potem zaprezentujemy
ludziom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Lustro wie o nas
bardzo wiele. O królowej Helenie zaś zbyt wiele. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dlatego kazała je pozakrywać
w całym zamku; ozdobnymi materiałami oddzielić się od ich podstępnych,
chłodnych tafli. Przyniosło to chwilową ulgę, ale Helena nie mogła się od nich
uwolnić na długo. Wystarczyło tylko jedno spojrzenie na szkarłatną płachtę,
która przykrywała szklane oczy — już wiedziała, że coś za nią jest, słyszała
szepty, czuła wybuch ognia trawiącego nerwy pod jej skórą. Wiedziała, że demon
z lustra nadal wyciąga ku niej dłonie, a ona nie była w stanie się przed tym
bronić. Nigdy nie była, choć gdy żył jeszcze jej ukochany Filip, gdy tulił ją
do siebie w łożu, noce bywały spokojniejsze, jakby ramiona miłości mogły odstraszyć
złe mary. Teraz jednak jej słodki król spoczywał zimny i nieruchomy w trumnie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak jak rozkazało
lustro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena pamiętała
zaskoczony wyraz jego pięknych, szafirowych oczu w tamtej chwili. Mężczyzna
trzymał ją półnagą na swoich kolanach, a wówczas w jej dłoni nagle błysnął nóż.
Zrobiła to szybko — miała wprawę. Nim król zdążył krzyknąć albo ją przekląć,
ostrze już zagłębiło się w jego piersi, a z twarzy uciekało życie. Helena
pamiętała też, że gdy chwyciła zakrwawionymi palcami słodkie, miękkie, jeszcze
ciepłe serce Filipa, łzy żalu na jej policzkach zmieniły się w radość. Czuła się
upojona czułością, spełniona jak w apogeum aktu miłosnego, bo wreszcie Filip
oddał jej serce, które będzie przy niej na wieki, zamknięte w ścianach słoja w
jej sekretnej komnacie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Delikatnie
zamknęła powieki swojemu chłodniejącemu małżonkowi, przykryła go kołdrą, a
potem przebrała się i umyła z krwi, a serce otuliła w materiały zawiniątka.
Następnie wzięła świecznik i podłożyła go pod zasłony łoża. Cieszyła się, że
jej ukochany zostanie zwieńczony koroną z płomieni. Otarła ostatnią łzę,
chwyciła zawiniątko i zniknęła w jednym z tajemnych połączeń pomiędzy komnatami
w murach. Za sobą słyszała cichy śmiech lustra. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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złą? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tego wieczora, gdy
na ziemię po raz pierwszy spadły te zimne okruchy śniegu, królowa Helena z
Czerwonych Krain nabrała ochoty odwiedzenia ogrodu. Nigdy nie czuła się tak
samotna jak w zimę, podczas której na próżno szukać refleksów ukochanego
ciepła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Rozkazała służce Pen
przynieść jej futro z lisów. Piegowata dziewczyna wydawała się zdumiona tym nagłym
życzeniem, ale nauczyła się już milczeć. Helena słyszała jej bijące pod
szorstkim materiałem serce. Jego rytm był przyśpieszony, co świadczyło o
nerwach. Ale tak naprawdę ta mała gąska nie miała się czego obawiać — była
bezwartościową przedstawicielką pospólstwa, a serce takiej osoby nie miało dla królowej
żadnego znaczenia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Podczas gdy służka
uwijała się z zakładaniem rudego futra na ramiona swej pani, władczyni rzuciła
uważne spojrzenie na przykryte czerwonym całunem zwierciadło. Tyle razy
zabierała się do jego roztłuczenia, ale nigdy nie potrafiła przejść do czynu. Teraz
lustro zdawało się być niespokojne albo podniecone. Już od kilku dni pulsowało
dziwną energią, która ledwo pozwalała Helenie zasnąć. Zresztą — czy ona
wiedziała w ogóle, co to jest zdrowy sen? Przez ostatnie lata odprężenie
uzyskać mogła jedynie dzięki środkom nasennym. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <i>Mówi
się, że lustra są powiernikami duszy </i>— przypomniała sobie w myślach a jej serce,
jak to często bywało u schyłku dnia, znów ogarnęło zgorzknienie. <i>Czy może raczej… złodziejami duszy? </i>Czasami
miała wrażenie, że jej umysł nie należy już do niej, że został zamknięty w
niewidzialnych, gładkich ścianach lustrzanego pudła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ruszyła na dół
pogrążonymi w cieniach korytarzami. Spotkana służba pozdrawiała ją pokornymi
kiwnięciami głowy, co wywołało uśmiech na czerwonych ustach władczyni. <i>Przynajmniej z tego jestem dumna. </i>Urodziła
się w zamożnej rodzinie, ale nigdy nie podejrzewała, że przyjdzie jej władać
królestwem i to tak osobliwym. Nawet gdy poznała Filipa, spokojnego władcę zza
granicy, który gościł w domu jej matki w czasie swojej podróży, nie wierzyła
jeszcze, że zdobywając jego serce, może wkupić się na tron. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Noszenie korony
było jednak niezwykłym przeżyciem. Utwierdzało ją w przekonaniu, że mogła być
przeklęta i zła, ale też ważna, potrafiąca skierować swe życie na szczyt. <i>Może tego chciało lustro? Zaprowadzić mnie
na szczyt? </i>— zastanawiała się czasem w chwilach radości i wdzięczności
wobec demona. Potem jednak pochmurniała. <i>Przecież
już osiągnęłam wszystko. Czy w takim obrocie spraw lustro nie powinno
zamilknąć? </i>Przychodziło jej wówczas do głowy, że jeszcze cos ją czeka — coś
lub ktoś. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jej słodka
pasierbica o policzkach jak śnieg, a włosach jak heban. Rozprawienie się z nią
powinno być ostatnim elementem układanki tego szaleństwa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zawsze gdy Helena chciała
uciec przed szeptami i ogniem, skrywała się w wypielęgnowanym własną ręką
ogrodzie, gdzie rosły jej ukochane róże. Ich czerwone jak rubiny płatki
rozchylały się lekko, gdy przechodziła obok, jakby przesyłały jej pozdrowienia.
Pomimo, że z nieba spadały wirujące odłamki śniegu, tu zawsze było zielono i
pachnąco, jakby chłód i deszcz nie miały wstępu do tego miłego królowej skrawka
ziemi. Helena przysiadła na marmurowej ławeczce pośród wijących się w jej
stronę kwiatów i rozpięła lisie futro, pragnąc chłonąć swój ogród wszystkimi
zmysłami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tutaj była
bezpieczna. Tutaj była małą dziewczynką, która jeszcze nie bała się luster. Tutaj
była jedynie dzieckiem lubiącym spędzać rozgrzane słońcem popołudnia w
towarzystwie kwiatów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pamiętała, że
pewnego dnia jej matka rozkazała zasadzić dla niej mały zagajnik pełen
rubinowych róż. Był to jeden z nielicznych gestów, które wyrażały miłość do
córki. Helena dalej z pewnym rozbawieniem, ale też i trwogą, wspominała tamtą
pomyłkę, gdzie ogrodnicy zasiali w ziemi ziarna nie czerwonych róż, a białych. Gdy
jej matka się o tym dowiedziała, wpadła, jak to często bywało, w gniew. Mała
Helena cieszyła się, że kobieta tak się tym przejęła, póki nie kazała pozbawić wszystkich
trzech ogrodników głów. Nie była królową, ale większość ludzi ze względu na
nielitościwość i lubowanie się w krwawych egzekucjach, zwała ją Królową Kier. Helenie
do tej pory brzmiały w uszach jej zezłoszczone krzyki ,,ściąć im głowy!’’
,,skrócić ich o głowę!’’, których nasłuchała się w dzieciństwie. Życie z taką
kobietą pod jednym dachem nie było łatwe. <i>Kochałam
ją i podziwiałam za siłę, za to, że pokazała mi ścieżki magii, ale równocześnie
nienawidziłam jej za to, że była tak okrutna, że wolała obejrzeć ścinanie
czyjejś głowy niż opowiedzieć córce bajkę na dobranoc. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa rozchyliła
delikatnie powieki, budząc się ze wspomnień, a w oczy rzucił się jedyny jasny
akcent w jej ogrodzie. Biała róża. Liche biedactwo pośród morza czerwieni. A
jednak wciąż rosło, wciąż wypuszczało pąki. <i>Zasadziła
ją Śnieżka. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To było już dawno,
kiedy obie kobiety połączyła czarna nić żałoby po królu. Helena nigdy nie
chciała mieć dzieci, bo jej dzieciństwo pozostawiało wiele do życzenia i czuła
wstręt na myśl, że jakaś istota mogłaby przeżywać coś podobnego. Ale Śnieżka… wkradła
się do jej serca. Wpierw sądziła, że dziewczynka, pomimo całego swojego uroku i
zdrowo bijącego serca, jest nieco rozpieszczona i dumna, ale gdy Filip odszedł,
a one zostały same, poznała ją pod tą warstwą chłodu i zobaczyła słodkie
dziecko. Dzięki niej znów odrzuciła od siebie samotność. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale lustra wciąż
szeptały. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa wpatrywała
się intensywnie w białą różę, jakby ta miała usta i mogła jej zdradzić, co się
stało ze Śnieżką. <i>Gdzie się podziałaś,
moja mała królewno? Dlaczego uciekłaś? A może ktoś cię porwał? </i>Helena
nieraz zadręczała się tymi pytaniami i miała ochotę wyrwać serca tym wszystkim
bezużytecznym rycerzom, którzy wracali z pustymi rękoma. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A już najbardziej
Forwinowi. Ten zapchlony głupiec miał ją na talerzu i pozwolił uciec, a teraz przeczesywał
las i nie potrafił nic znaleźć, co skłaniało królową do myślenia, że Śnieżka
wcale nie znajduje się w Puszczy Zapomnienia. Chciała uciec się do czarów,
zawarzyć w kociołku odpowiednią miksturę i na jej tafli ujrzeć miejsce pobytu
Śnieżki, ale wyglądało na to, że chroniły ją jakieś czary i pozostawała
niewidoczna dla oczu czarownicy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa mogła
tylko drżeć z frustracji i wysłać swojego wilka, by węszył dalej. Liczyła też
na oddział pod dowództwem Raula z Bukowego Dworu. Może choć oni okażą się
pomocni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle nawet do
ogrodu wdarł się chłodny wiatr. Królowa zaczęła sobie wyobrażać, że Śnieżka
leży już gdzieś martwa, z pustymi oczyma i zimnym, roztrzaskanym sercem. I właśnie
gdy zamierzała uwolnić spod powiek łzy, usłyszała szelest kroków. Po chwili
pomiędzy różami pojawił się przysadzisty strażnik, który pasował do tego
miejsca jak żaba do jedwabiów. Helena wstała dumnie, widząc poruszenie w jego
oczach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Pani, właśnie… —
zaczął zdyszanym tonem. <i>Zapewne szukał
mnie w kilku innych miejscach, nim tu przyszedł.</i>— Wrócił Raul z Bukowego
Dworu! Z naszą królewną! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena nie mogła
powstrzymać pełznącego na jej twarz zdumienia, a także muśnięcia radości w
sercu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś pewien? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, moja pani.
Przeszli właśnie przez bramy zamku! Tylko że królewna…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena uciszyła go
gestem dłoni, mając dosyć trwania w bezruchu. Bez słowa wyjaśnienia podwinęła
suknię i na wzór rozemocjonowanej wieśniaczki biegiem pokonała dzielący ją od
pasierbicy dystans. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Róże zaś zostały
na miejscu w tym ciepłym, pachnącym zakątku ogrodu, wyciągając zielone szyje,
jakby też chciały ujrzeć przybycie królewny. Biały kwiat wydawał się lśnić
jasnym blaskiem. Pozostałe, umoczone w czerwieni, spoglądały na niego nieufnie.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wszystkie zaś
czekały. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy królowa rozchyliła
ciężkie, dębowe drzwi, wśród białych płatków spadających na dziedziniec ujrzała
przybyły orszak otoczony zbiegowiskiem rycerzy i dziewek służebnych. Na dźwięk
kroków władczyni, cała ta hałastra odsunęła się niechętnie, by zrobić przejście
swojej pani. Helena cieszyła się, że ma na sobie lisie futro. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czterej przybysze
nie wyglądali najlepiej. Ich czupryny były wilgotne od śniegu, na twarze padł
cień zmęczenia, a na butach zasychało błoto. Ale ich prezencja nie miała
znaczenia, gdyż to nie na nich zatrzymały się oczy królowej. Wśród szarości
rycerzy tkwiło jasne światełko — młoda, wychudła dziewczyna, którą trzymał za ramiona
brązowowłosy młodzieniec. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czarownica
początkowo nie rozumiała, dlaczego Raul tak otwarcie prezentuje swoje uczucia,
ale po chwili już pojęła. <i>On pilnuje, by
nie uciekła. </i>Rzeczywiście, ta dziewczyna o niebieskich oczach Śnieżki, poruszała
się niespokojnie jak zwierzyna w sidłach. Jej spierzchnięte, bladoczerwone
wargi drżały, a wzrok błądził w szale po twarzach wszystkich zebranych. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Śnieżko? —
wyszeptała królowa, podchodząc bliżej z niemile zdumioną miną. Wiedziała, że to
jej pasierbica, znała ton jej serca, nawet jeśli to kołatało się teraz nerwowo
we wszystkie strony. Wyczuwała w nim lęk, zagubienie, ale też pewien gniew. Nie
mogła jednak przełknąć wyglądu królewny. Blada, rozczochrana, odziana w
łachmany, z podkrążonymi oczyma i obłędem tańczącym po twarzy… przypominała udręczoną
marę znalezioną gdzieś na bagnach, a nie pełną blasku córkę króla. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Helena wyciągnęła
rękę i chciała dotknąć ginącego pod warstwą potu i brudu policzka dziewczyny,
ale ta wydała z siebie dziwny odgłos, jakby warknięcie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie dotykaj, nie
dotykaj, nie dotykaj! — wysapała i zaczęła się jeszcze bardziej wiercić, tak,
że Raul musiał zamknąć ją w smutnym, niedelikatnym uścisku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co się z nią
stało? — warknęła oskarżycielsko w jego stronę królowa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Taką ją już
znaleźliśmy, Wasza Miłość — odparł przepraszająco. — Błąkała się półżywa pośród
drzew… Ledwo udało się nam ją schwytać i nakarmić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Puszcza
Zapomnienia odebrała jej zmysły, Wasza Wysokość — dodał ponuro wysoki rycerz
stojący tuż obok Raula. Jakieś pomywaczki wymieniły między sobą zatrwożone
westchnienia. Reszta też wydawała się strapiona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ona nie może być szalona, jej serce nie
może być zatrute. Muszę to odwrócić!</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> — pomyślała z niepokojem królowa, patrząc
w te rozbiegane, wielkie od lęku oczy Śnieżki i zastanawiając się, która
mikstura przywróci jej jasność myślenia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zabierzcie ją do
łazienki — zwróciła się w stronę dwóch stojących najbliżej niej strażników. — Wpierw
trzeba uwolnić ją od tych nieczystości przeklętej puszczy. Tylko bądźcie
delikatni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul niechętnie
rozstał się ze swoją królewną, a i ona bez dotyku jego dłoni stała się jeszcze
bardziej nerwowa i obracała głowę w jego stronę, nawet gdy strażnicy prowadzili
ją już przez wrota zamku. Helenie spodobała się ta zażyłość. <i>Miłość. O to mi chodziło. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jako że tłum
mieszkańców zamku nadal tkwił na dziedzińcu, królowa machnęła władczo ręką. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Rozejść się! Królewna
Śnieżka potrzebuje opieki, ale wróciła już do domu, wszystko jest na dobrej
drodze! Wracajcie do swoich zajęć!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Potem jej
szmaragdowe oczy zwróciły się w stronę przybyszów i zdawały się złagodnieć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Panowie, moja
wdzięczność nie zna granic. Zwróciliście mi córkę. Obsypię każdego z was złotem
— rzekła uprzejmym tonem, uśmiechając się radośnie i całkiem szczerze.
Zauważyła jednak, że mężczyźni wymieniają między sobą krótkie spojrzenia. — A
może macie inne życzenia? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kobieta
przyglądała się głównie Raulowi — był dobrze zbudowanym młodzieńcem o
nieodpartym uroku osobistym i lśniących buntowniczo oczach. <i>Wiedziałam, że Śnieżka nie oprze się takiemu
kandydatowi. Gdyby zechciał ją poślubić, wszystko byłoby idealne. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Oczywiście
chętnie przyjmiemy złoto od Waszej Wysokości, niemniej naszą nagrodą jest
szczęście, jakie płynie z ponownego spotkania się dwóch bliskich sobie osób —
odparł grzecznie i bardzo czarująco Raul, unosząc lekko kącik ust. <i>Byłby niezgorszym zięciem. Jaka szkoda. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Miło mi to
słyszeć. Złoto dostaniecie rankiem, tymczasem zapraszam was do zamku. Ogrzejcie
się i posilcie, za wami ciężka podróż. — Wyciągnęła zapraszająco dłoń i ruszyła
w stronę drzwi. Po chwili usłyszała za sobą stukot czterech par butów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy weszli do
środka, rozkazała każdemu z rycerzy przydzielić własną komnatę, rozpalić ogień
w kominkach oraz przynieść im jadło i napoje. Goście przyjęli te dary z pełnymi
szacunku skinięciami głowy. Królowa posłała im uśmiech, a potem oddaliła się,
myślami wracając do biednej, oszalałej Śnieżki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Coś w powietrzu
drżało. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szepty się
nasilały. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka nadal
jeszcze trochę drżała, gdy zaprowadzono ją do znajomej, rozświetlanej świecami sali.
Jakaś świeżo upieczona służka zaczęła napełniać okrągłą, drewnianą balię wodą. Królewna
umówiła się z Raulem, że to będzie tylko gra, ale wcale nie udawała strachu — naprawdę
czuła wiele obaw, zwłaszcza, że została teraz sama, zdana tylko na siebie. A
spojrzenie po tym wszystkim w zielone oczy królowej było… jak zachwianie się
nad przepaścią. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A równocześnie jak
powrót do domu. Gdy królewna patrzyła na swoją macochę, widziała oblekającą jej
ciało pajęczynę przeszłości. Wśród tych nitek widziała też dobre chwile, pełne
wsparcia i miłości. Przez chwilę nawet chciała porzucić tę farsę i po prostu
przytulić kobietę, którą kiedyś uważała za matkę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale to kłamstwo. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Za daleko, za
daleko zaszłam — mruknęła do siebie, by uciszyć wątpliwości. Służka skończyła
nalewać wodę i teraz spojrzała na nią niepewnie, jakby z obawą. Śnieżka
odrzuciła od siebie poczucie skrępowania — przecież taka miała być, szalona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— K-kąpiel gotowa,
moja pani — odezwała się dziewczyna. Odgarnęła nerwowo ciemne włosy z czoła. —
Muszę cię rozebrać. Pozwól…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Poczłapała w
stronę Śnieżki i ostrożnie zaczęła ją uwalniać z fałd zniszczonego ubrania.
Królewna wiedziała, że wedle swojej roli powinna się rzucać i warczeć, ale nie
chciała dziewczynie utrudniać zadania, a samej przedłużać oczekiwań. Dlatego
tylko zademonstrowała drżenia warg, a poza tym stała całkiem spokojnie, patrząc
smutno, jak na ziemię pada zrobiony dla niej przez Gburka kożuch z szaraków, przykrótka
szata któregoś z karłów i królicze obuwie. <i>Odzienie
żebraczki</i>. Ściągając te ubrania, służka miała naprawdę zabawny wyraz
twarzy, dlatego w którymś momencie królewna parsknęła śmiechem. Dziewczyna skrzywiła
się lękliwie, ale bez słowa poprowadziła swoją nagą panią do balii. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Woda była
przyjemnie ciepła i pachnąca różami. Śnieżka zanurzyła się w niej z prawdziwą ulgą,
od nowa odkrywając rozkosze oczyszczających objęć kąpieli. Brud zaczął powoli
odklejać się od jej ciała, zesztywniałe mięśnie zaznały rozluźnienia. Służka
tymczasem zajęła się włosami swojej pani, które musiały wyglądać gorzej niż
siano. Zamoczyła je i namydliła, podczas gdy z nich wypadały resztki liści, a nawet
jedna mrówka. Śnieżka przymknęła oczy, dopiero teraz rozumiejąc, jak bardzo
potrzebowała odprężenia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Cieszyła się też,
że ta komedia się udała, a królowa chwilowo dała jej spokój. Było jej tylko
trochę wstyd pokazać się w takim stanie przed poddanymi, a jeszcze dziwniej się
czuła, szarpiąc się i udając niezrównoważoną psychicznie. To było jak nałożenie
sobie na twarz błota. <i>Czy tak czuli się
Gburek i Wesołek, gdy zmuszano ich do odgrywania ról w trupie? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gburek… </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Spod półprzymkniętych powiek rzuciła spojrzeniem
na leżące obok balii ubrania, wśród których wciąż tkwił drewniany nożyk, który
karzeł dla niej wystrugał. Teraz, gdy miała specjalny sztylet od Raula, był
bezużyteczny, a jednak nie chciała go wyrzucać. <i>Gdy to się skończy, otworzę ludziom oczy. Już nikt nie rzuci w Gburka
kamieniem, nikt go nie skrzywdzi. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle jej senne
rozmyślania przerwał huk otwieranych drzwi. Do łazienki wpadła niewysoka osóbka
o jasnych, spiętych w kok włosach. Zapodziała tylko gdzieś swój fartuch
kuchenny. Teraz jej zielone oczy zrobiły się dwa razy większe i płonęło w nich
poruszenie. Śnieżka też na nią patrzyła znad delikatnych strużek oparów,
zaskoczona i dotknięta. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ciemnowłosa służka
w końcu otrząsnęła się z szoku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co tu robisz?
Królewna musi mieć spokój… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Przyszłam cię
zamienić z rozkazu królowej — wypaliła Nyn miłym, opanowanym głosem. — Jesteś
potrzebna w komnacie sir Eda. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Naprawdę? —
Dziewczynie chyba ulżyło. — Skoro tak… Pani. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Skłoniła się
niezgrabnie i nerwowym krokiem opuściła salę. Słoneczko obserwowała, jak
zamykają się drzwi, a potem zachichotała w ten swój słodki, głupiutki sposób.
Śnieżka zapomniała, że ma grać obłąkaną i też uśmiechnęła się lekko. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Naprawdę sir Ed
jej potrzebuje? — spytała, mrużąc podejrzliwie oczy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To całkiem
możliwe, w końcu ktoś musi zająć się jego mokrym odzieniem. A my mamy spokój. —
Nyn wzruszyła zadowolona ramionami, a potem zbliżyła się do balii, przybierając
poważną minę. — Musiałam cię zobaczyć. Bułeczka mówiła, że oszalałaś w lesie,
ale… wydajesz się całkiem przytomna, Śnieżynko. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka spoglądała
uważnie w tej jasne, wesołe oczy i przypomniała sobie, jak była wdzięczna stojącej
przed nią dziewczynie za wlanie w nią dziewczęcości i ponownej radości życiem. Nie
zawsze się przed nią otwierała, ale tym razem czuła, że może to zrobić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To była tylko
część planu — wyjaśniła cicho, licząc, że kamienne mury pomieszczenia
zatrzymają w sobie te słowa. Słoneczko zmarszczyła zaciekawiona brwi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Planu? Przeciw
królowej?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skąd wiesz? — Zaniepokojona
Śnieżka zacisnęła mokre palce na drobnych dłoniach jasnowłosej. Dziewczyny zaczęły
szeptać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Słyszałam ją. Knuje
przeciw tobie w ciemnych zakamarkach zamku wraz ze swoim półwilczym sługą. To…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— …czarownica,
wiem. Dlatego właśnie uciekłam. Ale nie mogę wiecznie się chować. — Z tymi
słowami królewna poczuła, że powraca jej siła. Słoneczko wydawała się bardzo
podekscytowana. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy Raul zabije
dla ciebie królową?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, ja to
zrobię — odparła poważnie Śnieżka, ale przy jasnej obecności Nyn podniosłość
pękała jak bańka mydlana. Z udawaną złością chlusnęła przyjaciółkę falą wody. —
I nie śmiej się, bo naprawdę jestem zdeterminowana. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Rozumiem, nie
będę. — Usta kucharki oddelegowały od siebie uśmiech. — Zawsze wiedziałam, że
jesteś silna, Śnieżynko. I mam dla ciebie to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nyn wyjęła zza
pazuchy niewielkie ostrze, lśniące w półmroku jak srebrna pręga. Namaszczonym
ruchem włożyła go pomiędzy śliskie palce przyjaciółki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Sztylet? Ale ja
właściwie mam…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Słowa królewny zginęły
w echu zbliżających się kroków. Śnieżka zamarła, rozpoznając w nim pełen gracji
chód macochy. Słoneczko rozdziawiła w zaskoczeniu usta. W ostatniej chwili udało
im się opamiętać — królewna schowała sztylet pod wodą, a Nyn odskoczyła od
balii i udała, że układa leżące na ziemi łachmany. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przez drzwi weszła
królowa. Ściągnęła z siebie lisie futro, pozwalając, by opinał ją jedynie aksamitny
materiał wyszyty czerwono-białymi kwadratami, przywodzącymi na myśl pola
szachownicy. We włosach kobiety tkwił diadem z rubinowym sercem. Jej okrągła
twarz w migoczącym świetle świec zdawała się złowroga i tajemnicza. <i>Jest piękna — </i>musiała pomyśleć Śnieżka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa skinęła
głową na Słoneczko. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dziewczyno, nie
jesteś nam już potrzebna. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nyn zawahała się,
ale tylko na moment. Zaraz skłoniła się pośpiesznie, rzuciła przyjaciółce porozumiewawcze
spojrzenie i wyszła z sali. Musiała wierzyć, że zaraz dopełni się przeznaczenie. Dobro pokona zło. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa i królewna spojrzały sobie w oczy. Komnatę wypełnił
kłąb ciszy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Naprawdę lubię ten rozdział. Jest taki... dwoisty. Starałam się pokazać, że nie ma czystego rozgraniczenia na dobro i zło.</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Za parę notek będzie retrospekcja z życia królowej(bo to wciąż nie koniec historii, wbrew pozorom jeszcze trochę przed nami). </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mam nadzieję, że mieliście miłe wakacje ;)</span></div>
Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-61837524619911898342015-07-29T12:18:00.001+02:002015-08-16T12:32:29.956+02:00Rozdział XX{Nadzieja płatków śniegu}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteśmy niemalże
na miejscu — oznajmił w końcu Raul, pozwalając sobie na uśmieszek zadowolenia. Ponieważ
stali na wzniesieniu, Śnieżka z łatwością mogła ujrzeć rozbity w dole obóz
rycerzy. Z tej odległości mężczyźni wydawali się jedynie ciemnymi plamami, krzątającymi
się nerwowo wśród nagich krzewów, w przełyku dwóch łagodnie uformowanych
wzgórz. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Znam to miejsce — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">pomyślała nagle
królewna.<i> To dolinka Roszpunki i Flynna.
Chyba nie będą zadowoleni z obecności tych ludzi. Moich ludzi. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Powiedziałeś im,
dokąd się udajesz? — spytała dziewczyna. Widziała w dole dwójkę mężczyzn zajadle
dyskutujących na jakiś temat. Ich podniesione głosy docierały do niej w
strzępkach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Myślałem, że
zdążę wrócić przed ich przebudzeniem — wyjaśnił szlachcic, przybierając
przepraszającą minę. — Chodźmy, pani. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zeszli na dół
strumieniem barwnych liści. Raul zaproponował dziewczynie swoją dłoń, którą
Śnieżka przyjęła, wiedząc, że tak będą się lepiej prezentować. Zgromadzeni w
dolince rycerze przerwali kłótnię, patrząc pełnymi zdumienia oczami na
zbliżającą się do nich dwójkę postaci. Jeden z kłócących się mężczyzn, wysoki,
ciemnowłosy rycerz o spokojnym spojrzeniu, wyszczerzył zęby w radosnym
uśmiechu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Raul, dobrze, że
jesteś! Mieliśmy pewien problem, co poczynić z twoim zniknięciem. Ja mówiłem,
że zapewne poszedłeś na zwiady, ale niektórzy byli skorzy uwierzyć, że coś ci
się stało…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po ustach Raula
przebiegł ledwo zauważalny uśmieszek, który jednak zamarł, gdy odezwał się
kolejny z rycerzy — młody chłopak o orzechowej czuprynie, delikatnym puszku na
brodzie i napiętych ze złości rysach twarzy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś naszym
przywódcą! — wyrzucił niewiarygodnie śmiało jak na swoją pozycję w drużynie. — Nie
możesz tak znikać bez słowa, a następnie wracać z jakąś znalezioną nie wiadomo
gdzie żebraczką! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Oczy tego
młodzieńca miały tę samą barwę co u Raula, a jednak tkwiło w nich ślepe
przeświadczenie o nędzności stojącej przed nim dziewczyny. Śnieżka bezwiednie
przesunęła wzrokiem po futrzanym kożuchu otulającym jej ramiona i już zamierzała
uświadomić wszystkich co do swojej tożsamości, ale uprzedził ją jej towarzysz z
balu: <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wstydź się,
braciszku. Mówisz o naszej królewnie. — Raul uniósł wyżej rękę dziewczyny. — Przyjaciele,
znalazłem naszą zgubę, królewnę Śnieżkę!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna
podniosła dumnie brodę, choć wiedziała, że nic nie zdoła nadać jej obecnemu
stanowi królewskiego blasku. Rycerze przyjęli tę wieść w różnoraki sposób.
Większość pokonała niedowierzanie i opadła na kolana z pozdrowieniem na ustach,
dwóch jednak nie potrafiło zdobyć się na nic więcej niż zdumiony, nieufny
wzrok. Młodzik, który okazał się być bratem Raula, zesztywniał i poróżowiał na
policzkach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— W-wybacz, pani… nie
chciałem cię urazić — wyjąkał, klękając niezgrabnie. Królewna stwierdziła, że w
nim i jego bracie tkwią zupełnie inne duchy, ciężko jej jednak było mieć
pretensje, że chłopak nie rozpoznał w niej swojej władczyni. Sama gdy patrzyła
na swoje niewyraźne odbicie w kałuży, widziała ciało jakiejś innej dziewczyny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie chcę waszych
przeprosin, tylko pomocy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Raul skinął głową. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Królewna chce
wam opowiedzieć coś bardzo ważnego. Usiądźcie i posłuchajcie, z czym przyjdzie
nam się zmierzyć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Rycerze spełnili
prośbę swojego dowódcy, zajmując miejsca w nierównym pierścieniu wokół Śnieżki.
Dziewczyna czuła się gorzej, dzieląc się swoją historią nie z dwoma zaufanymi
ludźmi w zaciszu groty, a z nieznanymi jej osobami, których oczy patrzyły
niepewnie na to, co pozostało z ich pięknej królewny. Wiedziała jednak, że nie
może milczeć. Wymieniła szybkie spojrzenie z Raulem, po czym opowiedziała, co
odkryła w tajemnej komnacie królowej Heleny, gdzie skryła się po ucieczce do
Puszczy Zapomnienia i jakiego czynu zamierza dopuścić się po powrocie do zamku.
Jej słowa skrzętnie omijały kwestię Gburka, wymazując jego postać z groty i
leśnych przygód. Królewna pozwoliła myśleć tym ludziom, że sama znalazła
kryjówkę i zdobywała jedzenie, czym z pewnością zyskała u nich jakąś myśl
podziwu — w końcu która panna zdołałaby przetrwać sama w lesie? Chciała utkać
obraz siebie twardszej, niż była w rzeczywistości, a przy tym ukryć karła przed
wiedzą mieszkańców miasta. <i>To nie pora,
by uwypuklać jego zalety. Teraz niech wszyscy skupią się na królowej. </i>Jeszcze
inną kwestią był fakt, że mówienie o Gburku byłoby teraz przystawieniem ust do
płomieni.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W oczach Raula
widziała pewne zaskoczenie brakiem wspomnienia o karle, ale jaki powód do pretensji mógłby mieć szlachcic? Nie
zapałał do Gburka sympatią, a pominięcie jego udziału w wydarzeniach było
znakomitą okazją, by zapomnieć, że Śnieżka wygoniła młodzieńca z groty, aby
poświęcić uwagę zdeformowanemu człowieczkowi. <i>Kiedyś i tak będziesz musiał się zmierzyć z tą prawdą, Raulu. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale nie teraz.
Opowieść Śnieżki nie pozostała w rycerzach bez echa. Wysoki mężczyzna, który
przedstawił się jako sir Ed, począł śmiałym głosem deklarować, że chętnie
pomoże w przebiciu serca wiedźmy, grubas o imieniu Gob zaklinał się, że nigdy
nie ufał tym zawistnym, szmaragdowym oczom królowej, a jeszcze inni wyrażali
swoje niedowierzenie, że kobieta może być tak okrutna i wyrwać serce z piersi
umiłowanego męża. Brat Raula wyglądał zaś tak, jakby zaraz miał się rozpłakać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po chwili
chaotycznej wymiany zdań, która musiała spłoszyć zwierzęta w zasięgu całej
dolinki, przywódca drużyny powstał i nakazał spokój, by dać szansę stworzeniu
strategii. W blasku dnia jego oczy jarzyły się zachwycająco i Śnieżka nie
wątpiła, że w chwili triumfu nad królową wyglądałby jak anioł zemsty. <i>Gdybym mu pozwoliła. </i>Ale dyskusja na ten
temat została już przeprowadzona, a ona dała mu do zrozumienia, że to ona ma
być tą, która będzie dzierżyła sztylet. Teraz oznajmiła im to samo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Spodziewała się
ich zdumienia, wymienianych między sobą w zakłopotaniu spojrzeń i otwieranych w
proteście ust. ,,To nie jest zadanie dla damy’’ — wołali. ,,Nie możesz splamić
swoich śnieżnobiałych dłoni’’. ,,Jesteś najodważniejszą z królewn, ale pozwól,
że twoi rycerze zemszczą się za ciebie’’.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa nie przejmowała się, co przystoi
damom a co nie, moje dłonie już nie są białe i czyste, a żaden z was nie zdoła
podejść do mojej macochy wystarczająco blisko, by zadać cios. Ona też ma swoich
rycerzy </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— mogłaby im powiedzieć Śnieżka, ale nie chciała urazić ich dumy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jestem waszą
panią i już postanowiłam — uciszyła ich, a potem przybrała nieco łagodniejszą
minę. — Będę wam wdzięczna za dostarczenie bezpiecznie na zamek i gotowość
pomocy, gdyby coś poszło niezgodnie z planem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A jaki jest
plan, Śnieżko? — zapytał Raul, a jego oczy były polem bitwy pomiędzy niezgodą a
akceptacją. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dłoń dziewczyny
powędrowała nieświadomie do jej obciętych włosów. Powróciła pamięcią do tych
nocy pod dachem groty Gburka, gdzie na brzoskwiniowym płótnie przymkniętych
powiek widziała odzianą w czerwień postać królowej, a ona rozmyślała nad
zemstą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ona nie wie, co
wiem. Nie zna przyczyny mojego zniknięcia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Może się
domyślać — wtrącił się sir Ed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Owszem, ale
pewności nie ma. Nie dam jej tego rozwiązania. Gdy wrócę, nie będę jej się spokojnie
tłumaczyć w oczy, dlaczego uciekłam. Na moment stracę zmysły. — Powiodła
spojrzeniem po zebranych, zatrzymując je na drapiącym się w zastanowieniu po
brodzie Raulu. — Ty, panie, powiesz, że Puszcza Zapomnienia wpędziła mnie w
szaleństwo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szlachcic otworzył
szerzej oczy, a jego głos ociekał protestem:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chcesz, by cię
zamknęła? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, chcę uśpić
jej czujność, a sobie dać trochę czasu, by móc zbliżyć się do niej i zadać
cios. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powietrze między
nimi jakby zastygło. Raul marszczył czoło, analizując coś w głowie, a potem uniósł
na dziewczynę spojrzenie, którego troska omal nie przyprawiła ją o utratę
oddechu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Sądzę, że to
więcej niż ryzykowne.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie da się tego
rozwiązać bez ryzyka. Już postanowiłam. Odzyskam królestwo mojego ojca. —
Śnieżka odetchnęła, słysząc z te słowa własnych ust. <i>Wybrałam walkę. </i>— Kiedy możemy najprędzej wyruszyć?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <o:p></o:p></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz_xiRAV9jzu4_o50TaL6qQrZuSSmlAe6uSeJQXmsZst29BRjk-25fBvd6usQJqPCfbZhZdBy3aptdN3hAdehJ54QsFg5v3SKBN_6VMMVpc5b41k-gbTQssiTO2SpAwRec8WKZHQZdjB4/s1600/p%C5%82atekfavik.png" /></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mięso lisa
smakowało znacznie wyborniej niż galaretowate udka żaby czy naszpikowana
ościami ryba, którymi to Śnieżka pożywiała się przez ostatnie tygodnie. Lepsze
pożywienie pozwoliło jej odczuć szczęście faktem, że znalazła się wśród rycerzy,
którzy z łatwością potrafią ubić większą zwierzynę. Nawet lekko rozbawiły ją ich
niepewne spojrzenia, gdy z apetytem konsumowała swoją porcję obiadu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Przyznam, że
zadziwiasz mnie, pani — usłyszała później owijający się wokół jej ucha głos
Raula, gdy jechali razem na jego rumaku na przedzie kolumny rycerzy. Młodzieniec
obrócił głowę, by móc spojrzeć na twarz siedzącej za nim w siodle towarzyszki.
— Masz ciekawy instynkt przetrwania. I jesteś odważna. Twoje oczy lśniły, gdy
wygłaszałaś swoją przemowę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Próbuje uprzejmościami poprawić mi humor
czy wyraża swoje szczere uznanie? </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czasem, gdy otwierał usta, wylewały się z
nich istne czary, które potrafiły postawić serce w ogniu. Nadal ciężko jej było
uwierzyć, że młodzieniec ze snu przybył po nią i teraz wiezie ją na swoim
wierzchowcu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ułożyła usta w delikatny,
niemalże królewski uśmiech. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dziękuję. <i>— Przetrwałam, bo ktoś mi pomógł. — </i>Mam
nadzieję, że moja odwaga okaże się prawdą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wierzę, że tak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po jego śmiałej minie
dziewczyna poznała, że jest gotowy podać jej dłoń, gdyby się potknęła; że ten
długi miecz z głowicą gryfa w razie potrzeby zasłoni ją przed czarami macochy.
Śnieżka spoglądała ukradkiem na wyprostowane dumnie plecy swojego rycerza i na obracającą
się czujnie głowę. Czuła się przy nim bezpieczna. Do jej umysłu wkradło się
zastanowienie, czy wpadła już w sidła uczucia, a jeśli tak, to dlaczego nie
wygląda to w taki sposób, w jaki sobie z Nyn Słoneczkiem opowiadały. Dlaczego
nie czuje trzepoczących w brzuchu motyli i dlaczego jego bliskość nie wywołuje
w niej już takiego oszołomienia jak na balu? Mogłaby sprawdzić, co czuje, gdyby
tylko się pochyliła i przesunęła ustami po jego gładkim policzku… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To by było niestosowne. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Za nimi jechali inni
ludzie, a przed nimi majaczyła się misja, która zaważy na losach królestwa. Czy
królewna naprawdę była tak głupia, by rozważać kwestię pocałunków i zauroczeń,
gdy czekała na nią potężna przeciwniczka i szansa pomszczenia ojca? Czy Gburek
miał rację, twierdząc, że dziewczyna żyje w świecie iluzji? Czy pobyt w
niebezpiecznym lesie niczego nie zmienił? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Poza tym pojęła
coś jeszcze — czuła to, odkąd tylko spojrzała w oczy Raula w tamtej pełnej zaskoczenia
chwili nad strumykiem. Już nie byli tą radosną parą na balu, słodką królewną i
czarującym szlachcicem, już uciekli z tej barwnej bańki zabawy i szeptanych w
ekscytacji plotek. To była kraina dzieci ubranych w stroje dorosłych. Teraz te
kolory odleciały w dal, a świat zmienił
się w szare miejsce o kruchych konstrukcjach, w cmentarz dawnych marzeń, nadziei
i niewinności. Ich losy były zaś jak błąkające się pomiędzy nagrobkami dusze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka zamilkła,
a i Raul nie mówił już zbyt wiele. Kopta koni uderzały o błotnisty grunt, rycerze
co jakiś czas szeptem ucinali sobie pogawędki, a las rozbrzmiewał swoją własną
pieśnią skomponowaną z ptasich treli, szemrań zwierzęcych łap i polujących gdzieś
w dali drapieżników. Gdy niebo pokryła fioletowa szata zmierzchu, zatrzymali
się na postój. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz ich
pożywieniem były znalezione nieopodal grzyby o żółtej barwie. Śnieżka
przypomniała sobie, że podczas pierwszego spotkania Gburka, ten taszczył ze
sobą całą kupę grzybów, które potem rozsypały się, gdy na niego upadła. To było
tuż po tym, jak uratował ją z macek bagna… Zastanawiała się, czy kiedyś mogłaby
odnaleźć to miejsce i wrócić… <i>No właśnie,
do czego? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy królewna kładła
się spać, nasłuchiwała kołysanki z trzasku płomieni, ale nie było jej to dane —
rycerze nie wzniecili ogniska z obawy przed ściągnięciem chciwych rabusiów.
Ponoć ostatniej nocy drużynę zaatakowała czwórka tych niegodziwców, ale uzbrojeni
mężowie szybko się z nimi rozprawili. Raul przechwalał się, że jeden z nich był
tak rosły i wściekły, iż przypominał dzika. Śnieżka wzdrygnęła się na swoim
posłaniu, bo poznała kiedyś takiego mężczyznę
— był brutalny i okrutny, powalił ją na ziemię i zamierzał zniewolić jej
ciało… do tej pory pamiętała jego cuchnący oddech i podkrążone oczy. Gdyby
Gburek się wtedy nie zjawił, teraz z pewnością nie byłaby taka odważna. Miała
nadzieję, że to Sawa przebił miecz Raula i że wszyscy współtowarzysze tamtej
pamiętnej nocy cierpią gdzieś za krawędzią tego świata. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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zlęknioną minę królewny i zaczął uspokajać swoją panią, mówiąc, ze całą noc
będzie nad nią czuwał, a rabusiowi, który będzie chciał ją tknąć, utnie dłoń i
wepchnie do odbytu. Raul z ledwo trzymanym w ryzach uśmiechem zganił go za
takie niewychowane groźby, ale Śnieżka odpowiedziała tylko wymuszonym śmiechem
i położyła się spać, przykrywając ciało otrzymanym od rycerzy kocem. Jej nowi
towarzysze mówili, że jutro dotrą na miejsce. <i>Jutro przypadają moje urodziny… Widać przeznaczenie chce zaważyć na
moim losie. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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łatwo. Dziewczyna śniła o mrocznym lesie i ścigającym ją dziku, który był wyraźnie
złakniony jej młodego mięsa. Gdy charczące z zadowolenia zwierzę przykuło ją do
pnia, a jego kły już miały wbić się w ciało nieszczęśnicy, te głodne,
podkrążone oczy zmieniły barwę na szmaragdową. Śnieżka ze strachem pojęła, że
do drzewa nie przygważdża ją cielsko dzika, lecz silnie dłonie kobiety w
czerwonej sukni, która zamierza wyrwać jej serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie…!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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biedaczka usiłowała wymacać ukryty za pasem sztylet, ale jej niezgrabne palce
nie potrafiły nawet wydobyć go z pochwy. Królowa zaśmiała się szyderczo na jej
głupiutkie starania i sięgnęła ręką po kolejną zdobycz do słoikowej kolekcji.
Śnieżka dokładnie czuła zagłębiającą się w jej ciele dłoń, trzask wyłamywanych
żeber i uścisk zachłannych palców na pulsującym sercu. Głos bólu uwiązł jej w
gardle. Mogła tylko płakać czerwonymi łzami, krwią z ziejącej w jej piersi
dziury… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wartę Ed czuwał nad krzywiącą się we śnie królewną, nieświadomy, że zza gąszczu
ciemności ich obóz obserwują dwa żółte płomyki — złowrogie ślepia wielkiego
wilka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Biały puch oderwał
się od sinego nieba, prześlizgnął pomiędzy nieruchomymi palcami drzew i musnął
zaczerwieniony nos Śnieżki. Ten chłodny pocałunek wystarczył, by obudzić ospałe
zmysły, a gdy dziewczyna otworzyła oczy, ze zdumieniem dostrzegła więcej
spadających śnieżynek, więcej wirujących pośród drzew okruchów, które po
zakończeniu swojego subtelnego tańca, wdzięcznie opadają na ziemię, pomału zakrywając
jesienne barwy lasu. Królewna spoglądała na te śnieżne igraszki jak
zaczarowana, zapominając nieprzyjemny smak, który pozostał jej w ustach po
swoich snach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pierwszy śnieg dokładnie w moje urodziny</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> — pomyślała,
jakby te jasne, muskające jej policzki drobinki były zesłanymi z nieba ziarenkami
nadziei. <i>Ojciec mówił, że tak samo było w
dniu mojego przyjścia na świat. Matka zaczęła rodzić, a za oknem jej komnaty
pojawiły się pierwsze płatki śniegu. </i>Przypomniała jej się także wesoła
twarz Słoneczko, która, gdy nikt nie słyszał, wołała ją Śnieżynką. Królewna
zaśmiała się cicho, niemal tkliwie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Pani, nie jest
ci zimno? – usłyszała za sobą spokojny głos. Obróciła się, by ujrzeć
opierającego się o pień drzewa Eda. Jego zmęczona całonocnym czuwaniem twarz
wyrażała teraz mieszankę troski i rozbawienia. Sam owinięty był w płachtę ciepłego,
ciemnego futra, stanowiącego kontrastujące tło dla osiadających się na nim białych
plamek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie, ponieważ należę do zimy </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— królewna mogłaby
odpowiedzieć rycerzowi, ale nie chciała, by uznał, że pobyt w lesie zatruł jej
zmysły. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Racja — odparła
tylko Śnieżka z lekkim uśmiechem i podsunęła sobie pod brodę miękki koc, który
ześlizgnął się z niej podczas zerwania ze snu. Tak opatulona musiała wyglądać
teraz jak przyrządzana przez królewskie kucharki rolada. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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królewno, dobrze, że cię znaleźliśmy. Przeżycie zimy w lesie mogłoby cię sporo
kosztować. — Mężczyzna rzucił jej przyjazny uśmiech, ale patrząc w twarz
dziewczyny, nagle coś mu się przypomniało. Zmarszczył brwi. — We śnie byłaś
niespokojna. Dałbym głowę, że chodziło o królową. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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walczyła z sobą, by nie opuścić wzroku, nie mogła jednak powstrzymać
wkradających się na jej policzki rumieńców. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zapewne wydaje
ci się, że odkryłeś moją słabość, ale ja naprawdę jestem zdeterminowana
wypełnić swoje zadanie — wyznała bez zająknięcia, podczas gdy jej kark owionął
chłodny dreszcz. Czy się bała? Naturalnie. Wizja jej serca zamkniętego w słoju
czy spoglądnięcia w oczy zabójczyni ojca wzbudzała w niej lęk, niemniej jej
uczucia nie sprowadzały się tylko do trwogi. Czuła w sobie jeszcze jad gniewu
oraz płomień chęci wymierzenia sprawiedliwości, który w jakiś przedziwny sposób
podjudzały jeszcze dzisiejsze płatki śniegu. Wiedziała, że nie jest taka słaba,
jaka mogłaby być. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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zaskoczeniu, rycerz się uśmiechnął. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ci słabości, pani. Chciałem się jedynie upewnić, czy jesteś przekonania co do
swoich zamysłów. Teraz widzę, że nie mamy się o co martwić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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podziękować mu za pochwałę, ale wtem usłyszała przeciągającego się na posłaniu
Raula. Gdy jego zaspane oczy spotkały się ze spojrzeniem dziewczyny, skinął jej
uprzejmie głową na przywitanie. Po chwili cały obóz zaczął budzić się do życia
— Gob ziewnął potężnie, kilku rycerzy na pierwszy śnieg zareagowało kichnięciami,
a Lawin pośpiesznie wstał, skłonił się nerwowo królewnie i popędził w krzaki za
potrzebą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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śniadanie. Mężczyzna o ciemnej, krzaczastej brodzie imieniem Dorin napomknął,
że gdy rozbijali obóz, dostrzegł pomiędzy drzewami polankę usłaną jasnymi
grzybami. Gdy jednak Śnieżka usłyszała o pyłku lśniącym nad ich kapeluszami, kategorycznie
pokręciła głową. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wiedźm! — powtórzyła słowa Gburka. — Trujące i niebezpieczne nawet, gdy się je
tylko dotknie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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się zaskoczeni obeznaniem królewny, a ponieważ nikt nie miał ochoty przekonać
się na własnej skórze co do szkodliwości wspomnianych grzybów, skupiono się na
posiłku, który mogły dostarczyć ruszające się obiekty. Dorin, Gob i Genrick
chwycili kusze w dłoń i wybrali się na małe polowanie, stąpając ostrożnie wśród
kształtującego się obrazu bieli i chłodu. Po jakimś czasie wrócili z kilkoma
rozciągniętymi w rękach wiewiórkami. Mięsa z tych rudawych stworzonek nie można
było uzyskać zbyt wiele, ale wystarczyło, by na jakiś czas zapełnić brzuchy
wędrowców. Raul był nawet tak dobry, że oddał Śnieżce część swojego przydziału
— dziewczyna miała pewne wątpliwości, ale przyjęła ją ze względu na siłę,
której będzie potrzebowała, by zabić wiedźmę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wędrowców zwinął obóz, opatulił się ciepło i ruszył w dalszą drogę — niemal wszyscy
po cichu liczyli, że przed nastaniem zmroku wyrwą się już ze szponów puszczy. Płatki
śniegu tańczyły wokół nich, a ciszę przerywał toczący się pomiędzy nagimi
drzewami świst wiatru. Świat wydawał się jasny i surowy, jak lśniące ostrze
gotujące się do ciosu. Śnieżka znów przemierzała drogę na grzbiecie wierzchowca
Raula, niemal przyklejona do przykrytych futrem pleców młodzieńca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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milą wyraźniej odczuwała ciężar swojego brzmienia — zdawał się on kobiecym
cieniem przysiadłym na jej ramionach jak wrona na gałęzi drzewa. Dziewczynie
zdarzało się trząść, ale to mogła ukryć pod pozorem zimna, które przybywało
razem ze śniegiem. Aby odciągnąć uwagę od nieprzyjemnych rejonów umysłu,
skupiła się na śnieżynkach, pragnąc, by jej myśli były równie lekkie i
bezwładne jak ten biały puch. Zastanawiała się też, czy Gburek wyczołgał się
już ze swojej groty i zauważył śnieg, a jeśli tak, czy i tym razem nie widzi w
nim ani grama pozytywu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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zaczerpnęła głębszego oddechu, gdy ostatnie drzewa usunęły im się z drogi.
Usiłowała objąć wzrokiem rozciągającą się przed nimi otwartą przestrzeń — była
jak niekończący się obraz brązowych pasm ubitej ziemi i białych plam śniegu,
któremu malarz nie nadał ram. W dali gromadziły się ciemne kształty domostw;
plątanina kwadratów, prostokątów, strzelistych wież i drewnianych belek, a
gdzieś za nią majaczyły się szare kontury królewskiego zamku. Wszystko to w
zimnej, granatowej, sączącej się z nieba poświacie zmierzchu wydawało się
odległe jak sen. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Dziewczyna skuliła się lekko za plecami Raula,
jakby mogły one pozwolić jej pozostać niezauważoną przez oczy miasta. Nadciągający
z nad pól wiatr smagał ją po twarzy, a ona czuła się obca, odsłonięta, naga. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Obejrzała się za
siebie na tamten inny świat, który gościł ją przez minione dni. Widziała
posępną ścianę nagich drzew, wdychała woń kory i zgnilizny i przez jedną drżącą
chwilę nie wiedziała, czy zostać, czy lepiej zeskoczyć z konia i na powrót
zniknąć w gęstwinie; ścianami groty Gburka oddzielić się od prawdy i obowiązku.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Podjęłam już decyzję. Muszę być królewną,
nie dzieckiem. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Możemy ruszać
dalej, pani? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka spojrzała
w zaróżowioną od zimna twarz Raula. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Sądzę, że tak.
Powinniśmy tylko… — Zawahała się, zastanawiając, czy młodzieniec da radę
odegrać komediancką sztukę dla królowej. — …zamienić się miejscami. Skoro mam
być szalona, bezpieczniej jest mnie wieźć przed sobą. Bym nie uciekła. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Młodzieniec nie
chciał już na głos ponownie kwestionować tego pomysłu, ale jego oczy pytały „wiesz,
co robisz?’’. Dziewczyna skinęła ledwo zauważalnie głową. Ta część jej zamysłu
nie budziła w niej zbyt wielkich obaw — gorzej zapowiadał się jej finał. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka niezgrabnie
przesunęła się na przód siodła, a Raul zajął miejsce za nią — tym razem więc to
ona trzymała lejce. Przełknęła gromadzącą się w jej gardle gulę i nakazała
całej drużynie ruszać prosto w paszczę wiedźmy. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pojechali okrężną
drogą. Pomysł ten wyszedł od jasnowłosego mężczyzny imieniem Nyten, który
urodził się w głównym mieście królestwa i od dawna zajmował się trzymaniem nad
nim pieczy — dobrze zatem znał jego zakamarki. Gdy dowiedział się zaś, że
królewna nie chce jeszcze ściągać na siebie uwagi zdesperowanych oczu
poddanych, zaproponował, że przedostanie całą kompanię bocznymi uliczkami. Te
jednak miały to do siebie, że były wąskie, a ich czar działał tylko na
niewielką grupkę osób. Postanowiono więc, że Śnieżce towarzyszyć będzie trójka
rycerzy — reszta pozostanie w pobliżu i będzie trzymała rękę na mieczu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka na swoich
pomocników, prócz Nytena, wybrała Raula i Eda — z nimi dzieliła ją najbliższa
więź, jeśli o jakiejkolwiek więzi można było mówić. Raul zaś poprosił, by
zabrała ze sobą jeszcze Lawina. Królewna wyczytała w jego twarzy potrzebę
trzymania brata blisko siebie i choć ten nie zrobił na niej wrażenia dobrego
rycerza, zgodziła się. Ostatecznie płynęła w nim ta sama krew, co w Raulu, a
zatem mogła mu ufać bardziej niż reszcie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Niebo nad nimi
zmieniło się w taflę czarnego aksamitu, gdy przemykali wąskimi, opuszczonymi
uliczkami, wysmarowanymi brudem i smrodem, podążając za wskazówkami Nytena. Ich
twarze napinały się w czujności. Lawin zatykał nos. W nikłym świetle Śnieżka
nie potrafiła dojrzeć niczego znajomego w swoim mieście — zresztą sentymenty
nie miały teraz znaczenia. O wiele ważniejsze było powodzenie jej zadania. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy wyrwali się
już spomiędzy uliczek miasta, w ciszy wjechali królewskim traktem na dumne
wzniesienie. Teraz wyraźnie widzieli zachwycającą, odcinającą się na tle ciemnego
nieba budowlę, skrytą za pierścieniem kamiennego muru. Dwie wieże na obu rogach
ogrodzenia zdawały się czujnie obserwować wędrowców. Na blankach umieszczono
pochodnie, które przyzywały zachęcająco tańczącymi płomieniami. Poruszona królewna
musiała walczyć z wrażeniem, że widzi przed sobą tylko cień; powtarzać sobie,
że naprawdę wróciła do miejsca, które wychowywało ją przez te wszystkie lata i
zamierza uwolnić je ze szponów wiedźmy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mała drużyna zbliżała
się już do ciężkiej, poprzecinanej metalowym kratami bramy, gdy Śnieżka rzuciła
Raulowi porozumiewawcze spojrzenie. W odpowiedzi młodzieniec zacisnął zziębnięte
palce na jej ramionach. Ona zaś włożyła na siebie niewidzialną maskę oszalałej
w dziczy królewny. Pozostali rycerze wyprostowali się w siodłach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Stali się aktorami
w sztuce zemsty. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Przepraszam za dłuższą przerwę, rozleniwiłam się. W nagrodę rozdział jest sporej długości. A w następnym - poznacie nieco tajemnic królowej :) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Przez pierwszy tydzień sierpnia mnie nie ma - nadrobię wszystko potem :)</span></div>
Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-16860058158651211612015-06-21T23:30:00.001+02:002015-06-21T23:30:57.324+02:00Rozdział XIX{W płomieniach}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> W pierwszej chwili </span>Raul wyglądał na lekko
rozbawionego, jakby wizja delikatnej ręki dziewczyny zadającej cios była absurdalna.
Dopiero po chwili młodzieniec pojął, że głos Śnieżki nie ma w sobie nic z
żartu. To zmusiło go do zmarszczenia brwi w zasępieniu. Gburek natomiast tylko
poruszył się nerwowo na swoim miejscu. <i>On
wiedział o moich planach już wcześniej, domyślił się, gdy z taką ochotą
zabijałam zwierzęta </i>—<i> </i>pomyślała królewna i wtem zdumiała ją celowość rzeczy. <i>Może nie trafiłam do lasu bez powodu? Może życie tutaj miało mnie
wyszkolić, by… spełnić swoją powinność. </i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Cokolwiek zrobisz, będę cię strzegł,
Śnieżko — zadeklarował w końcu Raul. Jego brązowe oczy były teraz szczere i zatroskane. <i>Zależy mu na mnie? Na mnie, nie na koronie? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ja z kolei może nie nadaję się do
obrony, ale… też chcę ci pomóc — odezwał się cicho Gburek. Królewna przeniosła
na niego zaskoczone spojrzenie. Karzeł uśmiechał się do niej, tak
dzielnie się uśmiechał, ale ona wiedziała, że zaraz będzie musiała wykroić mu ten uśmiech z twarzy </span>bezlitosnymi słowami<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Otworzyła już usta, ale ubiegł ją Raul:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie! Mogę cię tolerować jako przyjaciela
mojej pani, ale nie jako towarzysza broni. Nie chcę cię urazić, kar…. Gburku,
ale na nic nam się nie przydasz, a ponadto wzbudzisz nieufność ludu. — Twarz
młodzieńca wyścielało zdecydowanie i może lekki żal. Klepnął kawałek ziemi obok
siebie. — Lepiej zostań tutaj. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdzieś z głębi umysłu Śnieżki poniosło się
rozgoryczone echo wypowiedzianych niegdyś w tej samej jamie słów: ,,Zawsze
widzą we mnie przedmiot kpin! Jestem karzełkiem, błaznem, skrzatem… ale nigdy
nie człowiekiem.’’ <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Twarz karła pociemniała, jakby przybyły na
nią burzliwe chmury, a jego oczy zabłysły gniewnie. Gdy spojrzał na
Śnieżkę, chłód w jego spojrzeniu lekko zadrżał, niby w oczekiwaniu. <i>A ja nie mogę zatrzymać tej burzy. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle królewna poczuła, że ciepło płomieni
skręca się w niewidzialną pętlę wokół jej szyi, a serce zmienia w bryłkę
lodu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Raulu, mam do ciebie prośbę — rzekła głuchym tonem,
nie spuszczając wzroku ze złowrogiej twarzy niziołka. — Wyjdź i poczekaj na
mnie na zewnątrz. Zaraz do ciebie dołączę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— I… razem wrócimy na zamek? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Zgadza się. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna miała wrażenie, że młodzieniec z
chęcią opuszcza to ciemne miejsce. Ludzie żyjący w złocie i jedwabiach źle czują </span>się w ciasnych i brudnych grotach, wiedziała o tym z własnego doświadczenia. <i>Pewnie
zastanawiał się, jak mogłam tu spać.</i> Śnieżka też sama się sobie dziwiła, a
jeszcze większe zdumienie wzbudzał fakt, że zdążyła zacząć myśleć o tym miejscu życzliwie. Polubiła jego ciszę i ciepło, woń własnoręcznie zdobytego jedzenia, krople
spływające ze ściany i ochoczo całujące nagą skórę, rozmowy z Gburkiem przy drżącym
blasku płomienistych strażników. A teraz to wszystko miało przeminąć, jak rozdział z księgi, który został do niej wstawiony niechcący. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Karzeł spoglądał na dziewczynę w pełnej
potępienia ciszy. <i>Mógłby być posągiem
wykutym z ponurości. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jeśli sądziła, że towarzysz przyjmie to
rozstanie ze spokojem i zrozumieniem, myliła się. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Że potraktowałaś mnie jak zużytą zabawkę?
— odwarknął Gburek, krzyżując ręce na piersiach, jakby mogły one stać się murem
wokół jego serca. W jego oczach przemknęła pogarda. — Szukasz u mnie
schronienia, potem zjawia się to paniątko i pyk, już cię nie ma! Ale może
królewny mają to we krwi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ta wzmianka bolała. Śnieżka usiłowała zachować
spokój. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiesz, że wcale tak o tobie nie myślę. Jestem
wdzięczna, że… — I wtem poczuła, że z jej twarzy skapują resztki opanowania, że
jej oczy wypełniają się goryczą, a ona nie potrafi już dłużej pławić się w
chłodnych uprzejmościach. Zacisnęła dłonie w pięści i na tacy zirytowanego
oddechu wypowiedziała kolejne słowa: — Och, to po prostu moja sprawa! Jesteś
karłem, nie mogę cię narażać! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie mogę patrzeć
na twoją śmierć. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gburek jednak zinterpretował to wyznanie
zupełnie inaczej. Wykrzywił twarz w nieprzyjemnym grymasie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Więc jako wymówki używasz chęci mojego
dobra? Jakże wygodne! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To
nie wymówka! — zaperzyła się Śnieżka, czując, że pulsujące pod skórą na jej
policzkach ciepło nie ma nic wspólnego z płonącym paleniskiem. Usiłowała zebrać
myśli. — Nasze światy splotły się na moment i to było coś niezwykłego, ale
teraz… muszę wracać! Sam powiedziałeś, że moje miejsce nie jest w tej grocie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czuła, że jego ciemne, nienawistne oczy obróciłyby ją teraz w stos płomieni, gdyby mogły. Naraz jednak.... mięśnie twarzy
człowieczka zadrgały jak u małego dziecka, który powstrzymuje się od łez. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale ty obiecałaś mi! — Ściany groty powieliły
echem ten krzyk. — A gdzie ,,jesteśmy w tym razem’’? Gdzie ,,zawsze będziesz
mnie miał’’?! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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co jej odejście oznacza dla niego i co oznacza dla niej. Wiedziała, że on ponownie zostanie
sam w zapomnianym sercu lasu, z ciężkimi wspomnieniami i dławiącym żalem. K<i>to wie, czy nie na zawsze?</i> Ta myśl orała
czarnym pazurem rysę w sercu Śnieżki, a ona sama czuła drżące w jej oczach łzy.
Przez chwilę zapragnęła odmówić Raulowi, wysłać go do wszystkich diabłów i zostać tutaj, pomagać
Gburkowi, żyć jak banitka, która swe dawne życie pogrzebała za sobą…. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale nie mogła zostawić królestwa, gdy nadarzyła
się okazja do jego uratowania przed zachłannymi dłońmi królowej. Co ze Śnieżki za
władczyni, skoro chowa się w lesie jak zwykła dziewka? Przecież jutro </span>— jeśli dobrze liczyła — przypadały jej urodziny, a
zatem wybicie wieku dorosłości. Raul na nią liczył. Ojciec na nią liczył. Może
i ona sama na siebie liczyła?</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W ciszę groty wszywały się pasma ich przyśpieszonych oddechów. Karzeł i królewna siedzieli nieopodal siebie, więc te niewidzialne,
wymykające się z ich nozdrzy obłoczki niemal mieszały się ze sobą, oczy zaś
błądziły po swoich lśniących odbiciach w tęczówkach naprzeciwko. I wtem Śnieżka
poczuła, że wypełnia ją jakiś chłodny spokój, jakby rozszalałe w jej sercu
emocje pokrył lód.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span>Pewnym ruchem wyciągnęła rękę do przodu i splotła swoje
palce z palcami Gburka. Dała mu delikatność w zamian za wzburzenie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Obiecuję, że jak tylko ocalimy
królestwo, wyślę do ciebie ptaka i spotkamy się ponownie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szorstka dłoń ścisnęła ją mocniej, jakby
karzeł chciał zamknąć rękę swojej królewny w więzieniu własnych palców i nigdy
jej już stamtąd nie wypuszczać.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chyba, że coś ci się stanie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna uniosła delikatnie kąciki ust. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, bo uczyniłeś mnie silną. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dzieliła ich tylko wąska, płomienista
wstęga. W pozycji klęczącej byli podobnego wzrostu. Wzrok Śnieżki zbłądził na
moment. <i>Jego usta wydają się spękane i
szorstkie, ale może są i ciepłe?</i> Dziewczynę ogarnęła jakaś nieprzytomność; miała
wrażenie, że zapada się w ciemności jego niepocieszonych, rozgorączkowanych oczu.
<i>Mój smutny cherubin… <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I nagle w tych oczach trzasnęła jakaś
chłodna, zaniepokojona iskra. Gburek </span>odchylił się <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">g</span>wałtownym ruchem, a między
ich ciałami powstała pustka zalana krwawiącym blaskiem ogniska. Otumaniona
zdumieniem królewna zatrzepotała rzęsami, nie będąc pewna, co się stało i dokąd
przed chwilą zmierzały jej myśli.</div>
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mruknął karzeł, podnosząc się z miejsca, a przy tym to zaciskając, to
rozkurczając palce, które jeszcze niedawno tkwiły w splocie z innymi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna wstała powoli, jakby była we
śnie, by potem znów spojrzeć na niziołka z góry. Nie wiedziała nawet, co powiedzieć; które słowa brzmiały
bezpiecznie, a które nierozsądnie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A zatem… dziękuję za wszystko. Naprawdę
— odrzekła w końcu uprzejmie, jak dobrze wychowana królewna. Po raz ostatni
złapała smętne spojrzenie karła i wygięła usta w czymś w rodzaju drżącego uśmiechu. — Żegnaj, Gburku.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Drogę do obozu zaczęli w milczeniu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Raul
co chwila rzucał królewnie zaniepokojone spojrzenia, jakby obawiał się, że drobne
nogi nie wytrzymają ciężaru ciała właścicielki i dziewczyna runie na ziemię.
Śnieżka domyślała się, że w obdartym stroju, z bladym obliczem i półprzytomnym spojrzeniem
wygląda w jego oczach niemal jak trup. <i>A
ja przecież jestem silniejsza niż wcześniej. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Młodzieniec nie rozumiał </span>jednak wielu rzeczy.
Choć Śnieżka wyjaśniła mu powód swojej ucieczki z zamku, nadal ciężko mu było
pojąć, dlaczego wybrała przeklęty las zamiast tarczy któregoś z gwardzistów
lub chociażby jego. Śnieżka z lekkim zawstydzeniem musiała mu tłumaczyć, że
postąpiła tak w chwili bezmyślnego oszołomienia i strachu, a potem nie było już
odwrotu. Grunt zdawał się zbyt kruchy i niepewny. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul miał też problemy z pojęciem,
dlaczego królewna tak ciepło traktowała wyrzutka społeczeństwa oraz z
jakiego powodu została jeszcze na chwilę w grocie, dlaczego chciała pożegnać się na osobności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś odpowiedzialna, moja pani, ale nie
zaciągnęłaś u tego karła żadnego długu. Pomoc królewnie należała do jego
obowiązku. Twoim zaś wcale nie jest uspokajanie jego nadąsania — przekonywał
młodzieniec, trochę kpiący, trochę zmieszany. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ty nie rozumiesz </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— stwierdziła z
żalem Śnieżka.<i> Jak mógłbyś rozumieć? Nie
zawdzięczasz Gburkowi tak wiele, nie słyszałeś jego historii, nie trzymałeś go
za rękę, gdy…</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Musiałam go odpowiednio pożegnać. Zawdzięczam
mu ratunek — wyjaśniła z mieszanką zdecydowania i smutku. Po jej czole przeszła
zmarszczka. — Był moim przyjacielem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powiedziałam to. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna czekała
na ukłucie wstydu, ale ono nie nastąpiło. Ceną były tylko przemykające po
twarzy towarzysza cienie. Ponieważ jednak królewna zdawała się nieco zasmucona, Raul miał w sobie dość wyczucia, by nie zadawać dalszych pytań. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zostawiłam go. Czy
jestem niewierna swoim obietnicom? </span></i>— zastanawiała się co chwilę Śnieżka, rozdrażnionymi ruchami odsuwając zagradzające jej
drogę gałęzie. </div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przecież nie chcę
odejść na zawsze! Gdy ten koszmar się skończy, znów się spotkamy, a ja dopilnuję,
by moje królestwo oduczyło się nienawiści do takich jak on. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przypomniała sobie
opory szlachcica przed pójściem za karłem i kryjące się w jego oczach
politowanie<i>. Zacznę od Raula. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżce wydawało się, że drzewa obserwują
ich kroki skrytymi w fałdach kory oczami; że ją rozpoznają i usiłują coś
powiedzieć szelestem nagich gałęzi. <i>Nie
mogę się już zatrzymać! </i>— chciała im odkrzyknąć królewna, a jej serce
przeszła strzała bólu. <i>Podjęłam decyzję i
teraz muszę unieść jej ciężar. </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I co wy na to? :)</span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-18844476196144470782015-05-29T19:58:00.001+02:002015-06-01T20:25:50.687+02:00Rozdział XVIII{Nad strumieniem}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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Klęczał tam. Młodzieniec z balu. Spotkali
się przy tym samym strumieniu płynącym wśród twardej, owioniętej chłodem
ziemi. Z ramion młodego szlachcica na wzór wodospadu spływało jasnobrązowe
futro, które idealnie współgrało z kolorem jego włosów. Spod nakrycia wysuwała
się oliwkowa tunika i pochwa, w której spoczywał miecz zwieńczony głową gryfa.
Jego złote oczy lśniły w szarawej poświacie dnia jak u prawdziwego drapieżnika. Teraz młodzieniec nie przypominał już niesfornego elfa, choć nie można mu było odmówić urody. </div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdyby Śnieżka zrobiła kilka kroków do
przodu, mogłaby dotknąć jego ramion i poprosić, aby powstał. Dziewczyna jednak
nie ruszyła się z miejsca, bo wokół jej kostek okręcił się łańcuch
oszołomienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy to prawda? — odważyła się wyszeptać,
by ustalić, czy to wszystko nie jest tylko złośliwym dziełem snu. — Jesteś tu?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul ponownie uniósł na nią wzrok, a po
jego napiętej twarzy przemknął jakiś cień. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chciałem się ciebie zapytać o to samo,
pani. — Młodzieniec podniósł się z pozycji klęczącej, nagle zapominając o
zasadach obchodzenia się z królewną, i zaczął się do niej zbliżać</span>. — Co ci się stało? Wyglądasz... Dlaczego
uciekłaś? Czy ktoś cię uprowadził?</div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zbyt dużo pytań,
mój panie, zbyt dużo do wyjaśnienia. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zaraz jednak myśli Śnieżki zgubiły tor; Raul zatrzymał się tak blisko niej, że czuła na
twarzy dotyk jego przyśpieszonego z poruszenia oddechu. Niektórych nocy królewna śniła, że spotyka się ze swoim wybrankiem. W jej snach młodzi pochylali ku sobie stęsknione twarze i pozwalali, by ich usta przemówiły w swoim języku. Teraz jednak</span> to nie pragnienie pocałunku było uczuciem, które zawładnęło jej
sercem — zrobił to wstyd.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka czuła </span>wyraźnie spojrzenie Raula na
swojej twarzy i wiedziała, że nie zdoła przed nim ukryć swoich zmizerniałych
łachów, żyjących własnym życiem włosów i przyozdobionej nędzą twarzy. Była też
pewna, że gdy tylko otworzy usta, wyleci z nich odór niemytych zębów. <i>Nie jestem dziewczyną, którą poznał na balu.
Nie jestem już królewną.</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Jego brązowe oczy były podejrzliwe i
niepewne, ale przede wszystkim pełne niezrozumienia. Pod ich ostrzałem
dziewczyna spuściła wzrok na skórzane buty młodzieńca, które wyglądały dość
zabawnie, postawione tuż obok jej futerkowego obuwia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie, nikt mnie nie uprowadził —
odpowiedziała na zadane przed wiekami pytanie. — Straciłam
nadzieję, że… ktoś mnie szuka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po tym wyznaniu musiała wyglądać jeszcze
żałośniej, bo Raul przełknął kotłujące się gdzieś w głębi zniesmaczenie i
delikatnie położył swoje smukłe palce na jej ramionach; dziewczyna nosiła na nich zajęczy
kożuch — jedyny </span>królewski płaszcz, jaki miała.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Skąd to zwątpienie, moja pani? — Na jego ustach zawisł półksiężycowaty cień
uśmiechu. — Szuka cię całe królestwo. Królowa tego dopilnowała. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królowa! — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">syknęła<i> </i>w myślach Śnieżka.<i> To zdradziecka wiedźma. To czerwona śmierć…
</i>Królewna nie przypuszczała, że powracające echo gniewu może
tak rozgrzać jej krew. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jest coś, co musisz wiedzieć… — zaczęła stanowczo, gdy
nagle ponad ramieniem Raula ujrzała niewysoką, jasnowłosą sylwetkę — mały cień
wśród mleczności mgły i szarości lasu. Królewna przeklęła siebie w duchu. Jak
mogła zapomnieć, że nie jest sama? Że Gburek
po przebudzeniu miał do niej dołączyć? Że zamierzał pomóc jej w
łowieniu ryb? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz karzeł przycupnął w oddaleniu
kilkunastu kroków, przybierając pozycję, przez którą przemawiało niezrozumienie
i wahanie. Zaś przez jego wyciągnięty w gotowości nożyk przemawiała pewnego
rodzaju troska, która jednak zamarła, oczekując na jakiś gest ze strony
Śnieżki. <i>Myśli, że spotkałam kolejnego
rabusia. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie! — rzuciła w dal dziewczyna, szybkim
ruchem strzepując z ramion dłonie Raula i unosząc własne ręce w uspokajającym
geście. Królewna żałowała, że nie jest w nastroju do śmiechu, bo z pewnością
rozbawiłaby ją wykrzywiona w nieporadnym oburzeniu twarz młodzieńca. Gburek
opuścił lekko broń, ale jego ciemne oczy domagały się wyjaśnienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul tymczasem zdążył pojąć, że reakcja
królewny wiąże się z czymś ukrytym za nim, dlatego wykonał zręczny obrót. Jego palce zamarły na rękojeści miecza, gdy młodzieniec zrozumiał, iż ma
za przeciwnika półmężczyznę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Karzeł?
— mruknął, jakby nie ufał własnym oczom. Człowieczek zmroził go posępnym
spojrzeniem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nazywa się Gburek — poprawiła go
dziewczyna, nagle czując się głupio z powodu nieuprzejmości znajomego. Potem zaś
usiłowała się uśmiechnąć. Jednak ani karzeł, ani młodzieniec nie
odwzajemnili przyjaznej miny. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Mam rozumieć, że uciekłaś z zamku, by
włóczyć się po lesie i kumać z tym diabełkowatym stworzeniem? — Oszołomienie
musiało przyćmić dobre wychowanie Raula, dając wypełznąć na wierzch kpinie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jeśli ja jestem podobizną diabła, to
piekło słabo przędzie — odgryzł się Gburek podobnie głuchym i złośliwym tonem
jak ten, którym zwracał się do Śnieżki w nocy ich pierwszego spotkania.
Następnie przeniósł oszronione lekką warstewką nieufności oczy na królewnę. —
Przedstawisz mi tego panicza?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Naturalnie — odparła nieco zbyt gładko, a potem ostrożnym gestem położyła dłoń na ramieniu młodzieńca,
by pokazać karłowi, że to nie pierwszy lepszy śmiałek poszukujący królewny, a
ktoś, w kim pokładała pewną wiarę. — To Raul, syn lorda Roberta z Bukowego Dworu.
Poznaliśmy się na balu tuż przed tym, jak… to się stało.</span><br />
Gburek zrozumiał; z Raulem sprawa miała się zgoła
inaczej. Podejrzliwość nakazała młodzieńcowi zmarszczyć brwi i spytać:</div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czyli co takiego?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Gburku, czy możemy we trójkę udać się do
naszej groty i porozmawiać na spokojnie? — Śnieżka liczyła, że prośba w jej wzroku pomoże przyjacielowi zrozumieć, iż to
ważne, by wszyscy uczestnicy tej sceny usiedli gdzieś w bezpiecznym miejscu i
wymienili się wyjaśnieniami. Teraz, gdy ich losy wreszcie się przecięły. Mogła jednak przewidzieć, że Gburek znów przywdzieje
skórę upartego osła i tylko skrzyżuje buntowniczo ramiona. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie widzę powodu, dla którego miałbym
zabierać do mojego domu człowieka, o którym nic nie wiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mnie zabrałeś. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale może przyczyna
leżała w tym, że Śnieżka była błagającą, oklejoną błotem nieszczęśnicą w
potrzebie, Raul natomiast prezentował się jak arogancki prostak. <i>A przecież wiem, że taki nie jest. Nie, po
prostu przemawia przez niego zagubienie. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— A ja nie widzę powodu, dla którego
mielibyśmy udać się do jakieś zapadłej nory, skoro mogę zaprowadzić cię,
królewno, prosto do mojego obozu. Mam ze sobą jedenastu rycerzy — przekonywał
młodzieniec, a potem jeszcze raz omiótł wynędzniałą sylwetkę Śnieżki i użył
swojego łagodnego uśmiechu, który działał na nerwy dziewczyny jak plaster
miodu. — Zabierzemy cię bezpiecznie do domu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Do domu… </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przez lód grozy i
obrzydzenia, jakie budziła w dziewczynie wizja zamku, przebiła się gałązka
tęsknoty, spleciona z cieni ciepłych wspomnień. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gburek patrzył na nich bez słowa, skryty
za maską posępności, ale Śnieżka widziała drgające w jego oczach iskierki
wyrzutu. <i>Nie mogę w tej chwili odejść,
nie tak. Nie wiem, czy w ogóle chcę to zrobić. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Spojrzała w oczy Raula, tak lśniące od
pewności, że pójdzie z nim. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jest coś, co chcę ci powiedzieć. Na
osobności. Ręczę, że możemy ufać Gburkowi. — Królewna przenosiła wzrok z jednego mężczyzny na
drugiego. — Gburku, chciałabym, byś i ty uczestniczył w tej rozmowie, dlatego…
— Już widziała ich otwierające się w proteście usta, zatem zmuszona była dodać
bardziej władczym tonem: — Rozkazuję wam spełnić moją wolę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul usłuchał jako pierwszy, zaciskając
wargi i kiwając głową, gdyż nawet opłakany wygląd królewny nie zwalniał go z
obowiązku poddaństwa. Z karłem sprawa miała się gorzej, ponieważ był mieszkańcem
Puszczy Zapomnienia, o którą królewskie polecenia odbijały się jak groch o
ścianę. Ostatecznie jednak człowieczek przewrócił tylko oczami, machnął nagląco ręką i
ruszył tym swoim niezgrabnym chodem w stronę groty. Śnieżka posłała Raulowi
znaczące spojrzenie i po chwili oboje podążyli za małym przewodnikiem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Bez słowa. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Płomienie w palenisku trzeszczały
uspokajająco i wykręcały w górę swoje oranżowe szyje, jakby i one chciały
posłuchać opowieści Śnieżki. Dziewczyna siedziała na wytartych szmatach
nieopodal Gburka, opierając plecy o usypaną z ziemi ścianę i wpatrując się
uważnie w znajdującego się naprzeciwko niej Raula. Wypowiedziane przed chwilą
przez nią słowa zdawały się powracać do groty pod postacią drżących na sklepieniu
jaskini cieni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powrót do tamtej historii był jak
rozdrapanie krzepnącej rany, królewna jednak uczyniła
to świadomie. Raul musiał usłyszeć, kim
naprawdę jest królowa, czyją śmierć miała na rękach i czyje serce planowała
teraz umieścić w swojej słoikowej kolekcji. Dziewczyna pamiętała, że gdy
opowiadała te fakty Gburkowi, kuliła się z rozpaczy i czuła na policzkach słony
posmak. Teraz jej oczy zachowały suchość, choć twarz nie pozostała wolna od
grymasów żalu. Kątem oka widziała, że Gburek rzuca w jej stronę czujne spojrzenia. Raul też
sprawiał wrażenie gotowego do interwencji, gdyby królewna złamała się pod
naporem smutku. <i>Od którego chciałabym
pocieszenia? A który z nich potrafiłby mi go udzielić? </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W półmroku oczy Raula błyszczały z
przejęcia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiedźma w szatach królowej? Jak jej się
udało nas wszystkich zaślepić? — spytał młodzieniec, choć te słowa kierował głównie do siebie. Po chwili jeden z jego
kącików ust powędrował w górę, jakby chciał zapoczątkować cierpki uśmiech. —
Zabawne. Gdy król się żenił, moja matka narzekała, że nie powinien wybierać na
królową kogoś z obcych ziem. Nigdy nie przypuszczałem, że będzie miała rację. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Co się stało, to się nie odstanie.
Zastanówmy się lepiej, jak sobie z tą żmiją poradzić — stwierdził Gburek,
którego racjonalność potrafiła otrzeźwić umysł. Karzeł posłał dziewczynie
porozumiewawcze spojrzenie. — Śnieżko, chciałabyś zabrać głos? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna wróciła pamięcią do chwili, w której znajdowała się w tamtej dolince, widząc przed sobą
kobietę z brudno-złotym warkoczem i mężczyznę o pustych oczach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Owszem. Z pewnego źródła wiadomo mi, że
czarownice może unicestwić cios w serce, trucizna lub ogień — wyjaśniła, wodząc
po swoich rozmówcach rozpalanym determinacją spojrzeniem. Powaga napięła jej
mięśnie twarzy. Zamysł poskromienia złej królowej odżył w jej sercu nieśmiałym,
lecz gorącym płomieniem. — Planowałam to pierwsze. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul podrapał się po porośniętej
kilkudniową szczeciną brodzie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiedźma z pewnością na to zasługuje, ale
żeby ją dźgnąć, potrzeba podejść bardzo blisko, a nie wiadomo, czy nam na to
pozwoli. Proponowałbym ogień. To siła niszcząca,
która nigdy nie zawodzi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Chcesz w nią rzucić pochodnią? — Gburek
uniósł drwiąco brew. — Przypominam, że to ten rodzaj kobiety, która może swoimi
czarami ugasić płomienie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przez chwilę obaj mężczyźni prowadzili
złowrogi pojedynek na spojrzenia. Zmartwiona Śnieżka już chciała interweniować, gdy usta Raula ozdobił chytry uśmiech.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Racja, mały przyjacielu. Skoro walka w
pojedynkę może być problematyczna, pora przemówić do tłumu! — Młodzieniec
przeniósł na Śnieżkę płonące z zapału spojrzenie. — Królewno, jeśli pokażesz
się swojemu ludowi i wyznasz mu prawdę o królowej, sam przyniesie ci jej głowę
na palu. W grupie tkwi siła, ręczę za to własnym doświadczeniem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">W grocie zapadło pełne oczekiwania
milczenie, zakłócane tylko trzaskiem płomieni. Śnieżka usiłowała prześledzić
przebieg tego planu w wyobraźni — zgromadzony u jej stóp rój ludzi, okrzyki
bojowe, blask pochodni odbijający się w ich ostrzach, cień padający na zamkowe
mury. <i>Czy tak by postąpił mój ojciec?</i> <i>Czy mam być głosicielką rebelii? </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie
chcę chaosu — zdecydowała po chwili. — Nie pozwolę, by wściekły tłum stratował dom moich
przodków. Wiem, że ci ludzie będą chcieli dobrze, że powiedzie ich miłość do
mnie, ale tak naprawdę ściągną na zamek zamęt, a królowa może w tym czasie
uciec. Nie, musimy działać z zaskoczenia. Musimy zadać zdecydowany cios. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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nie było mu w smak. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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spoglądać w przyszłość? Może i tak będzie wiedzieć, kiedy zbliżymy się ze
sztyletem?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gburka, któremu Śnieżka się nie dziwiła. Ona sama jednak musiała wykazać więcej cierpliwości. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Gdyby tak było, przewidziałaby, że
ucieknę i dokąd. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dobrze, jak sobie życzysz, pani —
skapitulował po chwili zastanowienia młodzieniec. Determinacja jednak wciąż nie
opuszczała obrzeży jego tęczówek. Wyprostował się na tyle, na ile pozwalała mu
ciasnota groty. — Pozwól zatem, bym to ja przebił te zdradzieckie serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mój rycerz — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">westchnęła w
myślach królewna, podziwiając piękno oblicza młodzieńca, po którym tańczyły
czerwone, pełne gorliwości cienie. <i>Kiedyś
przyjęłabym jego propozycję z radością, ale teraz…<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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dotykiem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Bardzo cenię twoją odwagę i lojalność,
panie, ale to muszę być ja — oznajmiła, znów czując w sercu ten chłodny płomień
siły, jakby oddech zimy, która ją zrodziła. </span>— <span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Mam tę pewność, bo to we mnie płonie chęć zemsty, to w moich snach pojawiają się ponaglające szepty… Ja ją
zabiję. </span><br />
<i>Aby nasze przeznaczenia się dopełniły. </i><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wybaczcie, że tyle czekania. Zaległości już nadrabiam. Ten rozdział może być troszkę kontrowersyjny, ale za to następny... no, zawiera pewną niespodziankę. Trzymajcie się ciepło ^^</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeśli ktoś lubi Grę o Tron, albo po prostu ma ochotę przeczytać coś o młodej królowej i dworskich zagrywkach, zapraszam serdecznie na mojego nowego bloga</span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-12195660777006847542015-05-01T09:23:00.000+02:002015-05-01T09:24:14.258+02:00Rozdział XVII{Duchy i cienie}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie pochowali ciał. Lawin, szesnastoletni
braciszek Raula, który dopiero niedawno przywdział zbroję rycerza i chował w
sercu jeszcze najwięcej współczucia, był temu przeciwny. Twierdził, że
jakichkolwiek czynów dopuścili się ci rabusie, ich ciała nie powinny zostać
porzucone w leśnych zakamarkach i narażone na bestialskie zęby głodnych zwierząt.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul z nieukrywanym smutkiem spojrzał w
oczy brata, które miały ten sam odcień brązu co jego. Pamiętał, że kiedyś lubił
wyśmiewać się z marnych umiejętności walki chłopca i, korzystając z jego nieuwagi,
podbierał mu z talerza cynamonowe ciasteczka… Ale teraz, gdy ramię w ramię
wyruszyli w głąb zdradzieckiego lasu, czuł na sobie ciężki płaszcz obowiązku opieki
nad młodszym bratem. <i>Jeśli Lawin chce być
prawdziwym rycerzem, musi wyzbyć się słabości. Inaczej sam zginie, a do tego
nie dopuszczę. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ta ziemia tak czy owak jest przeklęta —
odpowiedział Raul, wodząc oczami po otaczających ich pniach drzew. W ciemności wyglądały one jak sękate nogi olbrzymów, gotowe ruszyć i zdeptać
dzielnych mężów. — Czy ich zakopiemy, czy zostawimy tak jak teraz, ciał tych
rabusiów nie spotka nic dobrego. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Poparły go mruknięcia kilku z towarzyszy. <i>Im dłużej tu jesteśmy, tym większy niepokój
nas ogarnia. </i>Ale Raul nie podjął decyzji o odmowie przywileju pochowania
tylko na podstawie kilku dreszczy na plecach. Gdy patrzył na cuchnące zwłoki, gdzieś
z głębi jego serca odzywało się przeczucie, że ci nędznicy nie zasługują na to,
by kopać dla nich groby. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Lawin nie usłyszał podobnego głosu intuicji,
dlatego przez chwilę wpatrywał się w bliźniacze oczy brata z jakimś dziecięcym uporem.
Ostatecznie jednak zmiął kolejny argument do dyskusji pomiędzy zaciśniętymi
ustami i odmaszerował w bok, by wziąć swój dobytek i razem z resztą zmienić
miejsce noclegu. Nikt nie chciał spać obok trupów, a zwłaszcza takich, których zgniłe
dusze mogą zostać wskrzeszone przez złą magię lasu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Po ustach mieszkańców miasta przemykały
różne pogłoski na temat Puszczy Zapomnienia, ale ponieważ Raul nie chciał sobie
nimi zatruwać wyobraźni, natychmiast zajął się czyszczeniem miecza. Jęzor Gryfa
po raz kolejny posmakował niegodziwej krwi. Pomiędzy następnymi ruchami szmaty
po zabrudzonej powierzchni młodzieniec zadał sobie pytanie, kiedy Lawin
dostanie swój własny oręż godny rycerza. <i>Mój
mały braciszek wciąż ma miękkie serce, ale przynajmniej potrafi dostosować się
do moich decyzji. </i>Na usta wpłynął mu nieodgadniony uśmieszek. Raul z
niejakim rozbawieniem przypomniał sobie, że podczas ćwiczebnych starć w cieniu
ich Bukowego Dworu zawsze wytrącał Lawinowi miecz z ręki. A teraz obaj zostali
rycerzami. <i>Tylko że matka nie wymaga tyle
od młodszego syna. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Chłodny księżyc w górze nie zbladł nawet o
jeden ton, gdy poszukiwacze zaginionej królewny wsiedli na swoje wierzchowce i zaczęli </span>powoli oddalać się od zabitych rabusiów i ich pustych oczu. Raul jechał
na przedzie, ściskając śliskimi od niepokoju palcami pochodnię, której blask niechętnie
rozganiał gromadzący się wokół niego mrok. Młodzieńcowi przyszła mu do głowy głupia myśl, że
nie brnie przez ciemność, tylko utkany z nietoperzy płaszcz, które uciekają
przed światłem, by zaraz powrócić i przyczaić się mu za plecami. Był moment, w
którym mógłby przysiąc, że jego policzek otarł się o coś miękkiego.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przeklęty las! </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— warknął </span>w myślach młodzieniec, ale nie dał lękowi wylęgnąć się na powierzchni jego
twarzy. Był przywódcą, a jeśli przywódca straci ducha, w całą kompanię wkradnie
się zamęt. Nie zamierzał do tego dopuścić, zwłaszcza, że domyślał się, iż
niektórzy z jego ludzi wśród ciemnego labiryntu ostrych gałęzi i tajemniczych
szelestów czują się jeszcze bardziej nieswojo niż on. <i>Nie możemy dać się omamić nocy. To tylko wyobraźnia, nic więcej.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul musiał jednak przyznać, że widziany
przedwczoraj dzik był zbyt wielki, by wziąć go jedynie za cień wyciekający
przez omamione zmysły. Do tej pory nie potrafił wymazać z pamięci zimnej błyskawicy,
która przeszła przez jego ciało od stóp do głów. Stało się to, gdy jego oczy w
chaotycznej kompozycji plam zieleni, brązu i szarości wyodrębniły jakiś
potężny, ciemny kształt, przechadzający się pomiędzy pobliskimi drzewami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul siedział wówczas u wejścia małej
groty, w której jego ludzie schronili się przed burzą, przybywającą na
nieboskłon na smolistym rumaku smaganym złocistymi batami. Łzy chmur spadały na
ziemię pod postacią chłodnych kropel, które uderzały gniewnie o gałęzie drzew i
wnikały w błotnistą ściółkę leśną. W takich warunkach widoczność była w najlepszym
razie ograniczona, ale młodzieniec nie wątpił, że jego bystry wzrok wypatrzył kulistą
sylwetkę dzika, który szurał racicami wśród rzek wilgotnych liści. Deszczowe
smugi rozpryskiwały się na porośniętym czarną sierścią grzbiecie zwierzęcia, a blask
oślepiających węży na niebie pozwolił zalśnić jego długim kłom, które mogłyby
przebić stal zbroi. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Na jeden taniec błysków po gniewnym niebie
Raul zmienił się w kamienną rzeźbę, której nieruchome dłonie nie są w stanie
chwycić miecza. Później młodzieniec cieszył się, że w tamtej chwili wszyscy
jego towarzysze albo spali, albo usiłowali zasnąć. Żaden z
nich nie mógł być świadkiem słabości, która zaciskała szpony na sercu
młodzieńca, dopóki olbrzymi dzik nie zmienił się w małą, czarną plamkę za
drzewami — a ta nie mogła już rozerwać gardła żadnemu z kryjących się grocie
rycerzy. <i>A nawet gdyby ten potwór przyszedł
po nas, dałbym mu radę </i>— wspominał później Raul, gdy na miejsce strachu
pojawił się zapał.<i> Wbiłbym mu miecz
pomiędzy oczy i zemścił się za to, że chciał zrobić ze mnie tchórza. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Teraz, prowadząc swojego wierzchowca przez
ciemny cmentarz nagich drzew i przygotowującej się do zimowego snu przyrody, w
ustach przywódcy kompanii odżył ten zimny smak grozy. Raul okładał Puszczę
Zapomnienia nienawistnymi myślami za to, że igrała z jego zmysłami jak szyderczy
szept jakiejś mrocznej czarownicy i na moment pozwoliła jego sercu zabić
płochliwie jak u chłopca.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Umysł młodzieńca niespodziewanie
nawiedziła jego matka.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Lady Alena jak zwykle nie zawracała sobie
głowy subtelnością i stanęła mu przed oczami z wyraźnie zarysowanymi konturami
swojej kształtnej sylwetki i żywymi barwami jasnych włosów oraz białej od drobinek
pudru twarzy. Jej wydatne, wieczne wydęte usta układały się w drwiący
uśmieszek. Chłodne oczy zdawały się mówić: ,,Boisz się kilku cieni? I ty
chciałeś nazywać siebie rycerzem? Nie nadajesz się do noszenia zbroi! Powinieneś
wrócić do czarowania dam, tylko to ci wychodzi’’. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Echo jej kpiącego głosu potoczyło się po
lesie jak dźwięk milknących powoli dzwonów. Zdenerwowany Raul
rozejrzał się wokół, jakby poszukując niknących w gęstwinie nut. Wówczas
zauważył, że otoczył ich pas otwartej przestrzeni. Pod nogami jego konia kłębiły
się krzewy o gołych, wyciągniętych niby kościste palce gałęziach. Najbliższe
drzewa znajdowały się dopiero na łagodnych zboczach po obu stronach. <i>Jesteśmy w dolinie. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nagle do młodzieńca zbliżyła się jakaś wysoka
sylwetka na koniu; ruchoma smuga cienia na zastygłym płótnie ciemności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ta okolica wygląda spokojnie — rozległ
się głos Eda, w którym zawsze, niezależnie od sytuacji, pobrzękiwała pewna nuta
lekkości, jakby jego właściciel nie strzępił sobie nerwów na byle czym. <i>Co racja, to racja. </i>J</span>ednak tej niespokojnej
nocy przywódca kompanii czuł na sobie ciężar uważnego spojrzenia
przyjaciela. — Jedziemy już jakiś czas, chyba zostawiliśmy złe cienie za sobą.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Cienie zawsze
wleką się za nami. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ed był najbliższym towarzszem Raula — ich
przyjaźń rosła przy akompaniamencie szczęku ćwiczebnych mieczy. Zapewne dlatego teraz to
on przemówił do swojego dowódcy. W myśli lordowskiego syna wsączyło się jednak
podejrzenie, że przyjaciel wyraża zdanie wszystkich jadących z nim rycerzy, a
ta koncepcja oblała jego policzki gorącą krwią zawstydzenia. <i>Czy myślą że wciąż uciekam przed upiorami?</i>
<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">,,I ty chciałeś nazywać siebie rycerzem’’?
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Młodzieniec cieszył się, że noc jest
płaszczem dla jego wstydu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Tak, to miejsce jest niezgorsze —
przyznał, starając się tak umodelować swój głos, by brzmiał on pewnie i wywierał
wrażenie, że pomysł Eda narodził się także i w głowie Raula, i to znacznie
wcześniej. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Rycerz o lekkim tonie głosu skomentował tę
odpowiedź uśmieszkiem zadowolenia, Raul natomiast nieśpiesznie spojrzał za
siebie i wśród oddychających obłoczkami mgiełki towarzyszy wyszukał sylwetkę brata.
Lawin kołysał się smętnie w siodle, a po jego przygarbionej pozie można było
poznać, że na barkach przysiadło mu zmęczenie. <i>I tak długo kazałem im czekać. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul pociągnął za wodze, by jego
wierzchowiec przystanął z cichym parsknięciem wśród pola wilgotnych pasm trawy
i szkieletowatych krzewów. </span><br />
— Przyjaciele, zatrzymajcie się! — zawołał dowódca i obrócił ku nim uśmiechniętą twarz. — Ta dolinka to wyborne miejsce na
spoczynek.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">W myślach dodał zaś — </span><i style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;">Przeklęty las! </i><span style="line-height: 150%; text-indent: 17pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gdy Raul wrócił z krainy snów, wreszcie dane
mu było spoglądnięcie w bezkres nieba. Młodzieniec leżał na plecach, opierając
głowę o zieloną poduszkę z miękkich kępek trawy, a przed jego oczami rozciągały
się utkane z popielatego materiału chmury — tego ranka nie zasłaniała ich żadna
plecionka łysych gałęzi drzew. <i>Czy
Śnieżka spogląda teraz w to samo niebo? </i>— zastanowił się sennie, bo widziany
szary kolor zlał się w jego pamięci z barwą tęczówek zaginionej królewny. <i>Czy jej oczy jeszcze mogą patrzeć?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I nagle taflę spokoju drzemiącego jeszcze
poranka zamącił cichy szelest, dźwięk przemykających kroków leśnego duszka,
sypiący się w dół wzniesienia strumyczek ognistych liści. Ta namiastka
poruszenia stopiła resztki senności z twarzy Raula, a jego plecy w błyskawicznym
tempie podniosła do pionu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Młodzieniec przeniósł czujny wzrok na
spoglądające na niego zbocze, które odcinało się wyraźnie na tle jasnego nieba.
Zdawało mu się, że za jednym z tkwiących posępnie na warcie drzew widzi smukłą
sylwetkę z powiewającym na wietrze warkoczem. Kobiecy cień rozpłynął się jednak
w jednym mrugnięciu oka i młodzieniec nie mógł dać sobie ręki uciąć, że był
świadkiem obecności tej przekradającej się między drzewami postaci. Niemniej,
postanowił sprawdzić ślady. Jego kompania zbyt długo bezowocnie zmagała się z
krętymi ścieżkami Puszczy Zapomnienia, by
teraz on mógł nie zainteresować się choćby szelestem wywołanym przez kroki
cienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul ożywionym ruchem wstał, nie marnując
czasu na otrzepanie ubrania z liściowych ozdób, i przytroczył sobie miecz do
pasa — czując u swego boku ciężar Jęzora Gryfa, wyzbył się wszelkich wątpliwości.
Potem rzucił okiem na rozsypkę śpiących w różnych pozycjach towarzyszy, na ich
unoszące się miarowo piersi i pogrążone we śnie twarze, których kolor wydawał
się teraz bledszy niż w dniu, w którym przekroczyli złowieszczy próg drzew
puszczy. <i>Robię to też dla nich. </i>Rycerze
z Bukowego Dworu czuli się związani z Raulem, więc większość uwag zostawiali dla
siebie, ale ich wczorajsze oczy zdradzały, że mężczyźni nie są zadowoleni z tej
wyprawy, a gdy się przebudzą, świadomość siódmego dnia poszukiwań nie wskrzesi
w nich więcej iskier optymizmu. <i>Przestaną
narzekać, jeśli zmienię wiatry naszej misji. </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul mógł bez budzenia podejrzeń oddalić
się od swoich nieprzytomnych ludzi, gdyż Gob, wygadany mężczyzna o pokaźnym
brzuszysku, mający czuwać nad obozem przez pozostałe godziny nocy, chrapał
razem z innymi. Właściciel Jęzora Gryfa nie wątpił, że Gob przez jakiś czas
dzielnie trwał na posterunku, ale po jakimś czasie i jego dopadło zmęczenie. <i>Muszę go potem upomnieć </i>— postanowił
sobie młodzieniec. <i>Rozumiem, że był
śpiący, ale nie możemy pozwolić sobie na nieuwagę. To może nas kosztować życie.
<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul zaczął wspinać się na niegroźne
wzniesienie, by potem dotrzeć do drzewa, za którym zdawało mu się, że zniknęła
tamta kobieca postać z warkoczem. W czasie sadzenia dyktowanych pośpiechem kroków,
młodzieniec zadał sobie pytanie, dlaczego Śnieżka miałaby zawiązać swoje piękne,
faliste włosy w pospolity, kłosowaty kształt. <i>Pewnie tak było jej wygodniej. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Za drzewem czekało jednak tylko
rozczarowanie brakiem cielistej formy cienia i delikatne odbicie stóp w błotnej
kałuży. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czyli to na pewno nie był leśny duszek —
mruknął do siebie syn lorda, wodząc błyszczącymi podekscytowaniem oczami po
krawędziach kleistego odcisku. Zadowolony uśmieszek jednak spełznął mu z ust
już po kilku krokach, gdzie trop się urywał. <i>Albo po prostu jego właścicielka chciała zmylić ewentualnego
prześladowcę. </i>Poddanie się nie leżało w naturze Raula, dlatego po krótkim
zastanowieniu wybrał jedną z możliwych stron i ruszył naprzód. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wzniesienie nie było wysokie, dlatego po
chwili teren przestał piąć się ku górze, a opadł i zrównał wszystkie skrawki
swojej powierzchni. Pojawiło się za to więcej drzew — wyrastały przed
wędrującym młodzieńcem jak powykręcane strachy na wróble, obserwujące
zastygłymi oczyma każdy jego krok. Goszcząca już u bram zima swoim chłodnym
oddechem uśpiła cały las, zostawiając go w ciszy i posępności. Raula nawiedzało
właśnie wrażenie, że jest jedyną żywą istotą w tej gęstwinie, gdy nagle do jego
uszu wślizgnął się kolejny dźwięk. Tym razem nie był to szelest kroków, a
jakby… szemranie sinych ust wody. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dopiero teraz młodzieniec poczuł, że na
jego języku zaciskają się więzy suchości. <i>Nic
się nie stanie, jeśli na chwilkę zaprzestanę śledztwa i zwilżę gardło. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zwabiony dźwiękiem strumienia rycerz przedarł
się przez zasłonę krzaków i zamarł. Pomiędzy gałęziami drzew snuły się mleczne
wstęgi porannej mgiełki. Las wydawał się pomalowany zamoczonym w szarości
pędzlem, a na płótnie tej szarzyzny odcinała się jakaś dziewczęca sylwetka,
pochylona nad płynącym leniwie strumieniem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przez to, że miała na sobie coś, co
wyglądało jak dziwaczny zlepek różnych strojów, przywoływała skojarzenie, że
wygrzebała się z góry odpadków. Raul przymrużył oczy, by móc zauważyć, że
ramiona dziewki przed drżeniem z zimna ratuje kożuch, zrobiony z niezgrabnie
pozszywanych futer szaraków. Spod zwierzęcego płaszcza wychodziła wyblakłoczerwona
szata o krawędziach wyszczerbionych przez zęby lasu. Ręce nieznajomej wysuwały
się z przykrótkich rękawów jak dwa jasne piszczele przytwierdzone do materiału.
Na drobnych stopach jakimś cudem trzymały się buty z króliczej skóry. A gdy
młodzieniec myślał, że dziewczyna już biedniej wyglądać nie może, zobaczył, że
część jej nóg, która nie mogła poczuć dotyku szaty, kryła się pod pozszywanymi
szmatami, które były jakąś nędzniejszą wersją nogawic. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nieznajomą koronowały ciemne, powykręcane
jak witki z gniazda włosy. Nigdzie nie widać było warkocza. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To jakaś
żebraczka, a nie moja królewna. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Lekko zniesmaczony Raul już chciał
zawrócić i zostawić dziewczynę jej strumykowi, gdy przyszło mu do głowy, że
mogła natknąć się na Śnieżkę. <i>Każda
poszlaka będzie cenna. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Powoli zbliżył się do zaniedbanej dziewki.
Na dźwięk kroków nieznajoma natychmiast obróciła się nerwowo i wyprostowała,
jak drżący listek gotowy do lotu. Jednak widok oblicza młodzieńca chwilowo
przygasił w niej chęć ucieczki, bo dziewczyna zastygła w jednej pozie z
ociekającymi kropelkami wody dłońmi, trwożnym zdumieniem opadłym na jej twarz
jak biały całun i rozszerzonymi z niedowierzania oczami. <i>Te oczy… Gołębie oczy… <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zmieniły się tak
samo jak ich właścicielka.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Teraz spoglądały z jakąś dzikością godną rysicy,
a pod nimi czaiły się blade półksiężyce fioletu. Wciąż miały jednak znajomy,
szaro-niebieski kolor. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Łaskawy losie, czy
to może być ona?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Szemranie płynącej wody wydawało się
ponaglające. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ty nie… — Raul zaczął niepewnie składać
słowa, wodząc wzrokiem po wychudłym ciele, które kiedyś wirowało w jego
ramionach, po obciętych nierówno włosach, które kiedyś wzbudziły w nim zachwyt,
po śnieżnej skórze, której biel przyćmiły brud i otarcia. Dziewczyna wyglądała
tak, jakby swój ostatni taniec oddała samej śmierci, niemniej młodzieniec nie
mógł już dłużej zaprzeczać, że gdzieś pod tą wynędzniałą powłoką nie bije królewskie
serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Oczy dzikiej gołębicy domagały się wyjaśnień. Raul </span>szybkim ruchem opadł na jedno kolano.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Moja królewno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-9782396365111512472015-04-07T10:47:00.000+02:002015-04-07T10:47:27.446+02:00Rozdział XVI{Poszukiwacz królewny}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul usłyszał ich, nim jeszcze przybyli. Choć
trzymanie warty przekazał tej nocy swojemu przyjacielowi Genrickowi, a sam mógł
położyć się i zaczerpnąć sił z dobrego snu, nie potrafił zmrużyć oka. Może
dlatego, że trawiła go frustracja? Leżał na twardej ziemi Puszczy Zapomnienia,
a za jego nieprzytomnym wzrokiem kryły się myśli o tym, w których miejscach już
byli, a które muszą jeszcze odwiedzić w nadziei, że natkną się na tę małą,
nierozsądną królewnę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> I
nagle w jego rozmyślania wkradł się szelest. W pierwszej chwili młodzieniec
wziął go za podesłaną przez zmęczenie marę, która bledła w zestawieniu z
pochrapywaniem odpoczywających towarzyszy i odległymi odgłosami leśnych
zwierząt. A jednak ten dźwięk nadal brzmiał, przemykając pomiędzy cieniami
i innymi źródłami hałasu. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul powoli dotknął rękojeści leżącego
obok niego miecza. Serce biło mu głośniej niż powinno. <i>To wina tych babskich plotek — </i>stwierdził w myślach </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ze złością. <i>Rozpowiadają o
demonach czyhających pod każdym kamieniem tej przeklętej puszczy, a potem
człowiek w nocy się boi. Nawet tak dzielny jak ja. </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ale wtem powietrze przeciął cichy jęk
zaskoczenia, dobiegający z miejsca, w którym siedział wartujący Genrick. Raul prędko porzucił
rozmyślania o upiornych straszydłach i zerwał się z mieczem w ręku. Teraz potrafił myśleć jedynie o odparciu ataku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dla zwiększenia bezpieczeństwa przed
pójściem spać zgasili ognisko, dlatego teraz młodzieniec widział niewiele
więcej, niż gdyby znajdował się w grobie. Nikłe światło, które płynęło z
księżyca i przedzierało się przez palcowate gałęzie drzew, pozwoliło mu jednak
zobaczyć zarys kilku sylwetek obok zaatakowanego Genricka. To tam skierował
koniec swojego ostrza. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wstawać! Walka! — wykrzyczał do śpiących towarzyszy, a sam uderzył w sylwetkę, która przyciskała
lśniący w mroku nóż do szyi przysadzistego mężczyzny imieniem Genrick. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nieznajomy przeciwnik próbował się bronić,
ale czym był jego lichy sztylecik wobec Jęzora Gryfa, długiego miecza o złotej
rękojeści i głowicy w kształcie magicznego orła? Szkolony w boju od dziecięcych
lat Raul już po chwili wytrącił przeciwnikowi broń z ręki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Oczywiście zapłaciłby za swoją arogancję,
gdyby inny ze zbirów zdołał wbić mu nóż w odsłonięte plecy. Ale nie zdołał,
gdyż wołanie przywódcy przegnało sen z powiek pozostałych rycerzy, a ci
chwycili swoje ostrza i przystąpili do walki — refleks zaś mieli niezgorszy.
Dlatego podczas gdy Raul rozbrajał jednego z bandziorów, dwaj najprędzej
przebudzeni mężowie zaatakowali pozostałych trzech rabusiów. Drzemiący las ożył
szczękiem krzyżowanej stali i rżących niespokojnie koni. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zwycięstwo w tej walce już od początku
przechylało się na jedną szalę, a gdy do zmagań dołączyło pozostałych
dziewięciu rycerzy, zbiry były bez szans. Jasnowłosy przeciwnik Raula próbował
dać nogę w ciemną gęstwinę, więc młodzieńcowi pozostało zaatakowanie go od tyłu
i powalenie bez ducha na ziemię. Drugi z niegodziwców poległ podczas walki, a widzący
tę scenę mężczyzna o łysiejącej czaszce, prędko się poddał, klękając i wnosząc
do ciemnego nieba prośby o łaskę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czwarty natomiast, najroślejszy z nich,
wciąż wymachiwał potężnymi pięściami, a nawet gdy rycerze przywrócili mu
rozsądek kopnięciami, wciąż charczał coś pod nosem i wierzgał nogami. Dyszący z
ekscytacji Raul postawił ubłocony but na jego policzku i przyłożył mu Jęzor
Gryfa do piersi.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Chcieliście nas obrabować, tak? — zapytał młodzieniec całkiem spokojnie, choć w
jego oczach tańczyły mściwe iskierki. — Poderżnąć gardła we śnie jak świniom i
zostawić na żer wronom? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Silny osobnik o tłustych, brunatnych
włosach chciał odpowiedzieć, ale odmówiły mu tego struny głosowe, zalewane
krwią z draśniętej szyi. Teraz mógł przekazywać wiadomości tylko oczami, a te
były istną burzą z piorunami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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klęczący żałośnie łysol. Po czole spływały mu stróżki potu. To, w połączeniu ze
śmierdzącym ubraniem i ciążącymi nad nim grzechami napawało Raula odrazą tak
dużą, że chciał zabić tego mężczyznę i oszczędzić sobie oczu. — Błagam… Przyznaję,
chcieliśmy coś od was… pożyczyć, ale zabić? N-nie! Nie jesteśmy mordercami! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale porządnymi ludźmi też nie —
stwierdził stanowczo właściciel Jęzora Gryfa, po czym westchnął z udawanym
utrapieniem i spojrzał na wysokiego rycerza imieniem Ed, który celował w
łysiejącego rabusia. — Dosyć przedstawienia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wystraszony mężczyzna zdążył otworzyć oczy
do granic możliwości, nim miecz Eda przeciął jego szyję. Trysnęła krew. Niemal
bezwłosa głowa oddzieliła się od barków i potoczyła po trawie, wodząc po
okolicy rozpostartymi, zastygłymi oczami. Stojący wśród towarzyszy brązowowłosy
młodzik wzdrygnął się nieznacznie. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul skinął zadowolony głową i spojrzał na
wiercącego się pod jego butem mężczyznę. Ten tutaj z pewnością również odczuwał
lęk, ale na jego twarzy drgała jedynie furia. <i>Nie ukażesz skruchy, grzeszniku?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ty nie będziesz błagał? — mruknął do
zbira, przyglądając się uważnie ginącej w mroku twarzy. <i>To jest okrutna twarz. Tacy ludzie są niebezpieczni dla ładnych
niewiast i uczciwych wieśniaków. </i>Barczysty mężczyzna zmrużył podkrążone
oczy i znów próbował coś powiedzieć, ale z jego suchych, cuchnących ust wydobyło
się tylko niezrozumiałe charczenie. I jeszcze krwista wydzielina. <i>Wygląda jak konający dzik. </i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul westchnął i zadał pierwszy cios, a w
jego twarzy na próżno szukać było współczucia. Jęzor Gryfa zanurzył się
delikatnie w poruszającej się gwałtownie piersi krnąbrnego mężczyzny. I jeszcze
raz, tym razem trochę głębiej i trochę boleśniej. Mężczyzna jęknął i popluł sobie
twarz krwią. Ostatni cios był jak błyskawica — jego siła odbierała dar życia. Gdy
ostrze wykonało zadanie, młodzieńcowi wymsknął się na usta dumny uśmieszek. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tym tak naprawdę
jestem, matko — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">pomyślał, pragnąc wykrzyczeć te słowa prosto w
piękną i chłodną twarz lady Aleny. <i>Mieczem,
rycerzem, sprawiedliwością. Nie kukłą odzianą w bogate szaty. I moja żona, kimkolwiek będzie,
niebawem się o tym przekona. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Początkowo matka nie miała nic
przeciwko zamiłowaniu do walki swojego syna. Gdy dochodził do swoich
dziesiątych urodzin, pozwalała mu brać drewniany miecz do ręki i wymachiwać nim
jak ci dzielni wojownicy, których czyny po dziś dzień opiewają ballady. Kiedy
drewniana zabawka zmieniła się w prawdziwą stal, a walka z chłopcami stajennymi
w ćwiczenia z doświadczonymi rycerzami, kobieta również nie protestowała albo
przynajmniej chowała słowa niezgody dla siebie. Ojciec zaś, lord Robert, był
wręcz zachwycony zapałem syna. Czasami po treningu, gdy zasapany Raul wracał z
kilkoma nowymi siniakami, mężczyzna mierzwił mu orzechową czuprynę i mówił, że
wyrośnie na bohatera. Pewnego razu matka pochwyciła te słowa i powiedziała, że jej
syn wyrośnie na bohatera oraz zdobędzie rękę najpiękniejszej damy. Młody Raul
ucieszył się z tych zapewnień, ale… nie podejrzewał, co go czeka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zaczęło się już jakieś pięć lat temu, gdy
Raul liczył sobie piętnaście lat. Lady Alena nagle zaczęła przejawiać zbytnie
zainteresowanie jego życiem — wymyślając najdziwniejsze preteksty, odciągała
syna od treningów, zachęcała do lektury ,,mądrych ksiąg’’ i zabierała na różne
spotkania towarzyskie. Ani młodzieniec się obejrzał, a pochłonął go świat
przepychu, bogactwa i uśmiechów. Ponieważ zaś należał do osób z wyczulonym
instynktem przetrwania, nie potrafił stać biernie, i powoli sam stawiał kroki w
stronę dostosowania się do tamtego towarzystwa. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To było jak
upojenie winem.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"> Dopiero po jakimś czasie Raul zauważył, że
częściej nosi na sobie jedwabie niż zbroję, że jego dłonie zapomniały już
ciężar ćwiczebnego miecza. Nie mógł powiedzieć, że tamten świat go nie kusił —
poznawanie nowych ludzi czy dowiadywanie się ciekawych rzeczy z książek nie
było nieprzyjemnym zajęciem, on jednak zakorzenił w sobie inne pragnienie. Jego myśli coraz częściej powracały do miecza,
chęci wykazania się, służenia sprawiedliwości. Ale matka deptała te marzenia
jak topniejący śnieg pod stopami. A ojciec nie protestował. Był spokojnym
człowiekiem i twierdził, że plany jego żony ujmują ambicją i rozsądkiem. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">To było za dużo. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Syn lorda Roberta
pamiętał dzień, w którym przerwał milczenie i cielącą posłuszność wobec
rodziców. Postanowił wziąć sobie za tarczę szczerość i z goryczą wyznać
wszystko, co kotłowało mu się pod językiem przez ostatnie lata. Lady Alena
wysłuchała tego z mrożącym opanowaniem na wypudrowanej twarzy, a potem ostrym
jak szpilki głosem wyznała, że jej pierworodny syn nie będzie zajmował się
głupotami dla tępych osiłków i że osiągnie w życiu ważne stanowisko. Nie będzie
się paprał w pocie i krwi. Uzbroi się w uprzejmości i uśmiechy, czym zdobędzie
dobrą partię. Wcześniej Raul nie wiedział, kto w oczach matki jest tą
wystarczająco dobrą partią. Dowiedział się dopiero całkiem niedawno. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna Śnieżka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wcześniej Raul widział ją tylko
przelotnie. W natłoku marzeń o rycerstwie i planów matki o wpływach
towarzyskich nie miał czasu na myślenie o miłości. Ciężko mu było również uwierzyć,
że przyszła władczyni spośród tych wszystkich kandydatów wybierze akurat jego.
W jego rysy została wpleciona uroda, nie mógł zaprzeczyć; miał też odpowiednie
urodzenie, a dzięki matce stał się czarującym towarzyszem do rozmowy i tańca,
ale czy to mogło wystarczyć? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Do tej pory tego nie wiedział. Gdy na
pamiętnym balu udało mu się poprowadzić Śnieżkę w swoje ramiona i zacząć z
nią rozmowę, stwierdził, że idzie mu zaskakująco gładko. Dziewczyna śmiała się
z jego żartów i oblewała rumieńcem, gdy czarował ją pożądliwymi spojrzeniami. Miał
wrażenie, że zabrakło im sekund, by ich usta zetknęły się w pierwszym
pocałunku. <i>Czy chciałbym tego? Czy
naprawdę bym chciał? <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Musiał przyznać, że królewna była miła
jego oczom. Porcelanowa cera i piękne tęczówki gołębicy sprawiały, że w pewien
sposób jej pragnął. Odkąd rozstali się w tańcu, rozmyślał o tym, jakby to było
przesuwać palcem po tej chłodnej, delikatnej, jakby utkanej z płatków śniegu
skórze; dotknąć ust czerwonych jak dwie krople krwi... <i>Ale czy zadowolenie z jej ciała
mi wystarczy? </i>Spędzili ze sobą jedynie połowę wieczoru, a w większości
przypadków to on prowadził rozmowę — nie mógł więc powiedzieć, że
prawdziwie poznał swoją domniemaną narzeczoną. Wydawało mu się, że całkiem
trafnie potrafi oceniać ludzi, a gdy patrzył na Śnieżkę, wyrobił sobie zdanie,
że dziewczyna jest naiwna, kapryśna i wrażliwa. Chwilami miał wrażenie, że
trzyma w objęciach dziecko, nie kobietę. Ale… musiał przyznać, że przypadł mu
do gustu jej śmiech. Przypominał melodię dzwoneczków poruszanych przez palce
wiatru. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Zatem dlatego jej
szukam? — </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">myślał, ilekroć oddawał się na spoczynek po bezowocnej wędrówce po
gęstwinie. <i>Dlatego wyruszyłem do Puszczy
Zapomnienia i narażam się na kryjące w tym lesie niebezpieczeństwa? By odnaleźć
moją królewnę i poprosić o rękę, bo jej pragnę?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Tak z pewnością chciałaby matka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">On sam… Po usłyszeniu wiadomości o
zniknięciu Śnieżki doświadczył głównie zdumienia. Wpierw sądził, że
to tylko durny kawał, a potem, że dziewczyna uciekła z jakimś innym mężczyzną,
ale gdy sytuacja zrobiła się poważna, a królowa obwieściła przed swoimi
poddanymi tragedię zniknięcia jej pasierbicy, Raul również postanowił służyć
pomocą. Zaprzysiężeni koronie mężowie rozpoczęli poszukiwania po całym kraju, dla
niego zaś pozostała przeklinana Puszcza Zapomnienia. <i>No i dobrze. Nikt nie ma żadnej wieści o losach królewny. Może Śnieżka
odnajdzie się właśnie tu, w miejscu, gdzie wszystko ulega zapomnieniu?<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Raul chciał ją odnaleźć, choć nie był
pewien, czy dla matki, dla tronu, czy po prostu z czystej troski o młodą
królewnę, która śmiała się tak wdzięcznie wśród migotliwych świateł balu. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I tak poznaliście Raula. W następnym rozdziale będzie więcej akcji z jego udziałem :P Jestem też ciekawa, jak go odbieracie. </span></div>
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Marzycielkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12440192000264695269noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2291979365849222130.post-79341258518678424972015-03-29T13:46:00.000+02:002015-03-29T13:46:06.169+02:00Rozdział XV{Cienie koszmaru}<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Biegła już zbyt długo. Szaleńcze bicie
serca pulsowało po całym jej ciele, a rany na stopach piekły niemiłosiernie.
Wyciekająca z nich krew zostawiała szkarłatny szlak na leśnej ściółce.
Dziewczyna musiała się zatrzymać i obrócić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wiedziała, że on jest tuż za nią. Nie
mogła słyszeć jego kroków ani oddechu, ale on tam był — barczysty cień z
rozczapierzonymi jak u sępa palcami. Śnieżka miała wrażenie, że topi się w
padającym na nią mroku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Poruszyła bezsilnie ustami, zaciskając
dłonie na mieczu. Był piękny — ostre krawędzie i metalowe pobłyski. Zimno i
ciężar. Śmierć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Cień przesunął się w prawo. Teraz miała
szansę. Uniosła oręż i wbiła koniec miecza w czarne serce. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Ktoś wydał z siebie zduszony okrzyk. Na
miękkim ciele wokół metalowej klingi rozłożyły się rubinowe płatki. Śnieżka
zorientowała się jednak, że to nie Saw, a Gburek upada na ziemię. W ostatniej
chwili zdążyła go złapać i uchronić przed twardym lądowaniem. Nie mogła jednak
ocalić karła przed kosą śmierci. W ramionach dziewczyny wydawał się niemal
dzieckiem, kruchym i bezbronnym, ale jednocześnie pełnym wyrzutów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteś taka sama jak ci wszyscy ludzie —
wychrypiał, przygważdżając ją spojrzeniem gniewnych oczu. — Bez serca. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— To nie moja wina! — wykrzyczała przez
łzy, ale patrzyła już na martwą twarz. Odskoczyła od zastygłego karła i
rozejrzała się po polanie. Było w niej coś dziwnego. Z trawy nie wyrastały
główki kwiatów, tylko zimne, blade ciała półdzieci, półmężczyzn. <i>Sześć. Z Gburkiem siedem.</i> Na ich
otwartych ze strachu ustach widniała zakrzepła krew. Śnieżka stała na polanie
usłanej gnijącymi trupami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ja ich zabiłam? — wykrztusiła zza
przyciśniętej do warg dłoni.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Wiedziała, że nie. Ale podlegający jej
ludzie — tak. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQl9owjyHdo-5OSHzd6xs7QAYR3ZUNz4vofGV228kS1jTHHynYwYxUN7heDGj15LNtigCW9WDiV9bMXWoa3dWsjdd48m4mT8cre4MODn8EUy19MAsFhTcbl9egM221e43j_WxgP0rWzA/s1600/p%25C5%2582atekfavik.png" /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Obudziła się z wrażeniem, że w nocy spadł
na nią śnieg, topniejący teraz na jej skórze. W rzeczywistości był to pot.
Dziewczyna wciąż drżała, choć ze snu zapamiętała jedynie przerażenie, winę i
szkarłat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">A może to nie był
sen? Może naprawdę mam na rękach krew, a tamta rozmowa z Gburkiem i ciepły
uścisk jego dłoni były marą?<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka rozejrzała się niespokojnie, ale
napierająca na nią ciemność nie była żadną wskazówką. Mogła oznaczać zarówno
dobre, jak i złe rzeczy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Czy to możliwe, że
Gburek wczoraj odsłonił przede mną swoje uczucia? Czy to prawda, że patrzył na
mnie iskrzącymi się oczyma i pozwolił nazywać przyjacielem? <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Te myśli były niczym posmarowane miodem,
ale królewna nie ufała ich słodkiemu zapachowi. Dobrze pamiętała karła, który
wolał ponurość od życzliwości, który lubił sobie z niej drwić i odpychał ją,
ilekroć próbowała poruszyć prywatne tematy. Czy wczorajsza rozmowa, tak piękna
i niezwykła, mogła zdarzyć się naprawdę? A jeśli nie, co innego ją czeka? Czy
na jej broni zastygła krew niewinnych?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Nie mogła dłużej znieść tej bezczynności w
ciągnącej się jak wieczność ciemności, dlatego wyciągnęła przed siebie dłoń i
na klęczkach zaczęła przemieszać się przez jamę. Czuła pod palcami malutkie
kamyczki, szorstkość rozłożonych koców i w końcu… coś miękkiego, za co można
było pociągnąć. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ej, zostaw moje włosy! — warknął tak
dobrze znany głos. <i>A więc nic mu nie
jest. </i>To odkrycie przybliżało ją do tej pozytywniejszej wersji wydarzeń. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Przepraszam, ale… — Królewna nie
śpieszyła się z wyznaniem mu, że pogubiła się w jawie i snach, dlatego, upojona
ulgą, postanowiła przytulić przyjaciela. Przeszło jej wtedy przez myśl, że
ściskała się z ludźmi głównie dla podtrzymania zasad uprzejmości — nie znała
zbyt wielu osób, które objęłaby ramionami ze szczerej sympatii. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przytulenie — to zbyt duże słowo. Z racji
ograniczonej widoczności uściskała coś, co zdaje się było jedynie ramieniem
Gburka. On z kolei próbował jakoś wydostać się z jej nieudacznych objęć, ale
nie mógł widzieć, gdzie kieruje swoją dłoń, przez co wylądowała ona na piersi
Śnieżki. Dziewczyna mimowolnie pisnęła, przypominając sobie inną rękę, grubą i
silną, która lubieżnie dotykała ją wczoraj w to samo miejsce. Potrzebowała
chwili, by zorientować się, że jest tutaj jedynie z Gburkiem, który zahaczył o
jej biust przypadkowo, ale było już za późno. Ciepło ciała karła odsunęło się
od niej gwałtownie.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Dlatego właśnie nie lubię żadnych takich
czułości — mruknął, tym razem za posępnością ukrywając poczucie winy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nic nie szkodzi… — zaczęła zawstydzona dziewczyna,
ale zdała sobie sprawę, że kłamie, bo jego gest jednak zostawił na jej psychice
ulotną szkodę. Westchnęła ciężko. — Lepiej zapalę ognisko.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Słusznie, zanim się tu pozabijamy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Królewna doczołgała się po omacku do
paleniska, zastanawiając się, gdzie podziało się to ciepło i łagodność, którymi
wczoraj oczarował ją karzeł. <i>Widać to
było jednorazowe zaklęcie. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kiedy jednak wystrzeliła pierwsza iskra, a
na ścianach groty pojawiły się migoczące snopy czerwonego światła, zobaczyła,
że Gburek patrzy na nią z niepewnym uśmiechem, który może miał ją udobruchać. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Obawiam się, że śniadanie będziemy mieć
skromne. Wiesz, wczoraj twoje polowanie nie wyszło jak planowaliśmy… — Spuścił
na chwilę wzrok, pewnie nie chcąc powiedzieć czegoś niestosownego. Pokazanie kciukiem
wyjścia z nory wydawało się znakomitym chwytem na wybrnięcie z sytuacji. — Ale
chyba mamy jeszcze trochę grzybów. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">I wyszedł, żeby znaleźć w ,,spiżarni’’ wspomniane
jedzenie. Śnieżka ze smutkiem pomyślała o grubej, szkaradnej ropusze, którą
wczoraj złapała nad strumykiem. <i>Mam
nadzieję, że ci rabusie się nią udławili. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Myślenie o spotkaniu z tymi łotrami było
jak chodzenie z krwawiącymi stopami. Najgorsze zdawało się jednak to, że oni
nadal gdzieś tam grasowali i mogli czyhać na niczego nieświadomych wędrowców. <i>A co jeśli natrafią na Flynna i Roszpunkę?</i>
Królewna zagryzła wargę aż do krwi, wyobrażając sobie nieporadnie wymachującego
ostrzem ślepca, który chce walczyć z tymi nieokrzesanymi ludźmi, ale zamiast
strachu otrzymuje śmiech. <i>Roszpunka jest
silna </i>— starała się sobie wmówić. <i>I
sprytna. Nie dopuści, żeby ich skrzywdzono. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Podwinęła nogi pod brodę i otuliła się
wyświechtanym kocem, obserwując uważnie zbliżającego się do niej karła. Zrozumiała,
że grzybów nie zostało im wiele, ale nie mają już nic innego do wyboru.
Wczorajsza ropucha wpadła w ręce nieprzyjaciół, a niezniszczone jeszcze przez
nadchodzącą zimę bogactwa lasu, które udało się pozbierać Gburkowi, przepadły w
chwili, gdy karzeł usłyszał wołanie dziewczyny. Śnieżka ani myślała czynić mu z
tego powodu wyrzutów. Kiedyś zaś człowieczek chciał dać jej większą porcję, odsunęła
delikatnie jego trzymającą wiklinowy kosz rękę. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Daj spokój. Zasłużyłeś na lepszy posiłek
— oznajmiła, usiłując uśmiechnąć się przekonywująco. Jednak widocznie jej twarz
nie była stworzona do zakładania fałszywych masek, bo karzeł wywrócił oczami
tak, że w półmroku błysnęły same ich białka.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Może, ale nie mam ochoty słuchać, jak
burczy ci w brzuchu. — Podsunął jej pod nos wypełniony wonią grzybów koszyk.
Zapach ten istotnie zapoczątkował ssanie w żołądku dziewczyny. — Weź. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Pokusa drażniła ręce królewny, ale jej
głowa wykonała przeczący ruch. <i>Ja też
potrafię być uparta. <o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie trzeba. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Widocznie udało jej się oblec te słowa w
stanowczość, gdyż Gburek prychnął cicho i ustąpił. Jak zwykle usadowił się przy
przeciwległej ścianie, przez co ich ciała oddzielała drżąca poświata z
paleniska. Śnieżka chciała na niego patrzeć równie swobodnie jak dzień
wcześniej, ale coś ciągnęło jej spojrzenie w bok za każdym razem, gdy groziło
mu skrzyżowanie się ze wzorkiem karła. W jego postawie również dopatrzyła się
jakiegoś spięcia. Miała wrażenie, że nad ich głowami wiszą sztyleciki, gotowe opaść,
gdy zrobią niewłaściwy krok. <i>Ale co jest
właściwe? Jak mamy się zachowywać po tym wszystkim, co otworzyliśmy wczoraj?</i>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Dziewczyna zawsze sądziła, że otwarcie się
na drugiego człowieka i wyznanie mu ciążących na sercu spraw, usunie wszelkie
zapory w relacjach rozmówców. Teraz zrozumiała, że szczerość wcale nie musi być
kluczem do swobody — równie dobrze może przybrać postać kajdan, krępujących
dalsze ruchy. <i>Mam nadzieję, że to postać
przejściowa. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przy rozgryzaniu miękkich kapelusików
grzybów królewna odkryła, że mięśnie jej twarzy są odrętwiałe i pobolewają
przy przeżuwaniu. Zadrżała lekko pod okryciem koca, gdy przez
jej głowę przemknął obraz uniesionej złowrogo ręki, a potem dźwięk
spoliczkowania i jej własny jęk bólu. Saw z pewnością nie zawracał sobie głowy
delikatnością. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Przełknęła ostatni kąsek śniadania, który
smakiem nie różnił się teraz wiele od popiołu. Pochwyciła zainteresowane
spojrzenie Gburka, więc postanowiła spytać go o swoje przypuszczenia. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Czy na moich policzkach widnieją
siniaki? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Żyjąc w gęstwinie, Śnieżka już dawno
przestała zabiegać o wdzięczną prezencję, ale gdzieś głęboko w niej wciąż tliła
się cząstka dumy. <i>Moja twarz nigdy nie
miała żadnych urazów. Była czysta jak śnieg…</i> Pomimo dotknięcia żalu,
dziewczyna zachowała na tyle przytomności, by odczuć ulgę na odkrycie, że swoim
pytaniem wyraziła więcej smutku niż próżności. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Krzaczaste brwi niemal zbiegły się ze sobą,
gdy ich właściciel pochylił się do przodu i spojrzeniem usiłował zbadać twarz
towarzyszki. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— W tym świetle nie widzę — oznajmił w
końcu z przepraszającym wzruszeniem ramion, ale w królewnie pojawiła się
podejrzliwa myśl, że karzeł po prostu nie chce jej martwić. Słysząc jednak jego
dalszy łagodny głos, nie mogła się na niego gniewać. — Mocno cię uderzył?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Aż zwaliło mnie z
nóg. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Chciała mu to powiedzieć, chciała, żeby rozwiał te straszne wspomnienia
jakimś pocieszeniem albo może nawet zamknął jej drżące ciało w objęciu swoich
przykrótkich rąk… Ale jakaś niewidzialna dłoń zasznurowała jej usta. Może to było
sumienie?<i> </i>Przypomniała sobie o
słowach Gburka — o tym, że podczas występów w trupie w jego stronę leciały
zgniłe jabłka, a niekiedy nawet kamienie. Po ludzkim szyderstwie również
zostawały sine plamy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jak na takiego rosłego mężczyznę? Słabo
— usiłowała zażartować Śnieżka, ale jej lekki ton przypominał przytłumiony
blask świecy. Po ustach karła przemknął jednak uśmieszek — nie wynikający o
tyle z rozbawienia, co z miłego zaskoczenia. Kilka wiszących nad nimi sztyletów
opadło, nie czyniąc im krzywdy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Trzeba będzie zdobyć coś do skonsumowania
— stwierdził po jakimś czasie Gburek, przecinając pasmo dłuższego milczenia.
Gdy jego spojrzenie padło na królewnę, straciło kilka gramów pewności. — Możesz
zostać w grocie, nie będę miał ci za złe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka zmieliła w ustach histeryczny
śmiech. Pamiętała, że kiedy weszła do jaskini po raz pierwszy, nie czuła się
dobrze wśród wilgotnej ciemności i wąskich ścian, przywodzących jej skojarzenie
z grobowcem. Teraz z kolei obawiała się świata na zewnątrz, jakby zmieniła się
w szczurzycę, która woli kryć się w mroku niż zmierzyć ze światłem. Ten lęk
mogła jednak przeważyć chęć nie puszczenia przyjaciela samego. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Nie. Pójdę z tobą — zdecydowała głosem wyżłobionym
powagą i suchością, wiercąc się nerwowo na miejscu. — Dwie pary oczu zapewnią
większe bezpieczeństwo. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Gburek poruszył ustami, jakby szukając
nimi smaku odpowiednich słów. Jego niezadowolone spojrzenie podsuwało
dziewczynie wrażenie, że on traktuje ją jak bezrozumne dziecko, które chce
wejść na łąkę usłaną cierniami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale
gdyby coś się stało… mnie nie można zgwałcić. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 6.0pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 17.0pt; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Ale można zabić! — żachnęła się, bo w
jej wnętrzu wykiełkowała nagła złość na fakt, że z nią obchodzi się jak ze
szklaną figurką, a sam pcha się na kolce cierni. <i>Które z nas bardziej potrzebuje ochrony? </i>— Jeśli trafisz na tych
rabusiów, nie licz, że ci odpuszczą. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— No nie, a ja sobie myślałem, że pozwolą
mi dołączyć do swojej kompanii — zadrwił karzeł fałszywie rozżalonym głosem, ale
potem jego twarz ściągnęła się w zaniepokojeniu. — Przecież wiem. Chodzi mi
tylko o to, że… Zresztą, no dobrze, to ty tu jesteś królewną! Najwyżej obydwoje
będziemy trupami. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Posłał jej na wpół obłąkany uśmiech,
będący splotem ironii i ponurości. Śnieżka zacisnęła wargi tak mocno, jakby do
siebie przymarzły. <i>Wygląda na to, że
jesteśmy razem na śmierć i życie.</i> Takie złączenie ich losów na dwóch
stronach jednej monety i rzucenie jej w paszczę świata wcale nie zwiastowało
dobrego końca, nie chciała jednak przyznawać tego na głos. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Jesteśmy w tym razem — mruknęła,
mimowolnie spoglądając na płomienie ogniska. Teraz tańczyły niemal tak samo,
jak wówczas, gdy Gburek odgrywał upodlający występ, a ona bezradnie szarpała
się w uścisku Sawa.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Kiedy dziewczyna przeniosła wzrok na
karła, przyłapała go na tym, że wodzi po jej twarzy przymrużonymi w skupieniu
oczyma, które wyrażają coś, czego nie umiała nazwać. <i>Czy to smutek? A może bardziej fascynacja? </i>Nie dostała jednak
czasu, by dociec prawdy, bo Gburek okrył swoje oczy powiekami i skierował wzrok
w dół — na wyciągnięty przed chwilą nożyk. Ostrze było małe, ale w świetle
ogniska lśniło tym samym chłodem co prawdziwy miecz. <i>Nieduża broń dla niedużego mężczyzny. </i>Królewna podejrzewała, że to
pamiątka zabrana jakiemuś nieuważnemu mieszkańcowi miasta.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Podwinęła róg obszernej szmaty, na której
siedziała, i wyciągnęła spod niego swój drewniany nożyk. <i>To z kolei broń dla panienki. </i>Choć ostrze było toporne w użyciu i upstrzone
ciemnoczerwonymi plamami ciężko zmywalnej krwi, ona je lubiła, bo powstało w
rękach strugającego Gburka. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">— Wiesz, chciałbym upolować dzisiaj dzika
— odezwał się karzeł, podnosząc się z miejsca. Poważny głos kontrastował z
żartobliwymi błyskami w jego oczach. — Pomyśl, na ile by nam starczyło jego
mięso. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: FangSong;">Śnieżka namalowała barwnymi palcami
wyobraźni obraz małego człowieczka powalającego kwiczącą ze strachu dziką
świnię, a śmiech sam wyrwał się z jej ust. Z ulgą zrozumiała, że burzliwe
chmury chwilowo odpłynęły z serca Gburka — dzięki temu i ona mogła zapalić w
oczach radosne ogniki i nie obawiać się, że zostaną one źle odebrane. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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— Założyła wyzywająco ręce na piersiach. — Bylebyś tylko nie próbował targnąć
się na Czarnego Dzika. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wspomnianego zwierzęcia, ale Gburek kiedyś o nim wspomniał, akurat, gdy
układali się do snu, a nad grotą rozciągały się walki ciemnych chmur z
błyskawicami. Mówił, że gdy władzę na niebie zyskuje burza, a świat ginie w
kroplach i błyskach, na łowy wychodzi potężny dzik o czarnej sierści, która po
zmoknięciu wydaje się jeszcze bardziej czarna. Bestia ta bezlitośnie rozrywa na
kawałki mniejsze zwierzęta i myje ryj w kałużach ich krwi. Jego kły są zaś
długie i zakrzywione, a ludzie wierzą, że jeśli ktoś uczyni z nich róg i weń zadmie,
spadnie na niego nieszczęście. Śnieżka znała już skłonności karła do drwienia z
jej wrażliwego serca, dlatego starała się zareagować na tę historię odważnym
śmiechem, ale potem nie mogła zasnąć, bo zdawało jej się, że na ścianie widzi
cień dużego dzika. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wypowiedzi i uniósł brew, a potem zaczął przecinać swoim nożem powietrze,
parodiując walczącego z bestią rycerza. Dziewczyna musiała przyznać, że choć jego
ruchy nawet nie zahaczały o grację, było w nich coś z geniuszu. <i>Lata w trupie nauczyły go przedrzeźniać
swoją nieudolność. </i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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usłyszała ten pełen groźby okrzyk, musiała zakryć usta dłonią, by nie wybuchnąć
najmniej okrzesanym i najbardziej serdecznym śmiechem, jaki tylko krył się w
jej delikatnych płucach. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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