Sir Thursday
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Гарт Никс. Sir Thursday
SIR THURSDAY
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To Anna, Thomas, Edward and all my family and friends. With special thanks to David Levithan, most patient editor.
There was only one place where Nithlings could enter the House. Long ago, when the mountains had been shaped, a tunnel had also been made. An arched tunnel, seven miles long, two miles wide and half a mile high, blocked by four enormous gates. The outermost gate, on the House side, was gilded in inch-thick gold, sealing in the metal by Immaterial forces that could not be breached easily by raw Nothing or sorcery. The next gate, half a mile further down the tunnel, was of silver gilt. The third, another half mile in, was of bronze. The fourth and final gate, the one that led out into Nothing, was called the Cleargate. It was purely Immaterial and entirely translucent, except for a shimmering that was painful even to immortal eyes.
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“And your question is?”
“I wish to be entirely sure that the change to my Ephemeris is authentic and not some exceptional Nithling trick.”
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