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[英文] 《The Spawn of Dagon 》作者:- Henry Kuttner【EPUB】

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发表于 2014-9-5 09:57 | 只看该作者 回帖奖励 |倒序浏览 |阅读模式
THE SPAWN OF DAGON by Henry Kuttner Two streams of blood trickled slowly across the rough boards of the floor. One of them emergedfrom a gaping wound in the throat of a prostrate armorclad body the other dripped from achink in the battered cuirass and the swaying light of a hanging lamp cast grotesque shadowsover the corpse and the two men who crouched on their hams watching it. They were both verydrunk. One of them a tall extremely slender man whose bronzed body seemed boneless so supplewas it murmured: quotI win Lycon. The blood wavers strangely but the stream I spilt will reach this crack first.quotHe indicated a space between two planks with the point of his rapier. Lycons child-like eyes widened in astonishment. He was short thick-set with a remarkablysimian face set atop his broad shoulders. He swayed slightly as he gasped quotBy Ishtar Theblood runs up-hillquot Elak the slender man chuckled. quotAfter all the mead you swilled the oceanmight run up-hill. Well the wagers won I get the loot.quot He got up and stepped over to thedead man. Swiftly he searched him and suddenly muttered an explosive curse. quotThe swines asbare as a Bacchic vestal He has no purse.quot Lycon smiled broadly and looked more than ever like an undersized hairless ape. quotThe gods watchover mequot he said in satisfaction. quotOf all the millions in Atlantis you had to pick a fight with a pauperquot Elak groaned: quotNowwell have to flee San-Mu as your quarrels have forced us to flee Poseidonia and Kornak. Andthe San-Mu mead is the best in the land. If you had to cause trouble why not choose a fatusurer Wed have been paid for our trouble then at least.quot quotThe gods watch over mequot Lycon reiterated leaning forward and then rocking back chuckling tohimself. He leaned too far and fell on his nose where he remained without moving. Somethingdropped from the bosom of his tunic and fell with a metallic sound to the oaken floor. Lyconsnored. Elak smiling unpleasantly

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