5/21/2023 0 Comments The High Crusade by Poul AndersonI myself was quite insignificant, but since it is well to makeknown the chronicler that men may judge his trustworthiness, let me first say a few words about him. I shall write of these happenings exactly as I remember them, without fear or favor, the more so sincemost who were concerned are now dead. Home was a long ways off.Ĭhapter I Archbishop William, a most learned and holy prelate, having commanded me to put into English writingthose great events to which I was a humble witness, I take up my quill in the name of the Lord and my patron saint: trusting that they will aid my feeble powers of narrative for the sake of future generationswho may with profit study the account of Sir Roger de Tourneville’s campaign and learn thereby ferventlyto reverence the great God by Whom all things are brought to pass. There had beensome stupendous catastrophe, more than a thousand years ago its consequences were still echoing. Yet he was nearly afraid to turn the pages, afraid of what he might find out. This translation was a prosaictypescript. The book itself had been impressively ancient, uncials on vellum between massive covers. No rest for the wicked.” The captain nodded dismissal, and the sociotechdeparted the cabin.įor a moment the captain sat motionless, looking at the document but not really seeing it. Even with all the physical evidence right before my eyes, I found it hard to believe the original account. Thunder and blowup!I expected to come across almost anything out here, but this-!” “Now maybe we can discover what this is all about.
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