Lehendy Suemy. Ne vsi shlyachy vedut′ do chramu.

YUnu divchynu-rabynyu Nok, yakiy doleyu sudylosya staty zhrytseyu kochannya v chrami Nabary, za velyki hroshi kupuye dyvnyy pan, vid odnoho pohlyadu na yakoho krov u zhylach cholone i yakoho nazyvayut′ myslyvtsem na drakoniv. Vin zabyraye yiyi i obchidnymy dalekymy shlyachamy veze iz zemel′ Vil′nych Uzberezh. Novyy hospodar volodiye dyvnoyu syl′noyu mahiyeyu, ale scho bil′she Nok spilkuyet′sya z nym, to bil′she rozumiye, scho vin ne takyy i strashnyy. Ale navischo vin yiyi kupyv? Povernuty znyklu kolyshnyu rabynyu scho ye syly namahayet′sya i pravytel′ Nyzhn′oho korolivstva, yakyy vysylaye zahin molodoho mohutn′oho maha na yiyi poshuky. U chomu taka tsinnist′ zvychaynisin′koyi 16-richnoyi divchyny? CHy, mozhlyvo, ne zovsim zvychaynoyi, a, radshe, – navpaky? I scho chekaye na neyi v maybutn′omu?