Vid′mak. Krov El′fiv

Malen′ka TSiri — dytya-nespodivanka — stala bil′shoyu nespodivankoyu, nizh vydavalos′ spochatku. ZHachlyvi sny pro zahybel′ TSintry ruynuyut′ yiyi dushu, a chakluns′kyy dar, scho narodzhuyet′sya, mozhe zruynuvaty tilo. Daty yomu radu pid sylu lyshe mohutniy charivnytsi Yennefer. Tozh Geral′tu ne vdayet′sya dovho perechovuvaty TSiri u Vid′machomu Oselyschi. Poperedu nebezpechna podorozh, bo dlya bahat′och malen′ka knyazhna TSintry — ostanniy arhument: dlya Rady CHarodiyiv, dlya chotyr′och koroliv, dlya zlovisnych poslantsiv Nil′fhardu… I til′ky Geral′t oberihaye sirovolosu divchynku zarady neyi samoyi…