Тёмная Башня. Dark Tower. Премия им. Э.Т.А. Гофмана / E.T.A. Hoffmann award (Билингва: Rus / Eng) - страница 22

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After passing through Passport Control, on the Border between the Land of Mists and the World of Illusions, I was saying goodbye to the Angel.

«Promise me, that you will meet me here next time and won’t leave me alone in the Courtroom,» I asked.

«I will always be by your side on Earth as well,» he assured me and smiled. «It’s just that all the angels become invisible beyond the Border.»

I was sad and even scared to go back. It felt like an eternity had passed since the moment I had left my physical body in the hospital and ended up there.

«Everything has its Time, my dear,» the Angel whispered and held out his hand to me. «Well, let’s go?»

I took his hand and asked my last question for that time,

«What were you negotiating with Customs when you asked me to wait on the bench?»

«I asked them not to erase your memory,» the Angel smiled.

«So that I would remember you?»