Merlin [antikvár]

1 Begin. Again. Begin again, little pig. Begin with who I am, and then the harrowing of hell. I am Merlin. Merlin Ambrosius. Merlin Silvester. Merlin the magician. Merlin the witch. The wisest man at the court of King Arthur, and the greatest fool. Well, shall we say the only adult! In days of old, when knights were bold. Merlin. My mother was a virgin. My father was the devil. Better begin in hell then, little pig. The place of the dead. Hades. Gehenna. The name doesn't matter. Hell. You know hell. The devil is asleep. The devil's asleep at the bottom of hell, and snoring as loud as a pig. (Forgive me, Jesus, but this man is my father.) The Emperor Lucifer, that darkness with eyes, Lucifer Light-bearer, Mr Evil himself, sometime archangel, son of the morning, master of all the revolted spirits. The one who was chucked out of heaven on account of his infernal pride. He is a fallen star with a tongue like a hook. He is a strayed thunderbolt, God's shadow, and his other name is legion. 9