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Of all the rooms in Winterfell’s Great Keep, Catelyn’s bedchambers were the hottest. She seldomhad to light a fire. The castle had been built over natural hot springs, and the scalding waters rushedthrough its walls and chambers1 like blood through a man’s body, driving the chill from the stonehalls, filling the glass gardens with a moist warmth, keeping the earth from freezing. Open poolssmoked day and night in a dozen small courtyards. That was a little thing, in summer; in winter, itwas the difference between life and death.
Catelyn’s bath was always hot and steaming, and her walls warm to the touch. The warmthreminded her of Riverrun, of days in the sun with Lysa and Edmure, but Ned could never abide3 theheat. The Starks were made for the cold, he would tell her, and she would laugh and tell him in thatcase they had certainly built their castle in the wrong place.
So when they had finished, Ned rolled off and climbed from her bed, as he had a thousand timesbefore. He crossed the room, pulled back the heavy tapestries5, and threw open the high narrowwindows one by one, letting the night air into the chamber2.
The wind swirled6 around him as he stood facing the dark, naked and empty-handed. Catelyn pulledthe furs to her chin and watched him. He looked somehow smaller and more vulnerable, like theyouth she had wed7 in the sept at Riverrun, fifteen long years gone. Her loins still ached from theurgency of his lovemaking. It was a good ache. She could feel his seed within her. She prayed that itmight quicken there. It had been three years since Rickon. She was not too old. She could give himanother son.
“I will refuse him,” Ned said as he turned back to her. His eyes were haunted, his voice thick withdoubt.
Catelyn sat up in the bed. “You cannot. You must not.”
“My duties are here in the north. I have no wish to be Robert’s Hand.”
“He will not understand that. He is a king now, and kings are not like other men. If you refuse toserve him, he will wonder why, and sooner or later he will begin to suspect that you oppose him.
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chambers
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n.房间( chamber的名词复数 );(议会的)议院;卧室;会议厅 | |
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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abide
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vi.遵守;坚持;vt.忍受 | |
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stark
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adj.荒凉的;严酷的;完全的;adv.完全地 | |
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tapestries
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n.挂毯( tapestry的名词复数 );绣帷,织锦v.用挂毯(或绣帷)装饰( tapestry的第三人称单数 ) | |
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v.旋转,打旋( swirl的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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wed
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bluster
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lodged
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v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属 | |
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sentries
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哨兵,步兵( sentry的名词复数 ) | |
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softened
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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bastard
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n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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floppy
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adj.松软的,衰弱的 | |
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spoke
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n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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observatory
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n.天文台,气象台,瞭望台,观测台 | |
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dread
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vt.担忧,忧虑;惧怕,不敢;n.担忧,畏惧 | |
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concealed
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a.隐藏的,隐蔽的 | |
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dismantled
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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averted
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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dressing
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n.(食物)调料;包扎伤口的用品,敷料 | |
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shrugged
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vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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hearth
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n.壁炉炉床,壁炉地面 | |
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modesty
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n.谦逊,虚心,端庄,稳重,羞怯,朴素 | |
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n. 点火, 可燃物 动词kindle的现在分词形式 | |
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stiffened
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tightened
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hoarse
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adj.嘶哑的,沙哑的 | |
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impulsive
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adj.冲动的,刺激的;有推动力的 | |
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mere
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adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过 | |
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adders
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n.加法器,(欧洲产)蝰蛇(小毒蛇),(北美产无毒的)猪鼻蛇( adder的名词复数 ) | |
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chafed
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v.擦热(尤指皮肤)( chafe的过去式 );擦痛;发怒;惹怒 | |
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凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事 | |
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melancholy
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n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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dreaded
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bastards
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私生子( bastard的名词复数 ); 坏蛋; 讨厌的事物; 麻烦事 (认为别人走运或不幸时说)家伙 | |
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solace
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n.安慰;v.使快乐;vt.安慰(物),缓和 | |
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slain
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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afterward
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anguished
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aspires
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v.渴望,追求( aspire的第三人称单数 ) | |
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