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CHAPTER 5
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“I knew you would come, old man, whether I summoned you or no.” There was no hint of warmth in his voice; there seldom was. Stannis Baratheon, Lord of Dragonstone and by the grace of the gods rightful heir to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, was broad of shoulder and sinewy1 of limb, with a tightness to his face and flesh that spoke2 of leather cured in the sun until it was as tough as steel. Hard was the word men used when they spoke of Stannis, and hard he was. Though he was not yet five-and-thirty, only a fringe of thin black hair remained on his head, circling behind his ears like the shadow of a crown. His brother, the late King Robert, had grown a beard in his final years. Maester Cressen had never seen it, but they said it was a wild thing, thick and flerce. As if in answer, Stannis kept his own whiskers cropped tight and short. They lay like a blue-black shadow across his square jaw3 and the bony hollows of his cheeks. His eyes were open wounds beneath his heavy brows, a blue as dark as the sea by night. His mouth would have given despair to even the drollest of fools; it was a mouth made for frowns and scowls4 and sharply worded commands, all thin pale lips and clenched5 muscles, a mouth that had forgotten how to smile and had never known how to laugh. Sometimes when the world grew very still and silent of a night, Maester Cressen fancied he could hear Lord Stannis grinding his teeth half a castle away. “Once you would have woken me,” the old man said. “Once you were young. Now you are old and sick, and need your sleep.” Stannis had never learned to soften6 his speech, to dissemble or flatter; he said what he thought, and those that did not like it could be damned. “I knew you’d learn what Davos had to say soon enough. You always do, don’t you?” “I would be of no help to you if I did not,” Cressen said. “I met Davos on the stair.” “And he told all, I suppose? I should have had the man’s tongue shortened along with his fingers.” “He would have made you a poor
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1 sinewy | |
adj.多腱的,强壮有力的 | |
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2 spoke | |
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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3 jaw | |
n.颚,颌,说教,流言蜚语;v.喋喋不休,教训 | |
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4 scowls | |
不悦之色,怒容( scowl的名词复数 ) | |
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5 clenched | |
v.紧握,抓紧,咬紧( clench的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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6 soften | |
v.(使)变柔软;(使)变柔和 | |
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7 envoy | |
n.使节,使者,代表,公使 | |
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8 spat | |
n.口角,掌击;v.发出呼噜呼噜声 | |
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9 grievance | |
n.怨愤,气恼,委屈 | |
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10 lesser | |
adj.次要的,较小的;adv.较小地,较少地 | |
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11 stony | |
adj.石头的,多石头的,冷酷的,无情的 | |
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