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CHAPTER 6
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“He is a child still,” Stannis declared, his anger ringing loud in the empty hall, “a thieving child who thinks to snatch the crown off my brow. What has Renly ever done to earn a throne? He sits in council and jests with Littlefinger, and at tourneys he dons his splendid suit of armor and allows himself to be knocked off his horse by a better man. That is the sum of my brother Renly, who thinks he ought to be a king. I ask you, why did the gods inflict1 me with brothers?” “I cannot answer for the gods.” “You seldom answer at all these days, it seems to me. Who maesters for Renly? Perchance I should send for him, I might like his counsel better. What do you think this maester said when my brother decided2 to steal my crown? What counsel did your colleague offer to this traitor3 blood of mine?” “It would surprise me if Lord Renly sought counsel, Your Grace.” The youngest of Lord Steffon’s three sons had grown into a man bold but heedless, who acted from impulse rather than calculation. In that, as in so much else, Renly was like his brother Robert, and utterly4 unlike Stannis. “Your Grace,” Stannis repeated bitterly. “You mock me with a king’s style, yet what am I king of? Dragonstone and a few rocks in the narrow sea, there is my kingdom.” He descended5 the steps of his chair to stand before the table, his shadow falling across the mouth of the Blackwater Rush and the painted forest where King’s Landing now stood. There he stood, brooding over the realm he sought to claim, so near at hand and yet so far away. “Tonight I am to sup with my lords bannermen, such as they are. Celtigar, Velaryon, Bar Emmon, the whole paltry6 lot of them. A poor crop, if truth be told, but they are what my brothers have left me. That Lysene pirate Salladhor Saan will be there with the latest tally7 of what I owe him, and Morosh the Myrman will caution me with talk of tides and autumn
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vt.(on)把…强加给,使遭受,使承担 | |
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adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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n.叛徒,卖国贼 | |
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adv.完全地,绝对地 | |
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adj.无价值的,微不足道的 | |
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n.计数器,记分,一致,测量;vt.计算,记录,使一致;vi.计算,记分,一致 | |
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adv.虔诚地 | |
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10 levies | |
(部队)征兵( levy的名词复数 ); 募捐; 被征募的军队 | |
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容忍,忍受(brook的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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