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By the time she reached the godswood, the noises had faded to a faint rattle1 of steel and a distant shouting. Sansa pulled her cloak tighter. The air was rich with the smells of earth and leaf. Lady would have liked this place, she thought. There was something wild about a godswood; even here, in the heart of the castle at the heart of the city, you could feel the old gods watching with a thousand unseen eyes. Sansa had favored her mother’s gods over her father’s. She loved the statues, the pictures in leaded glass, the fragrance2 of burning incense3, the septons with their robes and crystals, the magical play of the rainbows over altars inlaid with mother-of-pearl and onyx and lapis lazuli. Yet she could not deny that the godswood had a certain power too. Especially by night. Help me, she prayed, send me a friend, a true knight5 to champion me... She moved from tree to tree, feeling the roughness of the bark beneath her fingers. Leaves brushed at her cheeks. Had she come too late? He would not have left so soon, would he? Or had he even been here? Dare she risk calling out? It seemed so hushed and still here... “I feared you would not come, child.” Sansa whirled. A man stepped out of the shadows, heavyset, thick of neck, shambling. He wore a dark grey robe with the cowl pulled forward, but when a thin sliver6 of moonlight touched his cheek, she knew him at once by the blotchy7 skin and web of broken veins8 beneath. “Ser Dontos,” she breathed, heartbroken. “Was it you?” “Yes, my lady.” When he moved closer, she could smell the sour stench of wine on his breath. “Me.” He reached out a hand. Sansa shrank back. “Don’t!” She slid her hand under her cloak, to her hidden knife. “What... what do you want with me?” “Only to help you,” Dontos said, “as you helped me.” “You’re drunk, aren’t you?” “Only one cup of wine, to help my courage. If they catch me now, they’ll strip the skin off my back.” And what will they do to me? Sansa found herself thinking of Lady again. She could smell out falsehood, she could, but she was dead, Father had killed her, on account of Arya. She drew the knife and held it before her with both hands. “Are you going to stab me?” Dontos asked. “I will,” she said. “Tell me who sent you.” “No one, sweet lady. I swear it on my honor as a knight.” “A knight?” Joffrey had decreed that he was to be a knight no longer, only a fool, lower even than Moon Boy. “I prayed to the gods for a knight to come save me,” she said. “I prayed and prayed. Why would they send me a drunken old fool?” “I deserve that, though... I know it’s queer, but... all those years I was a knight, I was truly a fool, and now that I am a fool I think... I think I may find it in me to be a knight again, sweet lady. And all because of you... your grace, your courage. You saved me, not only from Joffrey, but from myself.” His voice dropped. “The singers say there was another fool once who was the greatest knight of all.” “Florian,” Sansa whispered. A shiver went through her. “Sweet lady, I would be your Florian,” Dontos said
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v.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓 | |
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n.芬芳,香味,香气 | |
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3 incense | |
v.激怒;n.香,焚香时的烟,香气 | |
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4 rue | |
n.懊悔,芸香,后悔;v.后悔,悲伤,懊悔 | |
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5 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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6 sliver | |
n.裂片,细片,梳毛;v.纵切,切成长片,剖开 | |
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n.纹理;矿脉( vein的名词复数 );静脉;叶脉;纹理 | |
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9 humbly | |
adv. 恭顺地,谦卑地 | |
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10 nervously | |
adv.神情激动地,不安地 | |
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11 slay | |
v.杀死,宰杀,杀戮 | |
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12 slain | |
杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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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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14 renown | |
n.声誉,名望 | |
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n.誓(言),誓约;v.起誓,立誓 | |
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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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vt.使美化,装饰 | |
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18 wanly | |
adv.虚弱地;苍白地,无血色地 | |
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19 spun | |
v.纺,杜撰,急转身 | |
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v.长声尖叫,用长而尖锐的声音说( squeal的现在分词 ) | |
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n.(尤指喂肥供食用的)猪( hog的名词复数 );(供食用的)阉公猪;彻底地做某事;自私的或贪婪的人 | |
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adj.家常的,简朴的;不漂亮的 | |
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23 racing | |
n.竞赛,赛马;adj.竞赛用的,赛马用的 | |
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adj.蜿蜒的,弯曲的 | |
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25 doorway | |
n.门口,(喻)入门;门路,途径 | |
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防止,避免( avert的过去式和过去分词 ); 转移 | |
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v./n.蠕动,扭动;蜿蜒 | |
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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adj.污秽的;邪恶的;v.弄脏;妨害;犯规;n.犯规 | |
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不悦之色,怒容( scowl的名词复数 ) | |
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