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CHAPTER 114
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“They say the king gives justice and protects the weak.” She started to climb off the rock, awkwardly, but the ice had made it slippery and her foot went out from under her. Jon caught her before she could fall, and helped her safely down. The woman knelt on the icy ground. “M’lord, I beg you-” “Don’t beg me anything. Go back to your hall, you shouldn’t be here. We were commanded not to speak to Craster’s women.” “You don’t have to speak with me, m’lord. just take me with you, when you go, that’s all I ask.” All she asks, he thought. As if that were nothing. “I’ll... I’ll be your wife, if you like. My father, he’s got nineteen now, one less won’t hurt him none.” “Black brothers are sworn never to take wives, don’t you know that? And we’re guests in your father’s hall besides.” “Not you,” she said. “I watched. You never ate at his board, nor slept by his fire. He never gave you guest-right, so you’re not bound to him. It’s for the baby I have to go.” “I don’t even know your name.” “Gilly, he called me. For the gillyflower.” “That’s pretty.” He remembered Sansa telling him once that he should say that whenever a lady told him her name. He could not help the girl, but perhaps the courtesy would please her. “Is it Craster who frightens you, Gilly?” “For the baby, not for me. If it’s a girl, that’s not so bad, she’ll grow a few years and he’ll marry her. But Nella says it’s to be a boy, and she’s had six and knows these things. He gives the boys to the gods. Come the white cold, he does, and of late it comes more often. That’s why he started giving them sheep, even though he has a taste for mutton. Only now the sheep’s gone too. Next it will be dogs, till... She lowered her eyes and stroked her belly1. “What gods?” Jon was remembering that they’d seen no boys in Craster’s Keep, nor men either, save Craster himself. “The cold gods,” she said. “The ones in the night. The white shadows.” And suddenly Jon was back in the Lord Commander’s Tower again. A severed2 hand was climbing his calf3 and when he pried
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1 belly | |
n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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2 severed | |
v.切断,断绝( sever的过去式和过去分词 );断,裂 | |
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3 calf | |
n.小牛,犊,幼仔,小牛皮 | |
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4 pried | |
v.打听,刺探(他人的私事)( pry的过去式和过去分词 );撬开 | |
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5 writhing | |
(因极度痛苦而)扭动或翻滚( writhe的现在分词 ) | |
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6 gashed | |
v.划伤,割破( gash的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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7 swollen | |
adj.肿大的,水涨的;v.使变大,肿胀 | |
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8 squire | |
n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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9 brittle | |
adj.易碎的;脆弱的;冷淡的;(声音)尖利的 | |
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10 scent | |
n.气味,香味,香水,线索,嗅觉;v.嗅,发觉 | |
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11 shrugged | |
vt.耸肩(shrug的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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12 strap | |
n.皮带,带子;v.用带扣住,束牢;用绷带包扎 | |
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13 afterward | |
adv.后来;以后 | |
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14 chunks | |
厚厚的一块( chunk的名词复数 ); (某物)相当大的数量或部分 | |
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15 scowling | |
怒视,生气地皱眉( scowl的现在分词 ) | |
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16 dolorous | |
adj.悲伤的;忧愁的 | |
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17 thong | |
n.皮带;皮鞭;v.装皮带 | |
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18 growled | |
v.(动物)发狺狺声, (雷)作隆隆声( growl的过去式和过去分词 );低声咆哮着说 | |
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19 morass | |
n.沼泽,困境 | |
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20 scouts | |
侦察员[机,舰]( scout的名词复数 ); 童子军; 搜索; 童子军成员 | |
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21 tightening | |
上紧,固定,紧密 | |
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22 bastard | |
n.坏蛋,混蛋;私生子 | |
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23 raven | |
n.渡鸟,乌鸦;adj.乌亮的 | |
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24 strand | |
vt.使(船)搁浅,使(某人)困于(某地) | |
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25 axe | |
n.斧子;v.用斧头砍,削减 | |
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26 sprawled | |
v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的过去式和过去分词);蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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27 loft | |
n.阁楼,顶楼 | |
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28 decided | |
adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的 | |
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29 hopped | |
跳上[下]( hop的过去式和过去分词 ); 单足蹦跳; 齐足(或双足)跳行; 摘葎草花 | |
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30 promptly | |
adv.及时地,敏捷地 | |
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31 grumbled | |
抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 ); 发牢骚; 咕哝; 发哼声 | |
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32 standing | |
n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的 | |
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33 helping | |
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的 | |
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34 groom | |
vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 | |
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35 skulls | |
颅骨( skull的名词复数 ); 脑袋; 脑子; 脑瓜 | |
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36 crooked | |
adj.弯曲的;不诚实的,狡猾的,不正当的 | |
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37 brook | |
n.小河,溪;v.忍受,容让 | |
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38 spate | |
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39 Ford | |
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40 screeched | |
v.发出尖叫声( screech的过去式和过去分词 );发出粗而刺耳的声音;高叫 | |
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41 strutting | |
加固,支撑物 | |
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42 rangers | |
护林者( ranger的名词复数 ); 突击队员 | |
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43 sprawls | |
n.(城市)杂乱无序拓展的地区( sprawl的名词复数 );随意扩展;蔓延物v.伸开四肢坐[躺]( sprawl的第三人称单数 );蔓延;杂乱无序地拓展;四肢伸展坐着(或躺着) | |
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44 stinking | |
adj.臭的,烂醉的,讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 );发臭味;名声臭;糟透 | |
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