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“I was an orphan1 boy apprenticed2 to a traveling folly3. Our master owned a fat little cog and we sailed up and down the narrow sea performing in all the Free Cities and from time to time in Oldtown and King’s Landing. “One day at Myr, a certain man came to our folly. After the performance, he made an offer for me that my master found too tempting4 to refuse. I was in terror. I feared the man meant to use me as I had heard men used small boys, but in truth the only part of me he had need of was my manhood. He gave me a potion that made me powerless to move or speak, yet did nothing to dull my senses. With a long hooked blade, he sliced me root and stem, chanting all the while. I watched him burn my manly5 parts on a brazier. The flames turned blue, and I heard a voice answer his call, though I did not understand the words they spoke6. “The mummers had sailed by the time he was done with me. Once I had served his purpose, the man had no further interest in me, so he put me out. When I asked him what I should do now, he answered that he supposed I should die. To spite him, I resolved to live. I begged, I stole, and I sold what parts of my body still remained to me. Soon I was as good a thief as any in Myr, and when I was older I learned that often the contents of a man’s letters are more valuable than the contents of his purse. “Yet I still dream of that night, my lord. Not of the sorcerer, nor his blade, nor even the way my manhood shriveled as it burned. I dream of the voice. The voice from the flames. Was it a god, a demon7, some conjurer’s trick? I could not tell you, and I know all the tricks. All I can say for a certainty is that he called it, and it answered, and since that day I have hated magic and all those who practice it. If Lord Stannis is one such, I mean to see him dead.” When he was done, they rode in silence for a time. Finally Tyrion said, “A harrowing tale. I’m sorry.” The eunuch sighed. “You are sorry, but you do not believe me. No, my lord, no need to apologize. I was drugged and in pain and it was a very long time ago and far across the sea. No doubt I dreamed that voice. I’ve told myself as much a thousand times.” “I believe in steel swords, gold coins, and men’s wits,” said Tyrion. “And I believe there once were dragons. I’ve seen their
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1 orphan | |
n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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2 apprenticed | |
学徒,徒弟( apprentice的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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3 folly | |
n.愚笨,愚蠢,蠢事,蠢行,傻话 | |
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4 tempting | |
a.诱人的, 吸引人的 | |
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5 manly | |
adj.有男子气概的;adv.男子般地,果断地 | |
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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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7 demon | |
n.魔鬼,恶魔 | |
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8 skulls | |
颅骨( skull的名词复数 ); 脑袋; 脑子; 脑瓜 | |
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9 descend | |
vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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10 foes | |
敌人,仇敌( foe的名词复数 ) | |
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11 reined | |
勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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12 nonplussed | |
adj.不知所措的,陷于窘境的v.使迷惑( nonplus的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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13 knight | |
n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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14 dwarf | |
n.矮子,侏儒,矮小的动植物;vt.使…矮小 | |
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15 counselor | |
n.顾问,法律顾问 | |
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16 chaos | |
n.混乱,无秩序 | |
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