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CHAPTER 163
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“Across the Red Fork. They are flying a purple unicorn1 below the lion of Lannister.” Some son of Lord Brax. Brax had come to Riverrun once when she was a girl, to propose wedding one of his sons to her or Lysa. She wondered whether it was this same son out there now, leading the attack. The Lannisters had ridden out of the southeast beneath a blaze of banners, Ser Desmond told her when she ascended2 to the battlements to join him. “A few outriders, no more,” he assured her. “The main strength of Lord Tywin’s host is well to the south. We are in no danger here.” South of the Red Fork the land stretched away open and flat. From the watchtower Catelyn could see for miles. Even so, only the nearest ford3 was visible. Edmure had entrusted4 Lord Jason Mallister with its defense5, as well as that of three others farther upriver. The Lannister riders were milling about uncertainly near the water, crimson6 and silver banners flapping in the wind. “No more than fifty, my lady,” Ser Desmond estimated. Catelyn watched the riders spread out in a long line. Lord Jason’s men waited to receive them behind rocks and grass and hillocks. A trumpet7 blast sent the horsemen forward at a ponderous8 walk, splashing down into the current. For a moment they made a brave show, all bright armor and streaming banners, the sun flashing off the points of their lances. “Now,” she heard Brienne mutter. It was hard to make out what was happening, but the screams of the horses seemed loud even at this remove, and beneath them Catelyn heard the fainter clash of steel on steel. A banner vanished suddenly as its bearer was swept under, and soon after the first dead man drifted past their walls, borne along by the current. By then the Lannisters had pulled back in confusion. She watched as they re-formed, conferred
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unicorn
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folly
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winding
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wan
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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pang
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garrison
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goblet
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harp
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vi./n.喋喋不休;短促尖叫;(牙齿)打战 | |
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flickering
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decided
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