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THE PROPHET
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The prophet was drowning men on Great Wyk when they came to tell him that the king was dead.
It was a bleak1, cold morning, and the sea was as leaden as the sky. The first three men had offered their lives to the Drowned God fearlessly, but the fourth was weak in faith and began to struggle as his lungs cried out for air. Standing2 waist-deep in the surf, Aeron seized the naked boy by the shoulders and pushed his head back down as he tried to snatch a breath. “Have courage,” he said. “We came from the sea, and to the sea we must return. Open your mouth and drink deep of god’s blessing3. Fill your lungs with water, that you may die and be reborn. It does no good to fight.”
Either the boy could not hear him with his head beneath the waves, or else his faith had utterly4 deserted5 him. He began to kick and thrash so wildly that Aeron had to call for help. Four of his drowned men waded6 out to seize the wretch7 and hold him underwater. “Lord God who drowned for us,” the priest prayed, in a voice as deep as the sea, “let Emmond your servant be reborn from the sea, as you were. Bless him with salt, bless him with stone, bless him with steel.”
Finally, it was done. No more air was bubbling from his mouth, and all the strength had gone out of his limbs. Facedown in the shallow sea floated Emmond, pale and cold and peaceful.
That was when the Damphair realized that three horsemen had joined his drowned men on the pebbled8 shore. Aeron knew the Sparr, a hatchet-faced old man with watery9 eyes whose quavery voice was law on this part of Great Wyk. His son Steffarion accompanied him, with another youth whose dark red fur-lined cloak was pinned at the shoulder with an ornate brooch that showed the black-and-gold warhorn of the Goodbrothers. One of Gorold’s sons, the priest
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adj.(天气)阴冷的;凄凉的;暗淡的 | |
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n.祈神赐福;祷告;祝福,祝愿 | |
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n.反应溅射法;飞溅;阴极真空喷镀;喷射v.唾沫飞溅( sputter的现在分词 );发劈啪声;喷出;飞溅出 | |
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eldest
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(厚)木板( plank的名词复数 ); 政纲条目,政策要点 | |
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感情,激情; 缰( rein的名词复数 ); 控制手段; 掌管; (成人带着幼儿走路以防其走失时用的)保护带 | |
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v.玷污( defile的第三人称单数 );污染;弄脏;纵列行进 | |
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.脾气坏的;易怒的;(指字迹)难辨认的;(字迹等)难辨认的v.捕蟹( crab的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.压制,平息,减轻 | |
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robin
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determined
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v.从采石场采得( quarry的过去式和过去分词 );从(书本等中)努力发掘(资料等);在采石场采石 | |
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loomed
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v.隐约出现,阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 );隐约出现,阴森地逼近 | |
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poked
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v.伸出( poke的过去式和过去分词 );戳出;拨弄;与(某人)性交 | |
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citadel
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underneath
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挤在一起(huddle的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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