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Each night before sleep, she murmured her prayer into her pillow. “Ser Gregor,” it went. “Dunsen, Raff the Sweetling, Ser Ilyn, Ser Meryn, Queen Cersei.” She would have whispered the names of the Freys of the Crossing too, if she had known them. One day I’ll know, she told herself, and then I’ll kill them all.
No whisper was too faint to be heard in the House of Black and White. “Child,” said the kindly1 man one day, “what are those names you whisper of a night?”
“I don’t whisper any names,” she said.
“You lie,” he said. “All men lie when they are afraid. Some tell many lies, some but a few. Some have only one great lie they tell so often that they almost come to believe it . . . though some small part of them will always know that it is still a lie, and that will show upon their faces. Tell me of these names.”
She chewed her lip. “The names don’t matter.”
“They do,” the kindly man insisted. “Tell me, child.”
Tell me, or we will turn you out, she heard. “They’re people I hate. I want them to die.”
“We hear many such prayers in this House.”
“I know,” said Arya. Jaqen H’ghar had granted three of her prayers once. All I had to do was whisper . . .
“Is that why you have come to us?” the kindly man went on. “To learn our arts, so you may kill these men you hate?”
Arya did not know how to answer that. “Maybe.”
“Then you have come to the wrong place. It is not for you to say who shall live and who shall die. That gift belongs to Him of Many Faces. We are but his servants, sworn to do his will.”
“Oh.” Arya glanced at the statues that stood along the walls, candles glimmering2 round their feet. “Which god is he?”
“Why, all of them,” said the priest in black and white.
He never told her his name. Neither did the waif, the little girl with the big eyes and hollow face who reminded her of another little girl, named Weasel. Like Arya, the waif lived below the temple, along with three acolytes3, two serving men, and a cook called Umma. Umma liked to talk as she worked, but Arya could not understand a word she said. The others had no names, or did not choose to share them. One serving man was very old, his back
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adj.和蔼的,温和的,爽快的;adv.温和地,亲切地 | |
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n.微光,隐约的一瞥adj.薄弱地发光的v.发闪光,发微光( glimmer的现在分词 ) | |
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n.助手( acolyte的名词复数 );随从;新手;(天主教)侍祭 | |
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n.助手,侍僧 | |
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eldest
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linen
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scent
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hooded
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wayfarer
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maiden
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shrine
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adj.闪烁的,摇曳的,一闪一闪的 | |
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knoll
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n.小山,小丘 | |
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vault
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n.拱形圆顶,地窖,地下室 | |
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vaults
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vt./vi.传下来,下来,下降 | |
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匕首,短剑( dagger的名词复数 ) | |
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dagger
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n.匕首,短剑,剑号 | |
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sapphires
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n.蓝宝石,钢玉宝石( sapphire的名词复数 );蔚蓝色 | |
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bloody
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dough
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clams
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crabs
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leopard
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oysters
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牡蛎( oyster的名词复数 ) | |
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belly
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adj.肿泡的;有疙瘩的;多粉刺的;有丘疹的 | |
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squire
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n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅 | |
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shrieked
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v.尖叫( shriek的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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soothe
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v.安慰;使平静;使减轻;缓和;奉承 | |
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akin
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adj.同族的,类似的 | |
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displeased
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orphans
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孤儿( orphan的名词复数 ) | |
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orphan
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obedience
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n.服从,顺从 | |
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alcove
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n.凹室 | |
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corpse
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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corpses
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n.死尸,尸体( corpse的名词复数 ) | |
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myriad
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bin
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n.箱柜;vt.放入箱内;[计算机] DOS文件名:二进制目标文件 | |
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mattress
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n.床垫,床褥 | |
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woolen
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adj.羊毛(制)的;毛纺的 | |
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floppy
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adj.松软的,衰弱的 | |
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dueling
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n. 决斗, 抗争(=duelling) 动词duel的现在分词形式 | |
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strutting
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加固,支撑物 | |
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alleys
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胡同,小巷( alley的名词复数 ); 小径 | |
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uncommon
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adj.罕见的,非凡的,不平常的 | |
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petals
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rustle
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apprentice
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n.学徒,徒弟 | |
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gnawing
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buckled
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a. 有带扣的 | |
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overcast
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swirling
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pouch
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copper
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scattered
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adj.分散的,稀疏的;散步的;疏疏落落的 | |
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archer
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n.射手,弓箭手 | |
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adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常 动词rattle的现在分词 | |
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halfway
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adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途 | |
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(猪等)作呼噜声( grunt的过去式和过去分词 ); (指人)发出类似的哼声; 咕哝着说 | |
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