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Let us look upon this head,” his prince commanded.
Areo Hotah ran his hand along the smooth shaft1 of his longaxe, his ash-and-iron wife, all the while watching. He watched the white knight3, Ser Balon Swann, and the others who had come with him. He watched the Sand Snakes, each at a different table. He watched the lords and ladies, the serving men, the old blind seneschal, and the young maester Myles, with his silky beard and servile smile. Standing5 half in light and half in shadow, he saw all of them. Serve. Protect. Obey. That was his task.
All the rest had eyes only for the chest. It was carved of ebony, with silver clasps and hinges. A fine-looking box, no doubt, but many of those assembled here in the Old Palace of Sunspear might soon be dead, depending on what was in that chest.
His slippers6 whispering against the floor, Maester Caleotte crossed the hall to Ser Balon Swann. The round little man looked splendid in his new robes, with their broad bands of dun and butternut and narrow stripes of red. Bowing, he took the chest from the hands of the white knight and carried it to the dais, where Doran Martell sat in his rolling chair between his daughter Arianne and his dead brother’s beloved paramour, Ellaria. A hundred scented7 candles perfumed the air. Gemstones glittered on the fingers of the lords and the girdles and hairnets of the ladies. Areo Hotah had polished his shirt of copper8 scales mirror-bright so he would blaze in the candlelight as well.
A hush9 had fallen across the hall. Dorne holds its breath. Maester Caleotte set the box on the floor beside Prince Doran’s chair. The maester’s fingers, normally so sure and deft10, turned clumsy as he worked the latch
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(wide area network)广域网 | |
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vengeance
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scarlet
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adv.出血地;血淋淋地;残忍地;野蛮地 | |
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bowels
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hospitable
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adj.好客的;宽容的;有利的,适宜的 | |
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岛( isle的名词复数 ) | |
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strutting
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加固,支撑物 | |
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gaudy
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serene
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seduced
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诱奸( seduce的过去式和过去分词 ); 勾引; 诱使堕落; 使入迷 | |
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knights
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slippered
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maidenhood
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