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CHAPTER XXXIII
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Rochester city had been stormed on the vigil of Good Friday, but De Warenne still held the castle, and two great Sussex lords, William de Braose of Bramber, and John Fitzallan of Arundel were with him. They knew that the King was on the march; nor was Earl Simon to remain much longer before the walls, for Henry forced him to raise the siege by threatening London with his host. It was Waleran de Monceaux who brought the news of the King’s march, and Aymery, who rode into Rochester but a day behind his brother-in-arms, found De Montfort preparing for a retreat. Their spears were rolling on London when the next dawn came up behind the great tower of the castle, for London was the heart of England that year, and a sudden stab from the King’s sword might have let the life-blood out of the cause.
Earl Simon and the Barons’ men marched through Kent, and pushed in between the King’s host and the city. The Londoners rang their bells, and came shouting over the bridge to bring the Great Earl in. The burghers had been busy since the rejection1 of King Louis’ award. They had imprisoned2 some of the King’s creatures on whom they had been able to lay their hands, and sacked and devastated3 the royalist lands in Surrey and Kent. The week before Palm Sunday the Jewry had been stormed, its inmates4 massacred, and great treasure taken. London had pledged itself in blood, and De Montfort tarried there, waiting for men to gather to him from the four quarters of the land.
While the roads smoked with these marchings and counter-marchings, and while spears shone on the hill-tops, and steel trickled5 through the green, Denise cheated death in that quiet valley amid the Surrey hills. Marpasse’s knife had turned between the ribs6, missed the heart by the breadth of a finger nail, and let Denise’s blood flow, but not her life. Marpasse’s rough sense had saved her, Marpasse who had saved the body, while Aymery had been busy with the soul. And yet to the nuns
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rejection
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n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃 | |
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下狱,监禁( imprison的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.彻底破坏( devastate的过去式和过去分词);摧毁;毁灭;在感情上(精神上、财务上等)压垮adj.毁坏的;极为震惊的 | |
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languor
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gliding
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chapel
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utterly
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mere
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glazing
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n.玻璃装配业;玻璃窗;上釉;上光v.装玻璃( glaze的现在分词 );上釉于,上光;(目光)变得呆滞无神 | |
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compassion
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inquisitive
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tolerance
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n.亚麻布,亚麻线,亚麻制品;adj.亚麻布制的,亚麻的 | |
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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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patronage
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n.赞助,支援,援助;光顾,捧场 | |
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garrulous
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mead
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bigoted
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sojourn
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bent
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delicacy
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n.精致,细微,微妙,精良;美味,佳肴 | |
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frail
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adj.身体虚弱的;易损坏的 | |
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repulsed
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decided
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chivalry
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n.骑士气概,侠义;(男人)对女人彬彬有礼,献殷勤 | |
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softened
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(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰 | |
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penitence
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n.忏悔,赎罪;悔过 | |
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retrieved
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v.取回( retrieve的过去式和过去分词 );恢复;寻回;检索(储存的信息) | |
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condemn
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vt.谴责,指责;宣判(罪犯),判刑 | |
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austere
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adj.艰苦的;朴素的,朴实无华的;严峻的 | |
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obstinacy
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reticent
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humbleness
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sufficiently
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vessel
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affronted
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knight
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misery
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[医]青肿的,瘀紫的 | |
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stupor
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a.渴望的;向往的;怀念的 | |
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