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CHAPTER XLII
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From a chance word that Marpasse let fall while they were burying Isoult, Grimbald discovered all that she knew concerning Aymery and Denise, and he made her tell the story. Marpasse had been breaking up the ground with a sword, and Grimbald using a shield for a shovel1, scooped2 a shallow trough for the body wrapped in its scarlet3 surcoat. That labour together over the grave, and the way Grimbald made her talk of herself and Denise, brought Marpasse and the parish priest to a sudden sense of comradeship.
With Isoult laid to rest they trudged5 off together to Lewes town, but could gain no sure news of Aymery there, though Grimbald found a Sussex man, Geoffrey de St. Leger, who swore that the Knight6 of the Hawk’s Claw had ridden in that last charge against Prince Edward’s company. Grimbald and Marpasse had already searched the ground in the dusk without coming upon Denise’s grey gown. A truce7 had been called, and torches were moving to and fro over the battlefield like corpse8 candles in the darkness.
The parish priest and the bona-roba watched the night out under a hedge, and Marpasse fell asleep while Grimbald watched. They were up before dawn, however, and breaking bread as they went, they searched the scarred track along which Simon’s knights9 had ridden in pursuit of the flying royalists. Grimbald bent10 over many a body in the twilight11, and though there were women lying dead and stiff upon the grass, Denise was not among them, nor did they find Aymery among the
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n.铁锨,铲子,一铲之量;v.铲,铲出 | |
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n.深红色,绯红色,红衣;adj.绯红色的 | |
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v.步履艰难地走;n.跋涉,费力艰难的步行 | |
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vt.& vi.跋涉,吃力地走(trudge的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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knight
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n.骑士,武士;爵士 | |
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n.尸体,死尸 | |
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骑士; (中古时代的)武士( knight的名词复数 ); 骑士; 爵士; (国际象棋中)马 | |
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n.暮光,黄昏;暮年,晚期,衰落时期 | |
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杀死,宰杀,杀戮( slay的过去分词 ); (slay的过去分词) | |
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掠夺,抢劫( plunder的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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减少的,减弱的 | |
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optimist
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prophesied
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手持着使用(武器、工具等)( wield的过去式和过去分词 ); 具有; 运用(权力); 施加(影响) | |
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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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v.目瞪口呆地凝视( gape的过去式和过去分词 );张开,张大 | |
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skulking
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证明…有理( justify的现在分词 ); 为…辩护; 对…作出解释; 为…辩解(或辩护) | |
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n.眨眼,使眼色,瞬间;v.眨眼,使眼色,闪烁 | |
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dreary
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cuff
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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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battered
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bridle
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stupor
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v.昏迷;不省人事 | |
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combative
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adj.好战的;好斗的 | |
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clout
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n.用手猛击;权力,影响力 | |
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metaphors
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隐喻( metaphor的名词复数 ) | |
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eel
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n.鳗鲡 | |
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defiant
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adj.无礼的,挑战的 | |
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manor
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n.庄园,领地 | |
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gathering
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n.集会,聚会,聚集 | |
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lodge
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v.存放( lodge的第三人称单数 );暂住;埋入;(权利、权威等)归属 | |
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glimmering
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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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covet
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vt.垂涎;贪图(尤指属于他人的东西) | |
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pegs
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n.衣夹( peg的名词复数 );挂钉;系帐篷的桩;弦钮v.用夹子或钉子固定( peg的第三人称单数 );使固定在某水平 | |
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philosophic
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adj.哲学的,贤明的 | |
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vt.捆,包扎;装订;约束;使凝固;vi.变硬 | |
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mischief
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heroism
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comely
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slaying
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