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It would be difficult to describe the thundercloud of thought that came down upon Fulviac's face when news was brought him of the capture of the girl Yeoland and the decimation of the vanguard from Geraint. There was something even Satanic upon his face for the moment. He was not a pleasant person when roused, and roused he was that day like any ogre. His tongue ran through the whole gamut1 of blasphemy2 before he recovered a finer dignity and relapsed into a grim reserve. His men spoke3 to him with great suavity4. He had decreed that Nord of the Hammer should be hanged for negligence5, but the decree was unnecessary, since Flavian's sword had already settled the matter.
The Gilderoy forces therefore turned northwards, with their great baggage and siege train, and in due course came upon the Gerainters bivouacking on the ridge6 where the battle had taken place. The green slopes were specked with dark motionless figures, dead horses, and the wreckage7 of war. Men were burying the dead upon the battlefield. Yeoland's guard had been slaughtered8 almost to a man; and the whole affair had damped very considerably10 the ardour of certain of the less trustworthy levies11.
But Fulviac was not the man to sit and snivel over a defeat; he knew well enough that he had good men behind him, tough fighting stuff, fired by fanaticism12 and a long sense of wrong. He
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casement
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knights
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lavishly
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拆开( dismantle的过去式和过去分词 ); 拆卸; 废除; 取消 | |
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深沟,地沟( trench的名词复数 ); 战壕 | |
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cactus
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勒缰绳使(马)停步( rein的过去式和过去分词 ); 驾驭; 严格控制; 加强管理 | |
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hacked
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chivalry
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exultation
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