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Fulk de Lisle rode all that night, a madman, inflamed1, balked2 of the satisfaction of a violent desire. He had nothing but the stars and the moon to guide him; the Forest was no more than a pathless waste; he pushed northwards, raging like a torch burning in the wind. At dawn his horse died under him, driven by the spurs till its heart failed on the brow of a steep hill. Fulk de Lisle kicked the beast’s body, and looked with red eyes at a gray and silent world.
But the luck was with him—the luck of the adventurer and the drunkard. Dim and sullen3, Troy Castle stood less than two miles away on its great hill; the rising sun struck slantwise upon it, so that it looked like a huge turreted4 ship sailing above a sea of green.
Fulk de Lisle came on his own feet to Troy Castle. There was a sense of stir about the place although the day was still so young. A couple of dusty and sweat-streaked horses were waiting outside the gate-house; grooms5 and servants were gossiping, and on the battlements soldiers were unlashing the canvas covers of my lord’s cannon8.
Some one on the walls recognized Fulk de Lisle when he was a quarter of a mile from the dry fosse; there was some shouting and running to and fro; a man vaulted9 on to the back of one of the tired horses and went cantering down the road. He was a squire10 in Roger Bland11’s service, a youngster with red hair and an impudent12 mouth.
“Good morning to you, sir. Why this
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inflamed
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adj.发炎的,红肿的v.(使)变红,发怒,过热( inflame的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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v.畏缩不前,犹豫( balk的过去式和过去分词 );(指马)不肯跑 | |
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adj.愠怒的,闷闷不乐的,(天气等)阴沉的 | |
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n.新郎( groom的名词复数 );马夫v.照料或梳洗(马等)( groom的第三人称单数 );使做好准备;训练;(给动物)擦洗 | |
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vt.给(马、狗等)梳毛,照料,使...整洁 | |
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n.小海湾,小峡谷 | |
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cannon
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n.大炮,火炮;飞机上的机关炮 | |
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adj.淡而无味的,温和的,无刺激性的 | |
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impudent
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adj.鲁莽的,卑鄙的,厚颜无耻的 | |
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humility
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n.谦逊,谦恭 | |
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scrambled
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v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 );攀登;争夺;(军事飞机)紧急起飞 | |
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impudence
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n.厚颜无耻;冒失;无礼 | |
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clattered
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发出咔哒声(clatter的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.山脊;鼻梁;分水岭 | |
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savage
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adj.野蛮的;凶恶的,残暴的;n.未开化的人 | |
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chapel
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n.小教堂,殡仪馆 | |
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brat
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n.孩子;顽童 | |
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chamber
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n.房间,寝室;会议厅;议院;会所 | |
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quills
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n.(刺猬或豪猪的)刺( quill的名词复数 );羽毛管;翮;纡管 | |
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quill
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n.羽毛管;v.给(织物或衣服)作皱褶 | |
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faltering
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犹豫的,支吾的,蹒跚的 | |
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污渍( blot的名词复数 ); 墨水渍; 错事; 污点 | |
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crimson
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n./adj.深(绯)红色(的);vi.脸变绯红色 | |
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petulant
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adj.性急的,暴躁的 | |
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ambushed
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v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
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twitched
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vt.& vi.(使)抽动,(使)颤动(twitch的过去式与过去分词形式) | |
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n.不满,怨恨,妒嫉;vt.勉强给,不情愿做 | |
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unreasonable
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adj.不讲道理的,不合情理的,过度的 | |
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generosity
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n.大度,慷慨,慷慨的行为 | |
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muster
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v.集合,收集,鼓起,激起;n.集合,检阅,集合人员,点名册 | |
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archers
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n.弓箭手,射箭运动员( archer的名词复数 ) | |
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garrison
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n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者 | |
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naught
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n.无,零 [=nought] | |
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dubious
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adj.怀疑的,无把握的;有问题的,靠不住的 | |
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loyalty
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gentry
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n.绅士阶级,上层阶级 | |
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humbling
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traitors
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卖国贼( traitor的名词复数 ); 叛徒; 背叛者; 背信弃义的人 | |
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quenched
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解(渴)( quench的过去式和过去分词 ); 终止(某事物); (用水)扑灭(火焰等); 将(热物体)放入水中急速冷却 | |
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gilded
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a.镀金的,富有的 | |
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quay
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n.码头,靠岸处 | |
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seamen
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beetles
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foam
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oars
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n.桨,橹( oar的名词复数 );划手v.划(行)( oar的第三人称单数 ) | |
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veered
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v.(尤指交通工具)改变方向或路线( veer的过去式和过去分词 );(指谈话内容、人的行为或观点)突然改变;(指风) (在北半球按顺时针方向、在南半球按逆时针方向)逐渐转向;风向顺时针转 | |
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scampering
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v.蹦蹦跳跳地跑,惊惶奔跑( scamper的现在分词 ) | |
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shingle
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n.木瓦板;小招牌(尤指医生或律师挂的营业招牌);v.用木瓦板盖(屋顶);把(女子头发)剪短 | |
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beleaguer
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v.使困扰,使烦恼,围攻 | |
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impatience
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n.不耐烦,急躁 | |
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brutal
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adj.残忍的,野蛮的,不讲理的 | |
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lashed
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adj.具睫毛的v.鞭打( lash的过去式和过去分词 );煽动;紧系;怒斥 | |
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monk
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superstitious
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