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IX. HOW NIGEL HELD THE BRIDGE AT TILFORD
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The King looked at the motionless figure, at the little crowd of hushed expectant rustics1 beyond the bridge, and finally at the face of Chandos, which shone with amusement.
“What is this, John?” he asked.
“You remember Sir Eustace Loring, sire?”
“Indeed I could never forget him nor the manner of his death.”
“That indeed he was—none better have I known.”
“So is his son Nigel, as fierce a young war-hawk as ever yearned3 to use beak4 and claws; but held fast in the mews up to now. This is his trial fight. There he stands at the bridge-head, as was the wont5 in our fathers' time, ready to measure himself against all comers.”
Of all Englishmen there was no greater knight errant than the King himself, and none so steeped in every quaint6 usage of chivalry7; so that the situation was after his own heart.
“He is not yet a knight?”
“Then he must bear himself bravely this day if he is to make good what he has done. Is it fitting that a young untried Squire should venture to couch his lance against the best in England?”
“He hath given me his cartel and challenge,” said Chandos, drawing a paper from his tunic9. “Have I your permission, sire, to issue it?”
“Surely, John, we have no cavalier more
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n.有农村或村民特色的( rustic的名词复数 );粗野的;不雅的;用粗糙的木材或树枝制作的 | |
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渴望,切盼,向往( yearn的过去式和过去分词 ) | |
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knights
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squires
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Ford
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tickle
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virgins
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处女,童男( virgin的名词复数 ); 童贞玛利亚(耶稣之母) | |
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stoutness
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坚固,刚毅 | |
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galloped
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(使马)飞奔,奔驰( gallop的过去式和过去分词 ); 快速做[说]某事 | |
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onward
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judgment
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poise
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