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13. LIEUTENANT AND CLOWN
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If, from a distance of seven thousand parsecs, the fall of Kalgan to the armies of the Mule1 had produced reverberations that had excited the curiosity of an old Trader, the apprehension2 of a dogged captain, and the annoyance3 of a meticulous4 mayor ?to those on Kalgan itself, it produced nothing and excited no one. It is the invariable lesson to humanity that distance in time, and in space as well, lends focus. It is not recorded, incidentally, that the lesson has ever been permanently5 learned.
Kalgan was ?Kalgan. It alone of all that quadrant of the Galaxy6 seemed not to know that the Empire had fallen, that the Stannells no longer ruled, that greatness had departed, and peace had disappeared.
Kalgan was the luxury world. With the edifice7 of mankind crumbling8, it maintained its integrity as a producer of pleasure, a buyer of gold and a seller of leisure.
It escaped the harsher vicissitudes9 of history, for what conqueror10 would destroy or even seriously damage a world so full of the ready cash that would buy immunity11.
Yet even Kalgan had finally become the headquarters of a warlord and its softness had been tempered to the exigencies12 of war.
Its tamed jungles, its mildly modeled shores, and its
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shimmering
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接头( joint的名词复数 ); 关节; 公共场所(尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所) (非正式); 一块烤肉 (英式英语) | |
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beaked
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v.喋喋不休( babble的过去式和过去分词 );作潺潺声(如流水);含糊不清地说话;泄漏秘密 | |
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crooked
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meager
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cringing
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truthful
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rascal
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虚妄,禅病 | |
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