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Chapter 22 ALAIS: TO BECOME QUEEN
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Windsor Castle July 1172 I went to the chapel1, which that night was empty. The Presence was lit on the altar and an old priest sat near, tending it. I knelt on the cold stone floor, doubling my skirt under me to protect my knees. I did not take the Mass, as I still had not been shriven. I could not confess, for I did not repent2. So I set thoughts of myself and my sin aside, and prayed instead for Richard. I had wounded him, more deeply than I would have thought possible. As I knelt, my anger at him and his infidelity rose to choke me, until it threatened to block out everything else. Once more I saw the blue, beguiling3 eyes of Richard’s lover, the warm welcome on her face, her arms opening to draw my betrothed4 to her as Richard closed the curtain to the alcove5 behind them. I turned my eyes on the statue of the Mother by the altar, and reminded myself how She had seen worse things done, and She had forgiven them. This was cold comfort, and blasphemy7, so I said a few beads8 of my father’s rosary, and crossed myself, praying both for France and for my own soul, that I might come to humility9 once more, that I might feel remorse10 for what I had done. I was far from remorseful11, and I knew it. I was truly Eleanor’s daughter now. “Do you pray for Richard?” Henry’s voice drew me from my prayers, caressing12 me, bringing heat to my face and my loins as if he had touched me. I had not known it was possible to want a man as much as I wanted him. This must be what the Church preached against, this overwhelming
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v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 );哀诉,诉怨 | |
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scraps
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v.颠簸( plunge的过去式和过去分词 );暴跌;骤降;突降 | |
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strife
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n.争吵,冲突,倾轧,竞争 | |
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rancor
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supremacy
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eldest
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