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1、TheOnceandFutureKingbyT.H.WhiteTHESWORDINTHESTONESheisnotanycommonearthWaterorwoodorair,ButMerlin'sIsleofGramaryeWhereyouandIwillfare.¡¡1OnMondays,WednesdaysandFridaysitwasCourtHandandSummulaeLogicales,whiletherestoftheweekitwastheOrganon,RepetitionandAstrology.Thegovernesswasal
2、waysgettingmuddledwithherastrolabe,andwhenshegotspeciallymuddledshewouldtakeitoutoftheWartbyrappinghisknuckles.ShedidnotrapKay'sknuckles,becausewhenKaygrewolderhewouldbeSirKay,themasteroftheestate.TheWartwascalledtheWartbecauseitmoreorlessrhymedwithArt,whichwasshortforhisrealnam
3、e.Kayhadgivenhimthenickname.KaywasnotcalledanythingbutKay,ashewastoodignifiedtohaveanicknameandwouldhaveflownintoapassionifanybodyhadtriedtogivehimone.Thegovernesshadredhairandsomemysteriouswoundfromwhichshederivedalotofprestigebyshowingittoallthewomenofthecastle,behindcloseddoo
4、rs.Itwasbelievedtobewhereshesatdown,andtohavebeencausedbysittingonsomearmouratapicnicbymistake.EventuallysheofferedtoshowittoSirEctor,whowasKay'sfather,hadhystericsandwassentaway.Theyfoundoutafterwardsthatshehadbeeninalunatichospitalforthreeyears.Intheafternoonstheprogrammewas:M
5、ondaysandFridays,tiltingandhorsemanship;Tuesdays,hawking;Wednesdays,fencing;Thursdays,archery;Saturdays,thetheoryofchivalry,withthepropermeasurestobeblownonalloccasions,terminologyofthechaseandhuntingetiquette.Ifyoudidthewrongthingatthemortortheundoing,forinstance,youwerebentove
6、rthebodyofthedeadbeastandsmackedwiththeflatsideofasword.Thiswascalledbeingbladed.Itwashorseplay,asortofjokelikebeingshavedwhencrossingtheline.Kaywasnotbladed,althoughheoftenwentwrong.Whentheyhadgotridofthegoverness,SirEctorsaid;"Afterall,damnitall,wecan'thavetheboysrunnin'abouta
7、lldaylikehooligans—afterall,damnitall?Oughttobehavin'afirst-rateeddication,attheirage.WhenIwastheirageIwasdoin'allthisLatinandstuffatfiveo'clockeverymornin'.Happiesttimeofmelife.Passtheport."SirGrummoreGrummursum,whowasstayingthenightbecausehehadbeenbenightedoutquestin'afteraspe
8、ciallylongrun,saidthatwhenhewastheiragehewasswi
