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1、TheFarthestShore–Earthsea03UrsulaK.LeGuin1972------TheRowanTree------IntheCourtoftheFountainthesunofMarchshonethroughyoungleavesofashandelm,andwaterleaptandfellthroughshadowandclearlight.Aboutthatrooflesscourtstoodfourhighwallsofstone.Behindthosewereroomsandcourts,passages,corridors,towers,andatl
2、asttheheavyoutmostwallsoftheGreatHouseofRoke,whichwouldstandanyassaultofwarorearthquakeortheseaitself,beingbuiltnotonlyofstone,butofincontestablemagic.ForRokeistheIsleoftheWise,wheretheartmagicistaught;andtheGreatHouseistheschoolandcentralplaceofwizardry;andthecentralplaceoftheHouseisthatsmallcou
3、rtfarwithinthewalls,wherethefountainplaysandthetreesstandinrainorsunorstarlight.Thetreenearestthefountain,awell-grownrowan,hadhumpedandcrackedthemarblepavementwithitsroots.Veinsofbrightgreenmossfilledthecracks,spreadingupfromthegrassyplotaroundthebasin.Aboysatthereonthelowhumpofmarbleandmoss,hisg
4、azefollowingthefallofthefountain'scentraljet.Hewasnearlyaman,butstillaboy;slender,dressedrichly.Hisfacemighthavebeencastingoldenbronze,itwassofinelymoldedandsostill.Behindhim,fifteenfeetawayperhaps,underthetreesattheotherendofthesmallcentrallawn,aPage1manstood,orseemedtostand.Itwashardtobecertain
5、inthatflickeringshiftofshadowandwarmlight.Surelyhewasthere,amaninwhite,standingmotionless.Astheboywatchedthefountain,themanwatchedtheboy.Therewasnosoundormovementbuttheplayofleavesandtheplayofthewateranditscontinualsong.Themanwalkedforward.Awindstirredtherowantreeandmoveditsnewlyopenedleaves.Theb
6、oyleapttohisfeet,litheandstartled.Hefacedthemanandbowedtohim."MyLordArchmage,"hesaid.Themanstoppedbeforehim,ashort,straight,vigorousfigureinahoodedcloakofwhitewool.Abovethefoldsofthelaid-downhoodhisfacewasreddish-dark,hawk-nosed,seamedononecheekwitholdscars.Theeyeswerebrightandfierce.Yethespokege
7、ntly."It'sapleasantpacetosit,theCourtoftheFountain,"hesaid,and,forestallingtheboy'sapology,"Youhavetraveledfarandhavenotrested.Sitdownagain."Hekneltonthewhiterimofthebasinandheldouthishandtotheringofglitteringdropsthat