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1、PhantomByTerryGoodkindv1.1editedandformattedbyDSuliunoCHAPTER1Kahlanstoodquietlyintheshadows,watching,asevilknockedsoftlyonthedoor.Huddledunderthesmalloverhang,offtotheside,shehopedthatnoonewouldanswerthatknock.Asmuchasshewouldliketospendthenightinoutoftherai
2、n,shedidn'twanttroubletovisitinnocentpeople.Sheknew,though,thatshehadnosayinthematter.Thelightofasinglelanternflickeredweaklythroughtheslenderwindowstoeithersideofthedoor,reflectingapale,shimmeringglowoffthewetflooroftheportico.Thesignoverhead,hungbytwoironri
3、ngs,gratedandsquealedeachtimeitswungbackandforthinthewind-bornerain.Kahlanwasabletomakeoutthespectralwhiteshapeofahorsepaintedonthedark,wetsign.Thelightfromthewindowswasn'tenoughtoenablehertoreadthename,butbecausetheotherthreewomenwithherhadtalkedoflittleelse
4、fordays,KahlanknewthatthenamewouldbetheWhiteHorseInn.Bythesmellofmanureandwethay,shejudgedthatoneofthedarkbuildingsnearbyhadtobeastable.Inthesporadicdisplaysofdistantlightning,shecouldjustmakeoutthehulkingshouldersofdarkstructuresstandinglikeghostsbeyondthebi
5、llowingsheetsofrain.Despitethesteadyroarofthedelugeandtherumbleofthunder,itappearedthatthevillagewassoundasleep.Kahlancouldthinkofnobetterplacetobeonsuchadarkandwretchednightthanbundledupunderbedcovers,safeandwarm.AhorseinthenearbystablewhinniedwhenSisterUlic
6、iaknockedasecondtime,louder,moreinsistently,evidentlyintendingherselftobeheardovertheriotofrain,yetnotsoloudastosoundhostile.SisterUlicia,awomangiventorecklessimpulse,seemedtobetakingadeliberatelyrestrainedapproach.Kahlandidn'tknowwhy,butimaginedthatithadtodo
7、withthereasontheywerethere.Italsomighthavebeennothingmorethantherandomnatureofhermoods.Likelightning,thewoman'ssmolderingbadtemperwasnotonlydangerousbutunpredictable.Kahlancouldn'talwaystellexactlywhenSisterUliciawouldlashout,andjustbecauseshesofarhadn'tdidn'
8、tmeanthatshewouldn't.NeitheroftheothertwoSisterswasinanybettermoodoranylessinclinedtowardlosingtheirtemper.Kahlansupposedthatsoonenoughthethreeofthemwouldbehappyandquietlycelebratingthere
