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1、ONEEscapeMencursedastheygrappled.JimmytheHandslippedeel-likebetweenknotsoffightingmenonthedarkenedquayside.Steelglitteredintorch-andlantern-light,shininginruddy-redarcsashorsemenslashedattheelusiveMockerswhostrovetoholdthemback.OnlysecondsmorewereneededforPrinceAruthaandPrincessA
2、nitatomaketheirescape,andthefighthadreachedthefrenziedviolenceofdesperation.Screamsofrageandpainsplitthenight,accompaniedbytheironhammeringofshodhoovesthrowingupsparksastheysmasheddownonstone,tothecounterpointoftheclangourofsteelonsteel.Bravosandstreet-toughsstruggledagainsttrain
3、edsoldiers,butthesoldiers’horsesslippedandslitheredontheslickboardsandstonesofthedocksandtheflickeringlightwasevenmoreuncertainthanthefooting.KnivesstabbedupwardandhorsesshiedashandsgrippedbootedfeetandheavedBas-Tyranmen-at-armsoutofthesaddle.Theharshiron-and-saltsmellofbloodwass
4、trongevenagainstthegarbagestinkoftheharbour,andahorsescreamedpiteouslyasitcollapsed,hamstrung.Therider’slegwascaughtinthestirrup,crushedbeneathhismount,andhescreamedasthehorsethrashed,thenfellsilentasraggedfiguresswarmedoverhim.Jimmyfellflatundertheslashofasword,rolledunscathedbe
5、tweentheflailinghoovesofawar-horsescrabblingtofindbetterfooting,trippedoneofthemen-at-armswhowasfightingdismountedagainstthreeMockers,thendasheddownthelengthofthedock,hisfeetlightontheboards.Attheendofthequayhethrewhimselfflatontheroughsplinterywoodtohailthelongboatbelow:‘Farewel
6、l!’hecalledtothePrincessAnita.Sheturnedtowardhisvoice,herlovelyfacelittlemorethanapaleblurinthepre-dawnlight.Butheknewthathersea-greeneyeswouldbewidewithastonishment.I’mgladIcametosaygoodbye,hethought,anunfamiliarsensationsqueezingathischestbelowthebreastbone.It’sworthalittlerisk
7、tolifeandlimb.Hegrinnedather,butnervously;thefightwithJockoRadburn’smenwasheatingupandhisbackfeltveryexposed.Itwouldn’tbelongbeforetheMockersbrokeandran;stand-upfightsweren’ttheirstyle.Another,tallerfigurestoodinthelongboat.‘Here,’PrinceAruthacalled.‘Useitingoodhealth!’Arapierini
8、tsscabbardflewuptohishand.Hesnatcheditou
