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Above all Becket was able to keep up with the relentless pace set by Henry himself. Medieval courts were itinerant affairs, travelling 20, 30 miles a day, eating in a royal forest or by the roadside. But Henry, who made a fetish of exercise out of a fear some said of growing fat, never seemed to slow down, barely arriving at one of his palaces before chasing off again. Clarendon Palace was the most magnificent hunting lodge in England. All that' s left it now is this raw, ivycovered stump of stone. But in Henry' s time, the place would have been full of courtiers and dogs and hawks and horses. That' s the way the King liked it, a kind of scruffy power to his entertainment. In fact, Becket saw right through Henry' s game of studied informality, the way he avoided wearing the crown, his preference for ordinary riding clothes. Becket knew that when Henry extended the hand of friendship, he was capable of following it by frosty withdrawals of affection, unpredictable explosions of carpet biting, incendiary fury. |
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jǐn guǎn rú cǐ, bèi kè tè yī jiù néng gòu jǐn gēn hēng lì mǎ bù tíng tí de jiǎo bù. zhōng shì jì de liú dòng fǎ tíng, měi tiān de bá shè sān sì shí gōng lǐ, zài wáng jiā sēn lín huò lù biān lù tiān jiù cān. ér duì yú hēng lì ér yán, tā zhuān yú duàn liàn, dān xīn fā pàng, suǒ yǐ cóng wèi fàng màn sù dù, jī hū gāng dào dá yī chù gōng diàn, jiù cōng máng gǎn wǎng xià yī chù. kè lā lún dēng gōng céng shì yīng gé lán zuì hóng wěi de shòu liè chǎng, rú jīn zhǐ shèng yī piàn huāng yuán yǔ pá mǎn qīng téng de cán shí. hēng lì zài wèi qī jiān, zhè lǐ céng jīng cháo chén mǎn tíng, liè gǒu, yīng sǔn hé mǎ pǐ suí chù kě jiàn. guó wáng zhōng ài zhè zhǒng fāng shì, yú lè zhōng de jìn qíng fàng zòng. bèi kè tè yóu cǐ liǎo jiě hēng lì de bù jū lǐ jié, bǐ rú tā kè yì bù dài wáng guān, yǐ jí piān ài chuān zhe pǔ tōng qí mǎ fú. bèi kè tè shēn zhì hēng lì hé shí yǒu shàn, hé shí yòu rè qíng tuì què, lěng ruò bīng shuāng, yì huò shì háo wú yù zhào de nù huǒ zhōng shāo, bó rán dà nù. |