#31

Intruder*	침입자, 난입자, 강도
Safekeeping*	보관, 보호
Battalion*	대대, 전투 대형을 갖춘 군대
Sacred*	신성한, 성스러운
Condemn*	비난하다, 규탄하다, 선고를 내리다
Apparatus*	장치,기구, 기관
Reiterate*	되풀이하다, 다시 행하다
Daunt*	~을 위협하다, ~을 겁나게 하다
Pale*	창백해지다, (빛이) 약해지다
Combat*	전투, 전쟁

 

* The men of the oasis surrounded the horsemen from the desert and within half an hour all but one of the intruder were dead.

 

* The women had remained in their tents, praying for the safekeeping of their husbands, and was nothing of th battle, either.

 

* The only tribesman spared was the commander of the battalion.

 

* The tribal chieftain said that he felt sorry for the tribesmen, but that the Tradition was sacred.

 

* He condemned the commander to death without honor.

 

* The boy looked around for the ovens and other appratus used in alchemy, but saw none.

 

* "But there's a tribal war," the boy reiterated.

 

* The alchemist was a bit daunting, but, as the boy drank the wine, he relaxed.

 

* After they finished eating they sat outside the tent, under a moon so brilliant that it made the stars pale.

 

* "Rest well tonight, as if you were a warrior preparing for combat."