XXV

"Do you think I was
afraid Frightened
डरा हुआ
peur
恐れ
害怕
두려워하는
خائف
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of Viktor of Xochitl?" he demanded. "Half a dozen ships; we
could Can
सकता है
pourrait
たぶん......だろう
可以

할 수 있었다
استطاع
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make a new Van Allen
belt Belt
बेल्ट
ceinture
ベルト
腰带
벨트
حزام
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around Tanith of them, with what we have here. Our
real Real
असली
réel
本物
真实的
진짜
حقيقة
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enemy is on Marduk, not Xochitl; his name's Zaspar Makann. Zaspar Makann, and Andray Dunnan, the man I came out from Gram to hunt; they're in alliance, and I
believe Accept
मानना
croire
信じる
相信
믿다
يصدق
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Dunnan is on Marduk, himself, now."

The
delegation Delegation
प्रतिनिधि मंडल
délégation
委任
代表团
대표단
وفد
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who had come out from Gram in the
yacht Boat
नौका
yacht
ヨット
游艇
요트
يخت
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of the Duke of Bigglersport were unimpressed. Marduk was only a name to them, one of the
fabulous Wonderful
आश्चर्यजनक
fabuleux
卑しい
极好
굉장한
خلاب
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civilized Civilized
सभ्य
civilisé
文明化された
文明
예의 바른
حضارية
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Old Federation
planets Planets
ग्रहों
planètes
惑星
行星
행성
كواكب
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no Sword-World[Pg 146]er had
ever sometimes
कभी
déjà
これまで
曾经
항상
أبدا
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seen. Zaspar Makann wasn't
even Even that
यहाँ तक की
même

甚至
조차
حتى في
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that. And so much had
happened Happened
हुआ
passé
起こりました
发生了
일어난
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on Gram since the
murder the killing
हत्या
meurtre
殺人
谋杀
살인
قتل
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of Elaine Karvall and the
piracy Piracy
समुद्री डकैती
le piratage
怒り
海盗行为
불법 복제
بقرص
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of the Enterprise that they had
completely Fully
पूरी तरह
complètement
完全に
完全地
완전히
تماما
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forgotten Forgotten
भूल गई
oublié
忘れて
忘记了
잊혀진
نسي
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Andray Dunnan. That put them at a disadvantage. All the people
whom Whom
किसको
qui
誰がいます

누구
من
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they were trying to convince, the half-hundred members of the new
nobility Culprit
कुलीनता
la noblesse
貴族
贵族
귀족
نبل
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of Tanith, spoke a language they didn't understand. They didn't
even Even that
यहाँ तक की
même

甚至
조차
حتى في
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understand Understand
समझना
comprendre
理解する
理解
이해하다
تفهم
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the proposition, and couldn't argue against it.

Paytrik Morland, who was Gram-born and had been speaking for a return in
force Force
बल
Obliger

力量

فرض
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to
fight War
लड़ाई
lutte
喧嘩
斗争
싸움
يعارك
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against Omfray of Glaspyth and his supporters,
defected terrorist
देशद्रोही
défaré
亡くなる
叛逃
결손 된 것
انشق
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from them at once. He had been on Marduk and
knew already knew
जानता था
a connu
知り合わせる
kn
알았다
عرف
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who Zaspar Makann was; he had
made Made
बनाया गया
fabriqué
作る
制作
만들어진
مصنوع
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friends with the Royal Navy officers, and had been
shocked astonished
हैरान
choqué
衝撃的な
震惊
충격을 받았다
صدمت
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to
hear Listen
सुनो
écouter
聞く
听到
듣다
يسمع
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that they were now enemies. Manfred Ravallo and Boake Valkanhayn, among the more
articulate Clear, knot
स्पष्ट, गाँठदार
articuler
明確に
阐明
origentulate.
يتكلم بوضوح
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of the Raid-Xochitl-Now party,
snatched snatched away
छीन लिया
arraché
慌てずに

납치범
خطف
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up the idea and
seemed Due to
प्रतीत हुआ
semblait
或いは
似乎
쳐다 보았다
بدت
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convinced Sanctified
आश्वस्त
convaincu
確信している
说服
확신했다
مقتنع
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that they'd
thought Thinking
सोच
pensée
考え
想法
생각
فكر
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of it themselves all along. Valkanhayn had been on Gimli and talked to Mardukan
naval Naval
नवल
naval
ナイカの
海军
해군
Naval.
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officers; Ravallo had
brought Brought
लाया
amené
持ってきた
带来
가져왔다
جلبت
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Princess Bentrik to Tanith and
heard Heard
सुना
entendu
聞いた
听到
들었다
سمع
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her
stories Stories
कहानियों
histoires
ストーリー
故事
이야기
قصص
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on the voyage. They
began started
शुरू हुआ
a commencé
始めた
开始
시작했다
بدأت
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adducing Joint
जोड़
adduction
adducing
盛大
adducing
adducing.
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arguments Discussion
बहस
arguments
議論
争论
인수
الحجج
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in support of Trask's thesis. Of
course Period
अवधि
cours
コース
课程
강좌
مسار
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Dunnan and Makann were in collusion. Who
tipped Tip
टिप
incliné
tip tip
倾斜
팁을주고있다
مخلص
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Dunnan off that the Victrix would be on Audhumla? Makann; his
spies Spy
जासूस
espion
斑点
间谍
스파이
جواسيس
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in the Navy
tipped Tip
टिप
incliné
tip tip
倾斜
팁을주고있다
مخلص
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him. What about the Honest Horris; wasn't Makann
blocking Blocked
अवरुद्ध
blocage
ブロッキング
封锁
블로킹
حظر
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any
investigation Investigation
जाँच पड़ताल
enquête
調査
调查
조사
تحقيق
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about her? Why was Admiral Shefter retired as soon as Makann got into power?

"Well, here; we don't know anything about this Zaspar Makann," the
confidential Secret
गुप्त
confidentiel
信頼
机密的
비밀의
مؤتمن
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secretary Secretary
सचिव
secrétaire
秘書
秘书
비서
سكرتير
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and
spokesman Spokesman
प्रवक्ता
porte-parole
スポークスマン
发言人
대변인
المتحدث باسم
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of the Duke of Bigglersport began.

"No, you don't," Otto Harkaman told him. "I
suggest Suggest
सुझाव देना
suggérer
提案
建议
제안하다
يقترح
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you keep
quiet Calm
शांत
calmer
静かな
安静的
조용한
هادئ
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and listen, till you
find Get
पाना
trouve
探す

찾기
تجد
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out a little about him."

"Why, I wouldn't be
surprised to wonder
विस्मित होना
surpris
驚いた
惊讶
놀란
فوجئ
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if Dunnan was on Marduk all the time we were
hunting Hunting
शिकार करना
chasse
狩猟
打猎
수렵
الصيد
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for him," Valkanhayn said.

Trask
began started
शुरू हुआ
a commencé
始めた
开始
시작했다
بدأت
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to wonder. What would Hitler have done if he'd told one of his big lies, and then
found met
मिला
trouvé
見つかった
成立
설립하다
وجدت
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it
turning turn
मोड़
tournant
旋回
转身
선회
تحول
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into the truth? Maybe Makann had been on Marduk.... No; he couldn't have
hidden hidden
छिपा हुआ
caché
隠れた

숨겨진
مختفي
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half Half
आधा
demi
半分
一半

نصف
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a dozen ships on a
civilized Civilized
सभ्य
civilisé
文明化された
文明
예의 바른
حضارية
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planet. Not
even Even that
यहाँ तक की
même

甚至
조차
حتى في
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at the
bottom Down
नीचे
bas

底部
맨 아래
قاع
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of an ocean.

"I wouldn't be surprised," Alvyn Karffard was shouting, "if Andray Dunnan was Zaspar Makann. I know he doesn't look like Dunnan, we all saw him on screen, but there's such a thing as plastic surgery."

That was making the big
lie Lie
झूठ
mentir

说谎
거짓말하다
راحه
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just a
trifle Small
छोटी सी
bagatelle
些事する
琐事
하찮은 것
بسيط
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too big. Zaspar Makann was six
inches Inch
इंच
pouces
インチ
英寸
신장
بوصة
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shorter Low
कम
plus court
短いほど
较短
짧은
أقصر
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than Dunnan; there are some
things Things
चीज़ें
des choses
もの
事物
것들
أشياء
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no plastic
surgery Surgery
शल्य चिकित्सा
opération
手術
外科手术
수술
الجراحة
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could Can
सकता है
pourrait
たぶん......だろう
可以

할 수 있었다
استطاع
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do. Paytrik Morland, who had
known Known
ज्ञात
connu
既知の
众所周知
모두 다 아는
معروف
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Dunnan and had
seen saw
देखा
vu
seen

봤다
رأيت
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Makann on screen, ought to have
known Known
ज्ञात
connu
既知の
众所周知
모두 다 아는
معروف
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that too, but he either didn't think of it or didn't want to
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completely Fully
पूरी तरह
complètement
完全に
完全地
완전히
تماما
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accepted.

"As
far Distant
दूर
loin
遠い
远的
멀리
بعيد
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as I can
find Get
पाना
trouve
探す

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out, nobody
even Even that
यहाँ तक की
même

甚至
조차
حتى في
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heard Heard
सुना
entendu
聞いた
听到
들었다
سمع
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of Makann till about five[Pg 147] years ago. That would be about the time Dunnan would have
arrived reached
पहुंच गए
arrivée
到着した
到达的
도착했다
وصل
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on Marduk," he said.

By this time, the big room in which they were meeting had
become to become
बनना
devenir
なる
变得

이되다
أصبح
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a
babel Pomp
कोलाहल
babe
bab bab
禁止禁忌
바벨
بابل
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of voices,
everybody Each
हर
Tout le monde
every every
每个人
여러분
الجميع
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trying to
convince Manana
मनवाना
convaincre
納得
说服
확신시키다
يقنع
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everybody Each
हर
Tout le monde
every every
每个人
여러분
الجميع
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else that they'd
known Known
ज्ञात
connu
既知の
众所周知
모두 다 아는
معروف
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it all along. Then the Back-To-Gram party
received Received
प्राप्त किया
a reçu
受け取った
已收到
받았다
تم الاستلام
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its coup-de-grace; Lothar Ffayle, to
whom Whom
किसको
qui
誰がいます

누구
من
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the
emissaries Messenger
दूतों
émissaires
エミソリー
散炸
emissaries.
مبهرج
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of Duke Joris had looked for their
strongest strong
मजबूत
plus fort
最強
最强的
가장 강한
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over.

"You people want us to
abandon Relieve; To cancel
छोड़ना; रद्द करना
abandonner
放棄する
放弃
버리다
تخلى
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a
planet Planets
ग्रह
planète

行星
행성
كوكب
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we've
built Make
बनाया
construit
built
建造
세워짐
مبني
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up from nothing, and all the time and money we've
invested Investment
निवेश
investi
invest
投资
투자했다
استثمرت
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in it, to go
back Back
वापस
arrière
戻る
背部

الى الخلف
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to Gram and
pull Pull
खींचना
tirer
引く

당기다
يحذب
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your
chestnuts Tablets
गोलियां
châtaigniers

栗子

الكستناء
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out of the fire? Gehenna with you! We're
staying Staying
प्रवास के
séjour
滞在
留住
체재
الإقامة
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here and
defending defending
प्रतिवाद करना
défense
守り
防守
수비
الدفاع
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our own planet. If you're smart, you'll
stay Live
रहना
rester
止まる
停留
머무르다
البقاء
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here with us."

The Bigglersport
delegation Delegation
प्रतिनिधि मंडल
délégation
委任
代表团
대표단
وفد
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was still on Tanith, trying to
recruit Recruit
रंगरूट
recruter
リクルート
招募
모집
تجنيد
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mercenaries Terrorists
आतंकवादियों
mercenaires
傭兵
雇佣军
용병
mercenaries
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from the King of Tradetown and
dickering Dickeling
डिकरिंग
deuil
d d
叽叽喳喳
Dcikering.
deckering.
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with a Gilgamesher to transport them to Gram, when the big
lie Lie
झूठ
mentir

说谎
거짓말하다
راحه
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turned got changed
बदल गया
tourné
回転させる
转身
돌린
تحولت
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into something like the truth.

The
observation Observation
अवलोकन
observation
観察
观察
관찰
الملاحظة
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post on the Moon of Tanith
picked raised
उठाया
choisi
拾いました
挑选
뽑아 낸다
اختار
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up an
emergence Evolution
उद्भव
émergence
出現
紧急情况
출현
ظهور
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at twenty light-minutes
due Payable
देय

期限
到期的

로 인한
بسبب
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north of the planet. Half an hour later, there was another one at five light-minutes; a very small one, and then a third at two light-seconds, and this was
detectable Detectable
पता लगाने योग्य
détectable
発見可能です
可检测的
탐지 할 수있다
قابل للكشف
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by
radar Radar
राडार
radar
レーダー
雷达
레이더
رادار
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and
microray Microcre
माइक्रोरे
microray
ミクロイ
microray.
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microray.
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happened Happened
हुआ
passé
起こりました
发生了
일어난
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on Amaterasu or Beowulf; somebody like Gratham or the Everrards might have
decided decide
तय
décidé
決定しました
决定
결정했다
مقرر
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to take
advantage the profit
लाभ
avantage
アドバンテージ
优势
이점
مميزات
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of the
defensive Rescue
बचाव
défensive
def
防守
수비
دفاعي
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mobilization Association
संघटन
la mobilisation
動員
动员
동원
تعبئة
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on Tanith. Then they
switched Close
बंद
commuté
切り替え
切换
전환
تحولت
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the call from the
pinnace Kayak
कश्ती
chaloupe
ピンネース
Pinnace.
함재정
قرناس
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over to his screen, and Prince Simon Bentrik was looking out of it.

"I'm
glad Happy
प्रसन्न
content de
嬉しい
高兴的
기쁜
مسرور
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about you, but safe and well." He
turned got changed
बदल गया
tourné
回転させる
转身
돌린
تحولت
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to
shout Shout
चिल्लाहट
crier
叫ぶ

외침
يصيح، يصرخ، صيحة
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to somebody to
find Get
पाना
trouve
探す

찾기
تجد
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young Youth
युवा
Jeune
若い
年轻
어린
صغيرة
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Count Steven of Ravary and tell him to tell his mother. "How are you?"

"I had a
broken broken
टूट गया है
cassé
壊れた
破碎的
고장난
مكسور
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leg when I left Moonbase, but that's
mended Reform
सुधार का
réparé
うまくいって
修补
고치는
إصلاحه
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on the way," Bentrik said. "I have little Princess Myrna
aboard Close
समीप
une planche
退院する
船上
배로
على متن سفينة
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with me. For all I know, she's Queen of Marduk, now." He
gulped Revealed
खुल गया
affligé
g g

꿀꺽 꿀꺽 마셨다
البوليات
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slightly. "Prince Trask, we've come as beggars. We're
begging begging
भीख मांगना
mendicité
懇願する
乞讨
구걸
التسول
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help for our planet."

"You've come as
honored Honored
सम्मानित
honoré
尊敬された
荣幸
영광 스럽다
تكريم
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guests, and you'll
get Get
पाना
avoir
得る
得到
가져 오기
احصل على
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all the help we can give you." He
blessed Lucky
भाग्यवान
béni
bless bless
祝福
축복 받은
مبارك
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Chamber of Delegates.

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powers, nothing too absurd. Then they
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in the Chamber of Representatives by appointment."

"Why did the Crown Prince
lend Give
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貸す

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himself to a thing like that?"

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たぶん......だろう
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some control. The Royal Family is an almost
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पवित्र
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symbol to the people. Even Makann was
forced Compelled
मजबूर
forcé
for
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قسري
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to
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to the King and the Crown Prince...."

"It didn't work; he played right into Makann's hands. What happened?"

The Crown Prince had been assassinated. The assassin, an unknown man
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to death by People's Watchmen
guarding Guard
रखवाली
garde
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守卫
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Prince Edvard at once. Immediately Makann had
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saisi
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the Royal Palace to protect the King, and
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there had been
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नरसंहार
massacres
巨大な
屠杀
대학살
المذابح
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by People's Watchmen everywhere. The Mardukan Planetary Army had
ceased Have left
रह गए हैं
cessé
cう
停止
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in small detachments, the army had been
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it up again,
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from the People's Welfare Party.

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座って
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on your hands, were you?"

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of, a
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失真
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in the Royal Mardukan Navy. After Admiral Shefter was
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消失了
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at the Malverton Navy Yard. Finally, when I was suspected, one of the officers—he was
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The news was all over Rivington, and then all over Tanith, while the[Pg 149]
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and planet-throned dragon, settled onto its landing legs, and reporters of the Tanith News Service with their screen pickups. He met Prince Bentrik, a little in
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against Tanith."

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both Both
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les deux
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his wife and his son at the same time.

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impulsion

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맥박
نبض
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अचानक
soudain
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突然
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jump, and he said, "Valerie!" and then, "Lady Alvarath; I'm most happy to see you here." Then he saw who was
beside near
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to cry, bitterly. "That was when I was just a play-Queen. And now I know what they meant when they talked about when Grandpa and Pappa would be through being King. Pappa didn't
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Prince Edvard's space-yacht, and took off in her. Took a
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in. Ships of the Royal Mardukan Navy!" he added furiously.

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"They sent the
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as many of the Royal Navy
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my return. If I don't return in fifteen hundred hours from the time I left Moonbase, they're to use their own judgment. I'd
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that they'd move in on Marduk and attack."

"That's sixty-odd days," Otto Harkaman said. "That's an
awfully with fear
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of six other planets. It
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out against
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at it?" Harkaman persisted.

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ancien
前者
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이전의
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Royal Navy, that had gone over to Makann. Four fifteen-hundred-footers, same class as the Victrix, and two thousand-footers. Then, there were four of Andray Dunnan's ships—"

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merchantmen, a Baldurbuilt ship called the Reliable, and your friend Honest Horris."

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Dunnan was on Marduk?" Boake Valkanhayn asked.

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can be conquered—by subversion."

"Yes," Harkaman put in. "Five years ago, when Dunnan started this programme, who was this Makann, anyhow?"

"Nobody," Bentrik said. "A
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cinglé
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كراك
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시베코
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room of a
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of tele[Pg 151]casts. The year after that, he had three
telecast Broadcast of television
टेलिविजन का ब्राडकास्ट कारना
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of thousands of people. And so on, upward."

"Yes. Dunnan
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वित्त पोषण
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자금을 조달했습니다
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him, and moved in
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पीछे
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him, the same way Makann moved in
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पीछे
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the King. And Dunnan will have him
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his personal followers."

"And then he'll own Marduk. And we'll have the Mardukan
navy Navy
नौसेना
marine
海軍
海军
해군
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आगामी
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on Tanith," Valkanhayn added. "So we go to Marduk and
smash Need
गरज
fracasser
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粉碎
스매시
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him now, while he's still little
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to smash."

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少し
很少
약간의
قليل
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who had wanted to do that about Hitler, and a great many, later, who had
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that it hadn't been done.

"The Nemesis, the Corisande, and the Space Scourge for sure?" he asked.

Harkaman and Valkanhayn agreed; Valkanhayn
thought Thinking
सोच
pensée
考え
想法
생각
فكر
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the Viking's Gift of Beowulf would go along, and Harkaman was almost sure of the Black Star and Queen Flavia. He
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बदल गया
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回転させる
转身
돌린
تحولت
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to Bentrik.

"Start that
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कश्ती
chaloupe
ピンネース
Pinnace.
함재정
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there, but we don't want them
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in detail-attacks. Tell whoever's in
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there that ships from Tanith are on the way, and to wait for them."

Fifteen hundred hours, less the five hundred Bentrik was in space from Marduk. He hadn't time to
estimate Assessment
आकलन
estimation
見積もり
估计
추정
تقدير
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voyage-time to Gimli from the other Mardukan trade-planets, and nobody
could Can
सकता है
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可以

할 수 있었다
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estimate Assessment
आकलन
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how many ships would respond.

"It may take us a little time to
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पाना
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得る
得到
가져 오기
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an
effective Effective
प्रभावी
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fleet Fleet
बेड़ा
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海軍
舰队
함대
سريع
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together. Even after we
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पाना
avoir
得る
得到
가져 오기
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through
arguing Discussion
बहस
argumentant
議論
争论
논쟁하다
بحجة
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about it. Argument," he told Bentrik, "is not
exclusively In college
केवल
exclusivement
もったら

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of democracies."

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जोर दिया
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坚持
주장했다
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that Crown Princess Myrna would have to be taken along; King Mikhyl would be either
dead Dead
मृत
morte

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brainwashed
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洗脑
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into
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मूर्खता
imbécillité
im im
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by now, and they would have to have somebody to take the throne. Lady Valerie Alvarath, Sir Thomas Kobbly, the tutor, and the nurse Margot
refused refused
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refusé
拒否した
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to be
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अलग
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分开
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from her. Prince Bentrik was
equally uniformly
समान रूप से
également
同様に
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firm, with less success, on
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छोड़ने
en quittant
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"Well, aren't you?"

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with Vann Larch, and Steven's tutor, Captain Rainer was a normal-space
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in Sharll Renner. This left Lady Valerie Alvarath at a
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the position of Regent and Prince-Protector of the Realm."

XXVI

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"That's Zaspar Makann and his
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you're talking about?" Bentrik laughed.

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by election. Even members of the Royal Family can't just make themselves Regent by saying they are."

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him.[Pg 157]

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in black. But what they did not
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him. The
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of Marduk had moved into its final phase.

Marduk was on the other
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of the sun from Abaddon with ninety-five
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so, Trask thought—to spare. Guatt Kirbey and the Mardukan
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clairement
明らかに
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दूरबीन का
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伸縮
伸缩
텔레스코픽
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within Loading...
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admitted accepted
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admis
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यथोचित
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合理的
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close. As soon as the screens cleared, they saw that they weren't too late. The Moon of Marduk was under fire and
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फायरिंग
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in the normal continuum. Beside him, Bentrik had a screen on; it was still milky-white, and he was speaking into a radio hand-phone.

"Simon Bentrik, Prince-Protector of Marduk, calling Moonbase." Then, slowly, he
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his screen-combination twice. "Come in, Moonbase; this is Simon Bentrik, Prince-Protector, speaking."

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बिल्ला
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徽章
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شارة
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नौसेना
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commodore. He needed a shave, but he was
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him by name.

"Hello, Simon;
glad Happy
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to see you. Your Highness, I mean; what is this Prince-Protector thing?"

"Somebody had to do it. Is the King still alive?"

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off the commodore's face, starting with his eyes.[Pg 158]

"We don't know. At first, Makann had him speaking by screen—you know what it was like—urging
everybody Each
हर
Tout le monde
every every
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Chancellor.' Makann always appeared on the screen with him."

Bentrik nodded. "I remember."

"Before you left, Makann
kept Kept
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quiet, and let the King make the speech. After a while, the King wasn't able to speak coherently; he'd stammer, and repeat. So then Makann did all the talking; they couldn't
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phone. Then he stopped appearing entirely. I
suppose accept it
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仮定する
认为
가정하다
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there were physical
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症状
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they couldn't allow to be seen." Bentrik was
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under his breath; the officer at Moonbase nodded. "I
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आशा
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for his
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that he is dead."

Poor Goodman Mikhyl. Bentrik was saying, "So do I." Trask agreed, mentally. The
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at Moonbase was still talking:

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a hundred hours after you left." He named them. "And we got one of the Dunnan ships, the Fortuna. We
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out the Malverton Navy Yard. They're still using the Antarctic Naval Base, but we've
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ノック
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two
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खोया
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a
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जोड़ा
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of ships. Eight hundred hours ago, they were joined by the
rest Rest
विश्राम
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of Dunnan's fleet, five ships. They
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a landing on Malverton while it was
turned got changed
बदल गया
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away from us. Makann
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की घोषणा की
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宣布
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أعلن
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that they were RMN
units Units
इकाइयों
unités
単位
单位
단위
وحدات
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from the trade-planets that had joined him. I
suppose accept it
मान लीजिए
supposer
仮定する
认为
가정하다
افترض
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the planet-side public
swallowed swallowed up
निगल गया
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飲み込んだ
吞没
삼켰다
ابتلع
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that. He also
announced Announced
की घोषणा की
annoncé
発表
宣布
발표했다
أعلن
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that their commander, Admiral Dunnan, was in
command Order
आदेश
commander
指図
命令
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of the People's Armed Forces."

Dunnan's ground-fighters would be in
control Control
नियंत्रण
contrôler
コントロール
控制
제어
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of Malverton. By now, the
odds Difference
अंतर
chances
オッズ
赔率
승산
احتمال
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were that Makann was as much his
prisoner Ban
बंदी
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as King Mikhyl VIII had been Makann's.

"So Dunnan has
conquered Of victory
विजय प्राप्त की
conquis
征服した
征服
이기다
غزت
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Marduk. All he has to do, now, is make it stick," he said. "I see four ships off Moonbase; how many more have they?"

"These are Bolide and Eclipse, Dunnan's ships, and
former the former
भूतपूर्व
ancien
前者
以前的
이전의
سابق
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Royal Mardukan Navy ships Champion and Guardian. There are five
orbiting Parikrama
परिक्रमा
orbite
乱暴に
轨道轨道
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orbiting
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off the planet: Ex-RMNS Paladin, and Dunnan ships Starhopper, Banshee, Reliable and Exporter. The last two are
listed Listed
सूचीबद्ध
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제목
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as merchantmen, but they're
performing Display
प्रदर्शन
exécutant
演奏する
表演
실행할 수 있는
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like
regulation Regulation
विनियमन
régulation
規制
规定
규제
اللائحة
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battlecraft."

The four that had been
circling Dizziness
चक्कर
encerclant
cir cir
盘旋
서클
الدوران
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her."

"Which way; west around the planet? Be right with you, captain."