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But the match was a gamble. He was 19, she was pushing 30. He was relatively inexperienced, Eleanor had seen as much of the ways of the world as it could possibly offer. And yet something rather surprising happened between the teenage Arthur and the mercurial Guinevere, something that wasn' t really supposed to happen in a marriage of political convenience. The parties actually fancied each other. Henry found himself at the altar in 1152, beside an older woman described as a graceful, darkeyed beauty, disconcertingly articulate, strongminded and jocular. Hardly the veiled damsel in the tower. One likes to think that for her part, Eleanor saw not just the usual feudal spurclanking bonehead, but beyond a stocky frame and barrel chest, someone who is intriguing peculiarity, the rare prince who looked right with a falcon on one hand and a book in the other. |
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dàn zhè hūn yīn shì chǎng dǔ bó, tā zhǐ yǒu shí jiǔ, ér tā nián jìn sān shí. tā zhǐ shì chū chū máo lú, ér āi lì nuò jiàn duō shí guǎng, zǎo yǐ lì jīng cāng sāng, suī rán yǐ zhèng zhì móu lì yì de hūn yīn. duì yú nián qīng de yà sè wáng, yǔ jī zhì de guì nī wēi ér, bù tài kě néng yǒu shén me yì wài zhī xǐ. rán ér, tā men bǐ cǐ què zhēn yī jiàn zhōng qíng. 1152 nián, hēng lì wáng dà hūn, shēn biān de nǚ rén, nián jì shāo zhǎng, móu zǐ wū hēi, xíng róng jiāo hǎo, jǔ zhǐ yōu yǎ, cái sī mǐn jié, jī zhì shàn biàn, yōu mò fēng qù, jí yǒu zhǔ jiàn, bù shì yǎng zài shēn guī de měng dǒng shào nǚ. cóng āi lì nuò de jiǎo dù lái kàn, tā bìng fēi zhǐ dǒng qí mǎ dǎ zhàng de fán fū sú zǐ. zài jiàn shuò de shēn qū hé jiē shi de xiōng táng zhī wài, yǒu mǒu zhǒng nán yǐ míng zhuàng de qí yì tè zhì. zhè wèi nián qīng de wáng zǐ wàng xiàng yòu fāng, yī shǒu tuō zhe liè yīng, yī shǒu zé ná zhe shū. |