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Park sang joon Posted 10 years ago
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Eric, the protagonist's elder brother took the reign after his father was missing for several years, and the protagonist came to Amber with his invincible riflemen when Eric was dying during the battle against Chaos.
And the protagonist, one of Amber's princes, managed to take, if unsteady, the control of the realm after Eric's death.
After a while, his another brother Caine was killed, and he killed the man or thing, he thought, killed his brother.
But the then and now situations indicate he is the prime suspect.
Myself, I wanted the crown and I knew that I could take it. But it would be equally irresponsible to do so with my troops quartered in Amber, Suspicious of Cain's murder about to descend upon me, the first signs of a fantastic plot suddenly displayed before me, and the continuing possibility that Dad was still alive.
["Sign of the Unicorn" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I don't think the underlined sentence is idiomatical.
So I'd like to know the structure of the phrases.
Thank you in advance for your help.
And the protagonist, one of Amber's princes, managed to take, if unsteady, the control of the realm after Eric's death.
After a while, his another brother Caine was killed, and he killed the man or thing, he thought, killed his brother.
But the then and now situations indicate he is the prime suspect.
Myself, I wanted the crown and I knew that I could take it. But it would be equally irresponsible to do so with my troops quartered in Amber, Suspicious of Cain's murder about to descend upon me, the first signs of a fantastic plot suddenly displayed before me, and the continuing possibility that Dad was still alive.
["Sign of the Unicorn" of The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny]
I don't think the underlined sentence is idiomatical.
So I'd like to know the structure of the phrases.
Thank you in advance for your help.
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Are you sure you copied that correctly?
Are you sure it doesn't say "... my troops quartered in Amber, suspicions of ..."
Are you sure it doesn't say "... my troops quartered in Amber, suspicions of ..."
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There are several things in this text that make me think you may not have typed it correctly.
Are you sure the word is not 'suspicion'?
I parse the sentence this way.
Myself, I wanted the crown and I knew that I could take it. But it would be equally irresponsible to do so
Are you sure the word is not 'suspicion'?
I parse the sentence this way.
Myself, I wanted the crown and I knew that I could take it. But it would be equally irresponsible to do so
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Thank you, GPY, for your message.
Yes I am; so I was wonder
Are you sure you copied that correctly?
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park sang joonYes I am;The text that I found online has "suspicious", not "Suspicious", but the word "suspicious" does itself appear to be a misprint for "suspicion(s)".
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