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Messengers caught carrying his mail were thrown into prison.
被搜到懷揣他信件的信使被送進監獄
Innocent relatives, incriminated by family association,were turned into exiles themselves.
無辜的親屬 作為同犯 而被流放他鄉
It took two painful years of back and forth diplomacy
經過兩年糾結的反復交涉
and increasingly impatient signals from the pope to arrange even talks about talks.
教皇也開始愈加不耐煩 甚至不想安排會談
After a series of abortive reconciliations in 1170,
1170年 經過一系列失敗的調解
it looked as though peace might finally break out.
和平終究將被打破
The location was to be a meadow surrounded by woods near the village of Fréteval
就在弗烈特瓦爾附近 一處四周環樹的草坪
a beautiful place,remarked one observer.
看到的人曾說 這是個美麗的地方
Only later did he find out that the locals called it traitors meadow.
然而隨后他卻發現 當地人稱之為"叛國者草坪"
Henry and Thomas rode out to each other and the king took off his hat in salutation.
亨利和托馬斯策馬走向彼此 國王脫帽以示敬意
The two of them then embraced and sat for hours talking,
兩人擁抱彼此 并膝長談
the archbishop's posterior mortified by the chaffing of his secret goat-hair underwear.
國王對自己羊毛內衣的打趣 讓大主教感到很是窘迫
For once, the king was in no mood to quarrel,
這一次 國王無意爭吵
and agreed to restore Thomas to all his powers and authority,
他同意恢復托馬斯的全部職權
and also to treat those who were Becket's enemies as his own.
還同意與貝克特站在同一陣線
