He remained, at heart, a courtier and a cynic.

在心底里，他其实仍然是一名侍臣，同时也玩世不恭。

Diplomats and courtiers used chess terms to describe political power.

外交官和朝臣们使用国际象棋术语来描述政治权力。

A line of soldiers and courtiers came marching into the rose garden.

一队士兵和朝臣列队走进玫瑰园。

Um...she's a courtier. Ah! But how does that help us?

呃，她是侍臣。 对！ 这对我们有什么帮助？

She had made friends with powerful courtiers who she felt would protect her.

她结交了一些有权势的朝臣，她觉得他们会保护她。

Courtiers seldom go to the lower town. So what does that mean?

侍臣很少去下城。这意味着什么？

One courtier praised his " curious power of visualising a pageant" .

一位朝臣称赞他 “有想象力的奇特能力”。

" It will be quite fundamental, " as one former courtier told me.

“这是最重要的（事情），” 正如一位前信使告诉我的那样。

" It's history, " as one of her courtiers said.

“这是历史的一部分，” 一名伦敦居民说。

And all the courtiers scolded the Nightingale and declared that it was a very ungrateful creature.

所有的朝臣们都责怪这只夜莺，说它是一个忘恩负义的东西。