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troy
1. I turned the pages of the Helen of Troy I'd picked up there
2. and fun to be around—but Helen of Troy she was not
3. Once upon a time, a long time ago, there was an ancient city named Troy
4. The Trojan Horse is a tale from the Trojan War about the plan that allowed the Greeks to enter the city of Troy and end the war
5. The Greeks entered and destroyed the city of Troy, ending the war
6. Helen of Troy also guesses the plot and tries to trick and uncover the Greek men inside the horse by imitating the voices of their wives
7. Cassandra, the fortune teller of Troy, insists that the horse would be the downfall of the city and its royal family
8. Helen of Troy guessed the plot and tried to get the men to show themselves by pretending to be one of their wives
9. Cassandra, fortune teller of Troy, warned the city against the horse but was ignored
10. The silver, at sixty two shillings the pound troy, amounts to £ 3,4l3,43l:10s
11. The gold, at forty-four guineas and a half the pound troy, amounts to £ 2,333,446:14s
12. His subject was the ancient war of the Achaeans against Troy
13. Of sacred Troy, and razed her heaven-guided wall,
14. In Smyrna, they tell tales of ancient Troy, you know
15. My father once saw Troy when he was young
16. verse seemed to involve the return voyage of some ill-fated hero following the sack of Troy
17. It’s where Menelaus took their fleet after departing Troy
18. now, she’d traced Odysseus's path all the way from Troy to Ithaca, blending his ordeal with her own
19. who stole into Troy disguised as a beggar, and stole the Palladium
20. It was a magical image of Athena that protected Troy
21. Helen of Troy, n
22. With this in mind the following is a lesson from my old pal Troy, a past-master of the Canine Foul-up
23. Troy says: Remember the time the Family inflicted the reviled Elizabethan Collar on you? The lampshade laced round your neck that impaired your hearing and gave you tunnel vision
24. Her face flushed slightly as she took a shower, recalling the way Troy had looked at her the last time they’d been together
25. Finished, she walked down the lane to meet Troy
26. Troy was waiting for her at the bus shelter - along with Fin and Willow - which lowered Lyra’s mood a bit, but not for long
27. Troy seemed pleased to see her and broke into a big smile
28. Troy walked Lyra back to the cottage
29. This’ll be a laugh,” Troy said
30. “This is Piers,” Troy told Lyra
31. Troy glanced over at her movement and she dropped her hand back to her side
32. It would go some way towards assuaging the guilt she was feeling about how she’d snubbed Piers when Troy had introduced him earlier in the day
33. Lyra couldn’t believe that Troy would have said such a thing
34. But then why would Piers say he had, if he hadn’t? “Did Troy threaten you Piers?”
35. ” Lyra walked out of the bus shelter and saw that Troy and Willow were there as well
36. “Yeah,” Troy said, winking at his friend, “what’s all this about secret passwords and derring-do out on Flat Rock Island then?”
37. Giving Troy a quick glance, she wondered if he had in fact threatened Piers to keep away from her
38. Like Helen of Troy, a face that could launch, (or sink,) a thousand ships
39. “Course he does,” Troy said
40. They all agreed to meet back at the shelter the next day, as Troy had to go somewhere with his dad, and Willow was off to see her boyfriend
41. She didn’t usually lie, but she so wanted to go to this party with Troy
42. “We are,” Troy called back up to her
43. “Will you stop messing about and untie the rope you moron,” Troy shouted at him
44. Troy shook his head and leant down so he could make himself heard
45. “Should have brought some marshmallows to cook over the fire later,” she said, popping a burger into a roll and handing it to Troy
46. Piers was worried because he’d seen Lyra getting into a boat with Troy and some others down at the quay
47. Then he would laugh in the faces of Troy and his friends
48. The question seemed to catch Troy unawares and he was quiet for a long time
49. “He’s been through a lot Troy
50. Look—” Troy tilted her face and brushed some loose strands of hair from her forehead
