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Catelyn wished she could share his joy. But she had heard the talk in the yards; a direwolf dead in the snow, a broken antler in its throat. Dread coiled within her like a snake, but she forced herself to smile at this man she loved, this man who put no faith in signs. “I knew that would please you,” she said. “We should send word to your brother on the Wall.”
凱特琳真希望自己能分享他的喜悅，但是她在庭院里聽到了傳聞，有只冰原狼死在雪地里，喉嚨里有根斷裂的鹿角。恐懼如同毒蛇般在她心里蜷曲，但她迫使自己在這個她深愛的男人面前強顏歡笑，這個不相信任何預兆的男人。「我就知道你聽了會高興，」她說道：「我們應該通知你在長城的弟弟。」
“Yes, of course,” he agreed. “Ben will want to be here. I shall tell Maester Luwin to send his swiftest bird.” Ned rose and pulled her to her feet. “Damnation, how many years has it been? And he gives us no more notice than this? How many in his party, did the message say?”
「對，當然要，」他同意：「班一定會想來。我請魯溫師傅派他飛最快的鳥兒送信去。」奈德直起身，也拉她起來。「該死，我們有多少年沒見面了？他居然沒有另外通知我。信上有沒有寫一共會有多少人來？」
“I should think a hundred knights, at the least, with all their retainers, and half again as many freeriders. Cersei and the children travel with them.”
「我想至少有一百位騎士吧，加上他們的隨從，還有一倍半人數的流浪武土。瑟曦和她的孩子們也都來了。」
“Robert will keep an easy pace for their sakes,” he said. “It is just as well. That will give us more time to prepare.”
「那麼為了他們著想，勞勃不會走太快的。」他說：「也好，這樣一來我們才有多點時間準備。」
“The queen’s brothers are also in the party,” she told him.
「皇后的哥哥也在隊伍里。」她告訴他。
Ned grimaced at that. There was small love between him and the queen’s family, Catelyn knew. The Lannisters of Casterly Rock had come late to Robert’s cause, when victory was all but certain, and he had never forgiven them. “Well, if the price for Robert’s company is an infestation of Lannisters, so be it. It sounds as though Robert is bringing half his court.”
奈德聽後臉色立刻一沉。凱特琳很清楚他和皇后的家族間向來互無好感，凱巖城的蘭尼斯特家族當年是最晚加入勞勃勢力的貴族，等到勝敗情勢早已明朗化後才表態，而奈德始終沒有原諒他們。「也罷！如果勞勃來訪的代價是這些蘭尼斯特家族的討厭鬼，那就認了吧。只是，聽起來勞勃好像把他半個宮廷的人都帶來了。"
讀物介紹：
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。本劇第一季于2011年4月17日開播，第二季于2012年4月1日回歸，第三季于2013年3月31日開始播出，第四季已獲得預定，將在2014年春季回歸。
