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The line must be kept pure, Viserys had told her a thousand times; theirs was the kingsblood, the golden blood of old Valyria, the blood of the dragon. Dragons did not mate with the beasts of the field, and Targaryens did not mingle their blood with that of lesser men. Yet now Viserys schemed to sell her to a stranger, a barbarian.
唯有如此，才能確保血脈純正，這話韋賽里斯不知已經告訴她多少遍了。他們體內流淌的是王者的血液，古老瓦雷利亞民族的金色血液，驕傲真龍的血液。真龍絕不和尋常野獸茍合，坦格利安族人當然更不會將他們的血液和其他下等人種混雜在一起。然而現在韋賽里斯卻打算把她賣給這個異鄉的野蠻人。
When she was clean, the slaves helped her from the water and toweled her dry. The girl brushed her hair until it shone like molten silver, while the old woman anointed her with the spiceflower perfume of the Dothraki plains, a dab on each wrist, behind her ears, on the tips of her breasts, and one last one, cool on her lips, down there between her legs. They dressed her in the wisps that Magister Illyrio had sent up, and then the gown, a deep plum silk to bring out the violet in her eyes. The girl slid the gilded sandals onto her feet, while the old woman fixed the tiara in her hair, and slid golden bracelets crusted with amethysts around her wrists. Last of all came the collar, a heavy golden torc emblazoned with ancient Valyrian glyphs.
沐浴清凈之後，女奴扶她起身，拿毛巾擦乾她的身體。女孩把她的頭發梳理得亮如熔銀，老婦則為她搽上原產多斯拉克人草原的花草香精，兩腕、耳後、乳尖、雙唇和下體各輕觸一抹；接著為她穿上伊利里歐總督送來的內衣，再穿上深紫絲袍，襯出她的紫羅蘭色眼瞳。女孩為她套上金邊涼鞋，老婦又為她戴上寶冠，鑲著紫水晶的黃金手鐲。最後才是黃金打造的厚重項鏈，上頭刻滿古瓦雷利亞的文字。
“Now you look all a princess,” the girl said breathlessly when they were done. Dany glanced at her image in the silvered looking glass that Illyrio had so thoughtfully provided. A princess, she thought, but she remembered what the girl had said, how Khal Drogo was so rich even his slaves wore golden collars. She felt a sudden chill, and gooseflesh pimpled her bare arms.
「現在你看起來總算有個公主的樣子了。」裝扮完畢之後，女孩驚嘆道。丹妮轉身看看自己在鑲銀穿衣鏡里的模樣，鏡子是伊利里歐設想周到提供的。「有個公主的樣子，」她暗忖，但又忽然想起剛才女孩說過的話，說卓戈卡奧富可敵國，連他奴隸的項圈都是金子打造的，不禁渾身發冷，雞皮疙瘩冒了出來。
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。
