Benjen gave Jon a careful, measuring look. “You don’t miss much, do you, Jon? We could use a man like you on the Wall.”
班揚仔細地審視了瓊恩一番,說:"瓊恩,什么事都逃不過你眼光,是么?我們長城守軍很需要你這樣的人才。"
Jon swelled with pride. “Robb is a stronger lance than I am, but I’m the better sword, and Hullen says I sit a horse as well as anyone in the castle.”
瓊恩驕傲地說:"羅柏用起長槍來比我有力,但是我劍使得比較好,胡倫還說我的騎術在城里也是數一數二。"
“Notable achievements.”
"的確很不容易。"
“Take me with you when you go back to the Wall,” Jon said in a sudden rush. “Father will give me leave to go if you ask him, I know he will.”
"你回去的時候,帶我一道走罷。"瓊恩突然激動起來,"只要你去跟父親大人說,他一定會同意,我知道他一定會。"
Uncle Benjen studied his face carefully. “The Wall is a hard place for a boy, Jon.”
班揚叔叔再度審視他的臉龐,"瓊恩,對一個男孩子來說,長城是個很艱苦的地方。"
“I am almost a man grown,” Jon protested. “I will turn fifteen on my next name day, and Maester Luwin says bastards grow up faster than other children.”
"我差不多成年了,"瓊恩辯解,"下個命名日我就滿十五歲,而且魯溫師傅說私生子會比其他孩子長得快。"
“That’s true enough,” Benjen said with a downward twist of his mouth. He took Jon’s cup from the table, filled it fresh from a nearby pitcher, and drank down a long swallow.
"這倒是真的。"班揚的嘴角向下微翹,他從桌上拿起瓊恩的酒杯,斟滿葡萄酒,深吸一口。
“Daeren Targaryen was only fourteen when he conquered Dorne,” Jon said. The Young Dragon was one of his heroes.
"戴倫·坦格利安征服多恩領的時候也不過十四歲。"瓊恩又說。傳說中的年輕龍王是他心目中的英雄。
“A conquest that lasted a summer,” his uncle pointed out. “Your Boy King lost ten thousand men taking the place, and another fifty trying to hold it. Someone should have told him that war isn’t a game.” He took another sip of wine. “Also,” he said, wiping his mouth, “Daeren Targaryen was only eighteen when he died. Or have you forgotten that part?”
"那場仗可是打了一整個夏天,"叔叔提醒道,"你說的這個年輕國王,為了攻下多恩,死了一萬人,后來為了守住它,又死了五萬人。應該有人告訴他,戰爭可不是兒戲。"他又啜了口酒,抹抹嘴,"而且,戴倫·坦格利安十八歲就英年早逝,你該不會忘記這一部分吧?"
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。