“I could not bear it,” Catelyn said, trembling.
"這樣子我承受不了。"她顫抖著回答。
“You must,” he said. “Sansa must wed Joffrey, that is clear now, we must give them no grounds to suspect our devotion. And it is past time that Arya learned the ways of a southron court. In a few years she will be of an age to marry too.”
"你必須忍耐。"他說:"珊莎要嫁給喬佛里,這已經是既成的事實,我們絕不能留下讓他們懷疑忠誠的口實。艾莉亞也早該學學南方宮廷仕女的規矩和禮節,再過幾年,她也要準備出嫁了。"
Sansa would shine in the south, Catelyn thought to herself, and the gods knew that Arya needed refinement. Reluctantly, she let go of them in her heart. But not Bran. Never Bran. “Yes,” she said, “but please, Ned, for the love you bear me, let Bran remain here at Winterfell. He is only seven.”
珊莎在南方會成為一顆璀璨耀眼的明珠,凱特琳心想,而艾莉亞確實需要好好學點規矩。于是她很不情愿地暫時拋開心中對兩個女兒的執著,但是布蘭不能走,布蘭一定要留下來。"好罷,"她說,"但是奈德,看在你對我的愛的份上,求求你讓布蘭留在臨冬城,他才七歲呀。"
“I was eight when my father sent me to foster at the Eyrie,” Ned said. “Ser Rodrik tells me there is bad feeling between Robb and Prince Joffrey. That is not healthy. Bran can bridge that distance. He is a sweet boy, quick to laugh, easy to love. Let him grow up with the young princes, let him become their friend as Robert became mine. Our House will be the safer for it.”
"當年我父親把我送去鷹巢城做養子時,我也只有八歲。"奈德道,"羅德利克爵士說羅柏和喬佛里王子處得不太好,這可不是好現象。布蘭恰好可以成為兩家之間的橋梁,他是個可愛的孩子,笑容滿面,討人喜歡,讓他和王子們一同長大,自然而然地產生友誼,就像當年我和勞勃一樣,如此一來我們家族的地位也會更加安全穩固。"
He was right; Catelyn knew it.
凱特琳很清楚他說的是實話,
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。