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Nymeria was waiting for her in the guardroom at the base of the stairs. She bounded to her feet as soon as she caught sight of Arya. Arya grinned. The wolf pup loved her, even if no one else did. They went everywhere together, and Nymeria slept in her room, at the foot of her bed. If Mother had not forbidden it, Arya would gladly have taken the wolf with her to needlework. Let Septa Mordane complain about her stitches then.
娜梅莉亞一直在樓梯底部的守衛室里等著她。一見艾莉亞的身影，她立刻跳將起來，艾莉亞開心地笑了，就算全世界沒人愛她，最起碼還有這只小狼。她們上哪兒都形影不離，娜梅莉亞晚上就睡在她房間，蜷縮在床腳下。若非母親不準，她原本想把小狼一起帶去針線室。到時候看看茉丹修女還敢不敢批評她的活兒。
Nymeria nipped eagerly at her hand as Arya untied her. She had yellow eyes. When they caught the sunlight, they gleamed like two golden coins. Arya had named her after the warrior queen of the Rhoyne, who had led her people across the narrow sea. That had been a great scandal too. Sansa, of course, had named her pup “Lady.” Arya made a face and hugged the wolfling tight. Nymeria licked her ear, and she giggled.
艾莉亞為她松綁，娜梅莉亞則熱切地舔著她的手，她有雙黃色的眼珠子，陽光一照，亮得就像兩枚金幣。艾莉亞用傳說中率領子民橫渡狹海的戰士女王的名諱為小狼命名，自然也引起了不小的騷動。珊莎呢，不消說，把她的小狼叫做"淑女".想到這兒，艾莉亞扮了個鬼臉，緊緊地抱著小狼。娜梅莉亞舔了舔她耳根，癢得她咯咯直笑。
By now Septa Mordane would certainly have sent word to her lady mother. If she went to her room, they would find her. Arya did not care to be found. She had a better notion. The boys were at practice in the yard. She wanted to see Robb put gallant Prince Joffrey flat on his back. “Come,” she whispered to Nymeria. She got up and ran, the wolf coming hard at her heels.
茉丹修女這時一定已經派人通知她母親大人了，所以她若是直接回房，一定會被逮個正著。艾莉亞可不想被逮著，她心里有個更好的點子。現在剛好是男孩子們在校場上練習比試的時間，她想看看羅柏親手把勇敢的喬佛里王子打成鼻青臉腫的模樣。"來罷。"她朝娜梅莉亞低語，隨即起身邁步飛奔，小狼緊跟在后。
There was a window in the covered bridge between the armory and the Great Keep where you had a view of the whole yard. That was where they headed.
連接主堡和武器庫的密閉橋梁上，有扇窗子可以將整個校場盡收眼底，她要去的就是那地方。
背景介紹：
《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。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
