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“You see Prince Joffrey?” Jon asked.
"你看到喬佛里王子了嗎？"瓊恩問。
She hadn’t, not at first glance, but when she looked again she found him to the back, under the shade of the high stone wall. He was surrounded by men she did not recognize, young squires in the livery of Lannister and Baratheon, strangers all. There were a few older men among them; knights, she surmised.
她原本沒有看到，但仔細一瞧，便發現他站在廣場后方高大石墻的陰影里，身旁圍繞著她不認識的人，他們穿著蘭尼斯特家和拜拉席恩家的制服，大概都是年輕侍從吧。人群里還有幾個年長的，她猜多半是成年騎士。
“Look at the arms on his surcoat,” Jon suggested.
"你瞧瞧他外套上的家徽。"瓊恩提出。
Arya looked. An ornate shield had been embroidered on the prince’s padded surcoat. No doubt the needlework was exquisite. The arms were divided down the middle; on one side was the crowned stag of the royal House, on the other the lion of Lannister.
艾莉亞一看，只見王子外衣上繡了一面華麗無比的盾牌，毫無疑問是極為精巧的手工。這盾牌被分為左右兩半，一邊是代表王室的寶冠雄鹿，另一邊則是蘭尼斯特家族的怒吼雄獅。
“The Lannisters are proud,” Jon observed. “You’d think the royal sigil would be sufficient, but no. He makes his mother’s House equal in honor to the king’s.”
"蘭尼斯特是個驕傲的家族，"瓊恩說，"本來他衣服繡上王族的家徽就夠了，但是他卻把母親那邊的家徽也繡了上去，而且還和王室的紋章平起平坐。"
“The woman is important too!” Arya protested.
"女人也很重要呀！"艾莉亞不禁反駁。
Jon chuckled. “Perhaps you should do the same thing, little sister. Wed Tully to Stark in your arms.”
瓊恩呵呵笑道："小妹呀，那么你也應該有樣學樣，把針線活學好，然后將徒利和史塔克兩家的徽章都繡在衣服上。"
“A wolf with a fish in its mouth?” It made her laugh. “That would look silly. Besides, if a girl can’t fight, why should she have a coat of arms?”
"繡一匹嘴里叼魚的狼么？"她想想就覺得好笑，"那樣看起來好蠢。更何況，又不準女孩子上戰場打仗，那她要家徽做什么用？"
Jon shrugged. “Girls get the arms but not the swords. Bastards get the swords but not the arms. I did not make the rules, little sister.”
瓊恩聳聳肩："女孩子有家徽卻不能拿劍作戰，私生子能拿劍卻沒家徽可繡。小妹，世上的規矩不是我訂的，我也無能為力呀。"
There was a shout from the courtyard below. Prince Tommen was rolling in the dust, trying to get up and failing. All the padding made him look like a turtle on its back. Bran was standing over him with upraised wooden sword, ready to whack him again once he regained his feet. The men began to laugh.
下方廣場傳來一聲大喊，只見托曼王子倒在翻飛塵土里打滾，想站起來卻力不從心，外加綁的那堆皮墊護甲，使他整個人看起來就像只翻過身的烏龜似地在那兒掙扎。布蘭正高舉木劍，站在他旁邊，準備等他一站起來就立刻補上一劍。
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。
