“Septa Mordane,” Jon told her. “I don’t think she’d like Nymeria helping, either.” The she-wolf regarded him silently with her dark golden eyes. “It’s just as well. I have something for you to take with you, and it has to be packed very carefully.”
"茉丹修女會啰。"瓊恩告訴她,"而且我想她一定不喜歡娜梅莉亞這樣幫忙的。"小母狼靜靜地用她那對深沉的金眸子打量他。"不管了,我有樣東西要讓你帶上,而且這東西必須很妥善地藏好。"
Her face lit up. “A present?”
她的臉龐頓時煥發光芒。"是給我的禮物?"
“You could call it that. Close the door.”
"可以算是。去把門關起來。"
Wary but excited, Arya checked the hall. “Nymeria, here. Guard.” She left the wolf out there to warn of intruders and closed the door. By then Jon had pulled off the rags he’d wrapped it in. He held it out to her.
艾莉亞既興奮又緊張地看看門外的回廊。"娜梅莉亞,守在這兒。"她把小狼留在門外,負責發出警訊,然后關上房門。這時瓊恩已把破布包裹解開,把東西交給她。
Arya’s eyes went wide. Dark eyes, like his. “A sword,” she said in a small, hushed breath.
她睜大雙眼。和他的眼睛一樣,那是雙顏色沉暗的眸子。"是一把劍!"她用細小的聲音說,呼吸急促起來。
The scabbard was soft grey leather, supple as sin. Jon drew out the blade slowly, so she could see the deep blue sheen of the steel. “This is no toy,” he told her. “Be careful you don’t cut yourself. The edges are sharp enough to shave with.”
劍鞘是用柔軟的灰皮革做成,瓊恩緩緩抽出劍,好讓她仔細瞧瞧劍身泛著的深藍色金屬光澤。"這可不是玩具,"他告訴她,"小心不要傷到自己,這把劍很利,利到可以用來刮胡子。"
“Girls don’t shave,” Arya said.
"女生又不用刮胡子。"艾莉亞說。
“Maybe they should. Have you ever seen the septa’s legs?”
"也許女生該刮一刮。你看過修女的腿嗎?"
She giggled at him. “It’s so skinny.”
她朝他咯咯直笑。"看過,你好壞喲。"
“So are you,” Jon told her. “I had Mikken make this special. The bravos use swords like this in Pentos and Myr and the other Free Cities. It won’t hack a man’s head off, but it can poke him full of holes if you’re fast enough.”
"你不也一樣?"瓊恩說,"我請密肯特別打造了這把劍,潘托斯、密爾和其他自由貿易城邦的刺客用的就是這種劍。它雖然無法砍人頭顱,但只要你動作夠快,卻可以輕易地將敵人刺得千瘡百孔。"
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。