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I am the blood of the dragon, she told herself again.
"我是真龍傳人。"她再度對自己說。
When at last the sun was low in the sky, Khal Drogo clapped his hands together, and the drums and the shouting and feasting came to a sudden halt. Drogo stood and pulled Dany to her feet beside him. It was time for her bride gifts.
最后，夕陽漸漸西落，卓戈卡奧拍拍手，所有的鼓聲、叫喊和飲宴歡鬧頓時戛然而止。卓戈起身，然后扶丹妮起來。贈送新娘禮的儀式開始了。
And after the gifts, she knew, after the sun had gone down, it would be time for the first ride and the consummation of her marriage. Dany tried to put the thought aside, but it would not leave her. She hugged herself to try to keep from shaking.
可她很清楚，當贈禮儀式結束，太陽下山之后，她就算是真正結婚。丹妮試圖拋開這個念頭，卻徒勞無功，只能繃緊身子，想盡辦法不要顫抖。
Her brother Viserys gifted her with three handmaids. Dany knew they had cost him nothing; Illyrio no doubt had provided the girls. Irri and Jhiqui were copper-skinned Dothraki with black hair and almond-shaped eyes, Doreah a fair-haired, blue-eyed Lysene girl. “These are no common servants, sweet sister,” her brother told her as they were brought forward one by one. “Illyrio and I selected them personally for you. Irri will teach you riding, Jhiqui the Dothraki tongue, and Doreah will instruct you in the womanly arts of love.” He smiled thinly. “She’s very good, Illyrio and I can both swear to that.”
哥哥韋賽里斯送她三位女仆——丹妮知道他根本沒花半文錢，必定是伊利里歐掏的腰包——其中伊麗和姬琪是生著杏眼，黑發褐膚的多斯拉克人，多莉亞則是金發藍眼的里斯女孩。"好妹妹，這些可不是普通奴婢，"她們被依序帶到她跟前時，哥哥告訴她，"都是我和伊利里歐精心為你挑選的。伊麗會教你騎馬，姬琪會教你多斯拉克語，多莉亞則會教你床上功夫。"他淺淺一笑，"她可是這方面的專家，我和伊利里歐都可以保證。"
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。
