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12．EDDARD
第十二章 艾德
The summons came in the hour before the dawn, when the world was still and grey.
國王傳喚他時，天還未亮，世界一片寂靜，灰蒙蒙的。
Alyn shook him roughly from his dreams and Ned stumbled into the predawn chill, groggy from sleep, to find his horse saddled and the king already mounted. Robert wore thick brown gloves and a heavy fur cloak with a hood that covered his ears, and looked for all the world like a bear sitting a horse. “Up, Stark!” he roared. “Up, up! We have matters of state to discuss.”
埃林輕輕地將他自夢中搖醒，奈德睡意未消便踉蹌著跌入曙光未露前的清晨，發現自己的坐騎已經鞍轡妥當，而國王本人早已騎乘馬上。勞勃戴著棕色厚手套，身披厚重的套頭毛皮斗篷，看起來活像只騎在馬上的大熊。"史塔克，起床了！"他吼道，"還不快醒醒，咱們有國家大事要商量哪。"
“By all means,” Ned said. “Come inside, Your Grace.” Alyn lifted the flap of the tent.
"遵命，"奈德說，"陛下，請進帳。"埃林聞言掀起簾幕。
“No, no, no,” Robert said. His breath steamed with every word. “The camp is full of ears. Besides, I want to ride out and taste this country of yours.” Ser Boros and Ser Meryn waited behind him with a dozen guardsmen, Ned saw. There was nothing to do but rub the sleep from his eyes, dress, and mount up.
"不不不，"勞勃的呼吸在冷氣里蒸騰："營地里閑雜人等太多，只怕隔墻有耳。況且我想出去走走，順便體驗一下你的北地風光。"奈德這才瞧見柏洛斯爵士和馬林爵士率領十數護衛跟在國王身后。看來除了揉揉惺忪睡眼，更衣上馬之外，別無他法了
Robert set the pace, driving his huge black destrier hard as Ned galloped along beside him, trying to keep up. He called out a question as they rode, but the wind blew his words away, and the king did not hear him. After that Ned rode in silence. They soon left the kingsroad and took off across rolling plains dark with mist. By then the guard had fallen back a small distance, safely out of earshot, but still Robert would not slow.
勞勃騎著他那匹黑色戰馬一路狂奔，奈德也只好跟上。他邊騎邊問了一句，但朔風吹散了他的話音，國王沒有聽見。之后奈德不再發話，只靜靜地騎馬。他們旋即離開國王大道，奔進黑霧濃郁的遼闊平原。此時護衛已離他們有段距離，再聽不見兩人交談，但勞勃仍未減速。
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。
