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Dawn broke as they crested a low ridge, and finally the king pulled up. By then they were miles south of the main party. Robert was flushed and exhilarated as Ned reined up beside him. “Gods,” he swore, laughing, “it feels good to get out and ride the way a man was meant to ride! I swear, Ned, this creeping along is enough to drive a man mad.” He had never been a patient man, Robert Baratheon. “That damnable wheelhouse, the way it creaks and groans, climbing every bump in the road as if it were a mountain?.?.?.?I promise you, if that wretched thing breaks another axle, I’m going to burn it, and Cersei can walk!”
直到他們登上一道低緩山脊，晨曦初露，國王方才慢下腳步，此時他們已在營地南方數里之遙。奈德跟上勞勃，只見他滿臉通紅，神采飛揚。"媽的，"他笑著咒道，"到野外像個男人一樣騎他媽一段可真痛快！我告訴你，奈德，那慢吞吞的牛步會把人給逼瘋的。"勞勃·拜拉席恩向來不是個有耐性的人。"瞧那天殺的輪宮嘰嘰嘎嘎的呻吟模樣，遇到石子都一副爬山的樣子……那鬼東西敢再給我斷根車軸，我保證放火燒了它，然后叫瑟曦跟著走路！"
Ned laughed. “I will gladly light the torch for you.”
奈德笑道："那我很樂意為您點火。"
“Good man!” The king clapped him on the shoulder. “I’ve half a mind to leave them all behind and just keep going.”
"說得好！"國王拍拍他肩膀，"我還真想丟下他們，就這樣騎下去呢。"
A smile touched Ned’s lips. “I do believe you mean it.”
一抹笑意浮上奈德嘴角。"我相信您是認真的。"
“I do, I do,” the king said. “What do you say, Ned? Just you and me, two vagabond knights on the kingsroad, our swords at our sides and the gods know what in front of us, and maybe a farmer’s daughter or a tavern wench to warm our beds tonight.”
"那當然，那當然。"國王道，"奈德，你覺得怎樣？就咱兩個游俠騎士仗劍闖江湖，兵來將擋，水來土淹。晚上便找個農夫女兒或是酒店侍女幫咱們溫床。"
“Would that we could,” Ned said, “but we have duties now, my liege?.?.?.?to the realm, to our children, I to my lady wife and you to your queen. We are not the boys we were.”
"果真如此倒好，"奈德說，"但是陛下，如今我們有責任在身……不只是對整個王國，更要對我們的子女負責，何況我有我的夫人，您有您的王后，我們已經不再是當年的年輕小伙了。"
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。
