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One did not say no to the queen’s brother, of course, so that had settled the matter, but Stark had not been happy. “You will not like the ride, I promise you that,” he’d said curtly, and since the moment they set out, he had done all he could to live up to that promise.
當然，沒人敢對王后的弟弟說不，所以事情就算這么定了，但班揚依舊很不高興。"我保證你不會喜歡這趟旅程。"他很不客氣地回敬，而自隊伍出發以來，他也果真盡其所能讓此話成真。
By the end of the first week, Tyrion’s thighs were raw from hard riding, his legs were cramping badly, and he was chilled to the bone. He did not complain. He was damned if he would give Benjen Stark that satisfaction.
到第一周結束前，提利昂的大腿因為長途跋涉被磨壞了，兩條腿都夾得生疼，寒風刺到了骨子里。他并沒有抱怨。要是抱怨，班揚·史塔克說不定多高興呢。
He took a small revenge in the matter of his riding fur, a tattered bearskin, old and musty-smelling. Stark had offered it to him in an excess of Night’s Watch gallantry, no doubt expecting him to graciously decline. Tyrion had accepted with a smile. He had brought his warmest clothing with him when they rode out of Winterfell, and soon discovered that it was nowhere near warm enough. It was cold up here, and growing colder. The nights were well below freezing now, and when the wind blew it was like a knife cutting right through his warmest woolens. By now Stark was no doubt regretting his chivalrous impulse. Perhaps he had learned a lesson. The Lannisters never declined, graciously or otherwise. The Lannisters took what was offered.
提利昂倒是在御寒皮衣上扳回一城，原本史塔克故作殷勤地獻上一件滿溢腥羶，老舊破爛的熊皮，以表現守夜人的濟弱扶貧，顯然希望他會礙于禮數婉拒，但提利昂微笑著收下。離開臨冬城的時候，他帶上了所有最暖和的衣服，隨即卻發現根本不夠。這里真是冷得嚇人，而且氣溫還在不斷下降。夜里的溫度早已降至冰點以下，每當朔風吹起，便如尖刀般割進他最暖和的羊皮衣。想必史塔克此時正為自己一時興起的騎士精神后悔吧。也許他會從中學到教訓：蘭尼斯特家人來者不拒，管他什么禮數，只要別人給，我就敢拿。
Farms and holdfasts grew scarcer and smaller as they pressed northward, ever deeper into the darkness of the wolfswood, until finally there were no more roofs to shelter under, and they were thrown back on their own resources.
越往北行，愈加深入狼林的幽暗國度，農莊田舍便更見疏落，終至人跡絕響，驟然遺世獨立。
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。
