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The master-at-arms served up only derision. Thorne hated him, Jon had decided; of course, he hated the other boys even worse.
教頭的嘴邊只有嘲笑和譏諷。索恩一定是討厭他，瓊恩暗自認為；不過話說回來，索恩更討厭其他男孩。
That will be all, Thorne told them. I can only stomach so much ineptitude in any one day. If the Others ever come for us, I pray they have archers,
今天就到此為止。索恩告訴他們。我對飯桶可沒什么耐性。假如哪天異鬼真打過來，我倒希望他們帶上弓箭，
because you lot are fit for nothing more than arrow fodder.
因為你們只配當靶子。
Jon followed the rest back to the armory, walking alone.
瓊恩跟著其他人返回兵器庫，孤零零地走在中間。
He often walked alone here. There were almost twenty in the group he trained with, yet not one he could call a friend.
他一直都孤零零的。一起受訓的小隊約有二十人，卻沒有一個稱得上是朋友。
Most were two or three years his senior, yet not one was half the fighter Robb had been at fourteen. Dareon was quick but afraid of being hit.
多數人長他兩三歲，打起來卻連十四歲羅柏的一半都比不上。戴利恩動作敏捷，但很怕挨打；
Pyp used his sword like a dagger, Jeren was weak as a girl, Grenn slow and clumsy. Halder's blows were brutally hard but he ran right into your attacks.
派普老把劍當匕首來使；杰倫弱得像個女孩子；葛蘭遲鈍又笨拙；霍德攻勢雖猛，可總是沒頭沒腦。
The more time he spent with them, the more Jon despised them.
瓊恩越是和這些人交手，就越鄙視他們。
Inside, Jon hung sword and scabbard from a hook in the stone wall, ignoring the others around him.
進到室內，瓊恩把入鞘的劍掛回石墻的鉤子上，刻意不理睬其他人。
Methodically, he began to strip off his mail, leather, and sweat-soaked woolens.
他有條不紊地解下盔甲、皮衣和汗濕的羊毛衫。
Chunks of coal burned in iron braziers at either end of the long room, but Jon found himself shivering. The chill was always with him here.
長長的房間兩端，鐵火盆里的煤炭熊熊燃燒，但瓊恩仍止不住發抖。
In a few years he would forget what it felt like to be warm.
此地，寒意總是如影隨形，想必數年之后他便會忘記溫暖的滋味。
The weariness came on him suddenly, as he donned the roughspun blacks that were their everyday wear.
他穿上日常的粗布黑衣，倦怠感突然排山倒海般朝他襲來。
He sat on a bench, his fingers fumbling with the fastenings on his cloak.
他找條板凳坐下，手指摸索著系上斗篷。
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