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Tyrion had heard that elsewhere along the Wall, between the three fortresses, the wildwood had come creeping back over the decades,
但提利昂聽說，這幾十年來，野生的樹林已經在三座堡壘之間的某些要塞處重新長了回來，
that there were places where grey-green sentinels and pale white weirwoods had taken root in the shadow of the Wall itself,
灰綠的哨兵樹和慘白的魚梁木已經根深蒂固地落腳于城墻陰影之下。
but Castle Black had a prodigious appetite for firewood, and here the forest was still kept at bay by the axes of the black brothers.
好在黑城堡柴火用量驚人，黑衫弟兄們才得以用斧頭把樹林排拒在外。
It was never far, though. From up here Tyrion could see it, the dark trees looming beyond the stretch of open ground,
雖然如此，森林卻也離他們不遠。站在這里，提利昂可以看到陰暗的樹木籠罩著空地的邊緣，
like a second wall built parallel to the first, a wall of night.
如同又一道與城墻平行的暗夜長城。
Few axes had ever swung in that black wood, where even the moonlight could not penetrate the ancient tangle of root and thorn and grasping limb.
即便月光，也無法穿透那亙古的盤根錯節，所以鮮少有人前去伐木。
Out there the trees grew huge, and the rangers said they seemed to brood and knew not men. It was small wonder the Night's Watch named it the haunted forest.
游騎兵說那里的樹長得奇高無比，看起來像在沉思冥想，厭惡活人。難怪守夜人稱其為鬼影森林。
As he stood there and looked at all that darkness with no fires burning anywhere, with the wind blowing and the cold like a spear in his guts,
提利昂站著遠望，四周寂靜黑暗，全無燈火光影，勁風疾襲，冷如刀割。
Tyrion Lannister felt as though he could almost believe the talk of the Others, the enemy in the night. His jokes of grumkins and snarks no longer seemed quite so droll.
他突然覺得自己仿佛開始相信關于人類公敵、寒夜異鬼的種種傳說，他那些古靈精怪的玩笑也不再輕薄。
My uncle is out there, Jon Snow said softly, leaning on his spear as he stared off into the darkness.
我叔叔就在那兒。瓊恩·雪諾拄著長矛，望向無盡黑暗，輕聲道。
The first night they sent me up here, I thought, Uncle Benjen will ride back tonight, and I'll see him first and blow the horn.
他們派我上來的第一個晚上，我以為班揚叔叔當晚便會回來，我會第一個見著他，吹響報訊的號角。
He never came, though. Not that night and not any night.
只是他當夜沒有回來，一直沒有。而我夜夜都在等他。
Give him time, Tyrion said.
多給他點時間罷。提利昂說。
Far off to the north, a wolf began to howl. Another voice picked up the call, then another. Ghost cocked his head and listened.
遙遙北疆傳來一聲狼嚎，跟著一只接一只的狼加入長吼。白靈側頭傾聽。
If he doesn't come back, Jon Snow promised, Ghost and I will go find him.
如果他不回來，瓊恩·雪諾向他保證。我就和白靈一起去找他。
He put his hand on the direwolf's head.
他把手放在冰原狼的頭上。
I believe you, Tyrion said, but what he thought was, And who will go find you? He shivered.
我相信你。提利昂說，然而他心里想的卻是：在那之后，派誰去找你呢？他不禁打了個冷顫。
