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Ours is a striding hutsman, Samwell Tarly said.
我們家是健步獵人。山姆威爾·塔利說。
Do you like to hunt?
你喜歡打獵？
The fat boy shuddered. I hate it. He looked as though he was going to cry again.
胖男孩聽了渾身發抖，最討厭了，他似乎又要哭起來。
What's wrong now? Jon asked him. Why are you always so frightened?
又怎么了？瓊恩問他，你怎么老是怕東怕西？
Sam stared at the last of his pork pie and gave a feeble shake of his head, too scared even to talk.
山姆盯著最后一個豬肉餡餅，虛弱地搖搖頭，嚇得連話都不敢說。
A burst of laughter filled the hall. Jon heard Pyp squeaking in a high voice.He stood. Let's go outside.
大廳里突然響起一陣哄笑，瓊恩聽到派普用假音發出怪叫。他站起身。我們出去吧。
The round fat face looked up at him, suspicious. Why? What will we do outside?
肥大的圓臉抬起來，狐疑地看著他。干嘛？出去做什么？
Talk, Jon said. Have you seen the Wall?
聊天。瓊恩道，你看到長城了嗎？
I'm fat, not blind, Samwell Tarly said. Of course I saw it, it's seven hundred feet high.
我胖雖胖，眼睛可沒瞎。山姆威爾·塔利說，我當然看見了，它有七百尺高哩。
Yet he stood up all the same, wrapped a fur-lined cloak over his shoulders, and followed Jon from the common hall, still wary, as if he suspected some cruel trick was waiting for him in the night.
但他還是站了起來，裹起一件絨毛滾邊的披風，隨瓊恩走出大廳。他依舊提心吊膽，仿佛懷疑有什么卑劣的惡作劇在門外的暗夜等候他。
Ghost padded along beside them. I never thought it would be like this, Sam said as they walked, his words steaming in the cold air.
白靈跟在他們身邊。我真沒想到是這樣，山姆邊走邊說，呼息在冷氣里凝成白霧。
Already he was huffing and puffing as he tried to keep up. All the buildings are falling down, and it's so...so...
他光是跟上腳步，就已經累得氣喘吁吁。所有的房舍都破敗不堪，而且這兒好…好…
Cold? A hard frost was settling over the castle, and Jon could hear the soft crunch of grey weeds beneath his boots.
好冷？厚厚的凍霜正逐漸籠罩城堡，瓊恩感覺得到灰色的野草在他腳下咯啦碎裂。
Sam nodded miserably. I hate the cold, he said. Last night I woke up in the dark and the fire had gone out and I was certain I was going to freeze to death by morning.
山姆悲苦地點頭。我最怕冷了，他說，昨晚我半夜醒來，屋里黑漆漆的，火也熄了，我本以為等到今早上，自己一定會活活凍死。
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