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Sam told the tale in a calm, dead voice, as if it were something that had happened to someone else, not to him.
山姆用種平靜而死板的聲音說著故事，仿佛這事發生在別人身上，而不是他自己。
And strangely, Jon thought, he did not weep, not even once. When he was done, they sat together and listened to the wind for a time.
奇怪的是，瓊恩心想，他竟然停下來不哭了。他說完后，兩人坐在一起聽夜風。
There was no other sound in all the world.
全世界沒有旁的聲音。
Finally Jon said, We should go back to the common hall.
最后瓊恩道：我們該回大廳去了。
Why? Sam asked.
怎么？
Jon shrugged. There's hot cider to drink, or mulled wine if you prefer.
瓊恩聳聳肩。那兒有熱蘋果酒可喝，不然你也可以喝燙過的葡萄酒。
Some nights Dareon sings for us, if the mood is on him. He was a singer, before...well, not truly, but almost, an apprentice singer.
戴利恩心情好的話，會唱歌給我們聽。來這兒之前，他原本…呃，是個歌手，嗯，可能不很專業啦，但挺不賴，算是未出師的歌手罷。
How did he come here? Sam asked.
他怎么會來這兒？山姆問。
Lord Rowan of Goldengrove found him in bed with his daughter.
金樹城的羅宛伯爵發現女兒被他睡了。
The girl was two years older, and Dareon swears she helped him through her window, but under her father's eye she named it rape, so here he is.
那個女的大他兩歲，戴利恩發誓是她幫他爬進臥室窗戶的，可在父親嚴厲的目光下，她指稱自己是被強暴，于是他就來啦。
When Maester Aemon heard him sing, he said his voice was honey poured over thunder. Jon smiled.
伊蒙師傅聽過他唱歌后，說他的聲音像加了蜜的雷。瓊恩微笑。
Toad sometimes sings too, if you call it singing. Drinking songs he learned in his father's winesink.
陶德有時也唱歌，如果你把那也算做是歌的話。他都唱些打他爹那兒學來的飲酒歌。
Pyp says his voice is piss poured over a fart. They laughed at that together.
派普說他的聲音是加了尿的屁。兩人齊聲哈哈大笑。
I should like to hear them both, Sam admitted, but they would not want me there. His face was troubled. He's going to make me fight again on the morrow, isn't he?
他們兩人的歌聲我都想聽聽，山姆承認。但他們不會歡迎我的。他滿臉愁容道，他明天還會逼我打架，對吧？
He is, Jon was forced to say.
沒錯。瓊恩很不情愿地說。
背景介紹:
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