And while Robert had been riding north to Winterfell, Stannis had removed himself to Dragonstone, the Targaryen island fastness he had conquered in his brother's name. He had given no word as to when he might return. Where did they go on these rides? Ned asked.
當(dāng)勞勃北訪臨冬城時，史坦尼斯也躲回了龍石島—那座多年前他以哥哥的名義，從坦格利安家族手中奪來的海島要塞—并只字未提何時歸來。他們都騎馬上哪兒？奈德問。
The boy says that they visited a brothel.
那小子說上妓院去。
A brothel? Ned said. The Lord of the Eyrie and Hand of the King visited a brothel with Stannis Baratheon? He shook his head, incredulous, wondering what Lord Renly would make of this tidbit. Robert's lusts were the subject of ribald drinking songs throughout the realm, but Stannis was a different sort of man; a bare year younger than the king, yet utterly unlike him, stern, humorless, unforgiving, grim in his sense of duty.
上妓院？奈德道，鷹巢城公爵、御前首相和史坦尼斯·拜拉席恩一起上妓院？他難以置信地?fù)u頭，心里暗想要是藍(lán)禮大人聽了不知會作何反應(yīng)。勞勃性好漁色舉國皆知，成天有人拿來編歌取笑，但史坦尼斯可不一樣。他雖只比國王小一歲，個性卻是天壤之別：嚴(yán)峻、缺乏幽默感，從不輕易寬恕他人，重視責(zé)任到幾近冷酷的地步。
The boy insists it's true. The Hand took three guardsmen with him, and the boy says they were joking of it when he took their horses afterward.
小伙子堅持說這是真的。首相大人隨身帶了三個侍衛(wèi)，小伙子說事后幫他們牽馬時，聽見他們拿這事開玩笑。
Which brothel? Ned asked.
是哪家妓院？奈德問。
The boy did not know. The guards would.
小伙子也不知道，那幾個侍衛(wèi)應(yīng)該知道。
A pity Lysa carried them off to the Vale, Ned said dryly. The gods are doing their best to vex us.Lady Lysa, Maester Colemon, Lord Stannis...everyone who might actually know the truth of what happened to Jon Arryn is a thousand leagues away.
只可惜萊莎把他們都帶回艾林谷去了。奈德干澀地說，諸神真是想盡辦法阻撓我們。萊莎夫人、柯蒙學(xué)士，還有史坦尼斯大人…每一個可能知道真相的人都在千里之外。
Will you summon Lord Stannis back from Dragonstone?
您要不要把史坦尼斯大人從龍石島給召回來？
Not yet, Ned said. Not until I have a better notion of what this is all about and where he stands. The matter nagged at him. Why did Stannis leave? Had he played some part in Jon Arryn's murder? Or was he afraid?
還不是時候，奈德道，等我進(jìn)一步了解內(nèi)情，并弄清楚他站在哪一邊再說。這事真教他心煩。史坦尼斯為何離開？難道謀害瓊恩·艾林他也有份？難道他在害怕？
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