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That would be a stroke of fortune, my lord, Jory said.
那可就真是諸神眷顧了，老爺。喬里說。
Ned buckled on a longsword. In other words, not bloody likely. His smile was grim.
奈德系上一柄長劍。換言之，大概他媽的不可能。他無奈地笑笑。
Jory draped Ned's cloak across his shoulders and clasped it at the throat with the Hand's badge of office.
喬里把奈德的披風搭上他的肩膀，在喉嚨的地方用首相的徽章扣住。
The armorer lives above his shop, in a large house at the top of the Street of Steel. Alyn knows the way, my lord.
這武器師傅住在他店面樓上，就鋼鐵街頂的一棟大房子。埃林認得路，老爺。
Ned nodded.
奈德點點頭。
The gods help this potboy if he's sent me off haring after shadows.
要是這拉車小廝撒謊，就只有天上諸神能救他了。
It was a slim enough staff to lean on, but the Jon Arryn that Ned Stark had known was not one to wear jeweled and silvered plate.
雖然這實在不像是條可靠的線索，但奈德·史塔克所認識的瓊恩·艾林可不會穿什么鑲珠寶的銀鎧甲。
Steel was steel; it was meant for protection, not ornament.
他說過：鎧甲就是鎧甲，用來防身，而非裝飾。
He might have changed his views, to be sure.
當然，他也有可能改變想法，
He would scarcely have been the first man who came to look on things differently after a few years at court...but the change was marked enough to make Ned wonder.
在宮里待過十幾年，再怎么也不可能和從前一模一樣…然而這個轉變未免太大，奈德實在無法釋懷。
Is there any other service I might perform?
還有什么需要我效勞？
I suppose you'd best begin visiting whorehouses.
你可以準備上妓院了。
Hard duty, my lord. Jory grinned.
老爺，這是苦差事啊。喬里嘻嘻笑道。
The men will be glad to help. Porther has made a fair start already.
我想大伙兒都會很樂意幫忙，波瑟早就迫不及待，自己先去了。
Ned's favorite horse was saddled and waiting in the yard.Varly and Jacks fell in beside him as he rode through the yard.
奈德最心愛的坐騎已經上好馬鞍，正在庭院里等他。他穿過場子，瓦利和杰克斯一左一右跟了上來。
Their steel caps and shirts of mail must have been sweltering, yet they said no word of complaint.
在這種大熱天，穿戴鋼頭盔和鎧甲一定汗流浹背，但他們半聲怨言也無。
As Lord Eddard passed beneath the King's Gate into the stink of the city, his grey and white cloak streaming from his shoulders,he saw eyes everywhere and kicked his mount into a trot.
艾德公爵身披灰白相間的長披風，策馬穿過國王大門，進入臭氣四溢的城區，立時感覺到四處都是眼線。他一踢馬肚，絕塵而去。
His guard followed.
兩名侍衛緊跟在后。
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