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The sweet cakes had been soaked with honey, rich and heavy on the tongue, but how Catelyn had dreaded those smiles. The sourleaf had stained Masha's teeth a dark red, and made her smile a bloody horror.
她的蛋糕浸過蜂蜜，吃起來香味濃郁。只是凱特琳很怕她的笑容，因為煙草把牙齒染成了暗紅色，笑起來似乎血淋淋，怪嚇人的。
An inn, Ser Rodrik repeated wistfully. If only...but we dare not risk it.If we wish to remain unknown, I think it best we seek out some small holdfast. He broke off as they heard sounds up the road; splashing water, the clink of mail, a horse's whinny. Riders, he warned, his hand dropping to the hilt of his sword. Even on the kingsroad, it never hurt to be wary.
有旅館當然好，羅德利克爵士滿心向往地重復了一遍。不過……我們最好還是別冒險，為了避免被人認出，還是找家民居借宿比較妥…這時路上傳來盔甲鏗鏘、馬匹嘶鳴和雨水濺灑的聲音，他急忙住口。有人。他一邊出聲警告，一邊伸手握住劍柄。即便是在國王大道，小心謹慎也絕對有益無害。
They followed the sounds around a lazy bend of the road and saw them; a column of armed men noisily fording a swollen stream. Catelyn reined up to let them pass. The banner in the hand of the foremost rider hung sodden and limp, but the guardsmen wore indigo cloaks and on their shoulders flew the silver eagle of Seagard. Mallisters, Ser Rodrik whispered to her, as if she had not known. My lady, best pull up your hood.
他們循聲而去，繞過一個慵懶的彎道，看見那一群成縱隊行進的人馬，全副武裝，正嘈雜地渡過漲水的溪流。凱特琳拉住韁繩讓他們先行。騎在隊伍前列的人高舉的旗幟已然濕透，垂掛下來，看不清晰。但來人都穿著藍紫色的披風，海疆城的銀色飛鷹紋章在肩頭飛揚。是梅利斯特家的人。羅德利克爵士朝她耳語，生怕她不知道。夫人，我看您還是把兜帽拉起來吧。
Catelyn made no move. Lord Jason Mallister himself rode with them, surrounded by his knights, his son Patrek by his side and their squires close behind. They were riding for King's Landing and the Hand's tourney, she knew. For the past week, the travelers had been thick as flies upon the kingsroad; knights and freeriders, singers with their harps and drums, heavy wagons laden with hops or corn or casks of honey, traders and craftsmen and whores, and all of them moving south.
凱特琳沒有照辦。杰森·梅利斯特伯爵本人就在隊伍里面，騎士們圍繞四周，身邊是兒子派崔克，侍從們則跟在后方。她一眼就看出他們是趕往君臨參加首相的比武大會。過去這一個星期，國王大道上到處都是騎士和自由騎手，帶著豎琴和皮鼓的吟游詩人，滿載啤酒花、玉米和一桶桶蜂蜜的馬車，還有生意人，工匠和妓女，洶涌的人潮使得國王大道擁擠不堪，所有人都往南走。
背景介紹:
《權力的游戲》是一部中世紀史詩奇幻題材的電視連續劇。該劇以美國作家喬治·R·R·馬丁的奇幻巨作《冰與火之歌》七部曲為基礎改編創作，由大衛·貝尼奧夫和丹尼爾·威斯編劇、HBO電視網推出。喬治·雷蒙德·理查德·馬丁是歐美奇幻小說大師。馬丁的作品主要以人物為關注點，描寫細膩豐富，突破了幻想文學界固有的創作模式，多次引領閱讀潮流。由于馬丁的輝煌成就，他被譽為美國的托爾金和新世紀的海明威。從1989年開始，馬丁淡出文學界，轉而投身演藝界發展，1996年他才重返文壇而開始奇幻文學的創作，處女作便是《權力的游戲》，即為《冰與火之歌》的首部曲。《權力的游戲》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻獎和星云獎年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不記名奇幻作品投票中，《冰與火之歌》儼然已經可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者網站的訪問量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.羅琳等不相上下，其受歡迎的程度可見一斑。喬治馬丁被時代雜志評選為2011年影響世界的一百人之一。
