The king's melancholy melted away with the morning mist, and before long Robert was eating an orange and waxing fond about a morning at the Eyrie when they had been boys. “had given Jon a barrel of oranges, remember? Only the things had gone rotten, so I flung mine across the table and hit Dacks right in the nose. You remember, Redfort's pock-faced squire? He tossed one back at me, and before Jon could so much as fart, there were oranges flying across the High Hall in every direction.” He laughed uproariously, and even Ned smiled, remembering.
國王先前的感傷隨晨霧散去，片刻之后，勞勃便一邊吃著柑子，一邊開心地說起他們在鷹巢城的童年趣事。"記不記得那個誰送了瓊恩一桶這種柑？可是都放爛了，所以我把我那份朝戴克斯扔去，正中他鼻梁。你記得吧？就是雷德佛那個麻臉侍從。他也扔了一個過來，結果瓊恩連屁都來不及放，整個鷹巢城大廳就柑子滿天飛了。"他開懷大笑，奈德想起往事，也不禁微笑。
This was the boy he had grown up with, he thought; this was the Robert Baratheon he'd known and loved. If he could prove that the Lannisters were behind the attack on Bran, prove that they had murdered Jon Arryn, this man would listen. Then Cersei would fall, and the Kingslayer with her, and if Lord Tywin dared to rouse the west, Robert would smash him as he had smashed Rhaegar Targaryen on the Trident. He could see it all so clearly.
這才是那個和他一起長大的男孩，他心想，這才是那個他認識而深愛的勞勃·拜拉席恩。如果他能證實蘭尼斯特家是殘害布蘭的幕后主謀，證實他們是謀殺瓊恩·艾林的兇犯，這個人一定會聽進去。屆時瑟曦必將受到制裁，"弒君者"也會跟著完蛋，倘若泰溫公爵膽敢興兵作亂，勞勃會像當年在三叉戟河上敲碎雷加·坦格利安一樣，毫不留情地將他徹底擊滅。他可以清楚地看到這一切。
That breakfast tasted better than anything Eddard Stark had eaten in a long time, and afterward his smiles came easier and more often, until it was time for the tournament to resume.
艾德·史塔克已經很久沒有吃過這么愉快的一頓飯，之后他的笑容也變得輕松自如，直到比武大會繼續進行。
Ned walked with the king to the jousting field. He had promised to watch the final tilts with Sansa; Septa Mordane was ill today, and his daughter was determined not to miss the end of the jousting. As he saw Robert to his place, he noted that Cersei Lannister had chosen not to appear; the place beside the king was empty. That too gave Ned cause to hope.
奈德隨同國王走進比武會場。他先前已經答應陪珊莎一起觀賞冠軍決勝戰。茉丹修女今天身體不適，而他女兒心意已決，不想錯過最后的長槍比試。當他護送勞勃到主位坐下時，發現瑟曦·蘭尼斯特故意缺席，國王旁邊的座位是空的。這更增添了他的希望。
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。
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