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Who do you belong to, boy? the septa demanded. Answer me. What's wrong with you, are you mute?
小弟弟，你是誰家的孩子？修女質問，告訴我。你怎么了？你是啞巴嗎？
Arya's voice caught in her throat. If she answered, Tommen and Myrcella would know her for certain.
艾莉亞的話音卡在喉嚨里。如果她出聲回答，托曼和彌賽菈一定會認出她來。
Godwyn, bring him here, the septa said. The taller of the guardsmen started down the alley.
高德溫，把他帶過來。修女說。長得較高的那名衛士朝小巷的這邊走來。
Panic gripped her throat like a giant's hand. Arya could not have spoken if her life had hung on it. Calm as still water, she mouthed silently.
恐慌如巨人的手攫住她的喉嚨，艾莉亞知道自己命懸于此，不發出半點聲音。止如水，她在心里默念。
As Godwyn reached for her, Arya moved. Quick as a snake. She leaned to her left, letting his fingers brush her arm, spinning around him. Smooth as summer silk. By the time he got himself turned, she was sprinting down the alley. Swift as a deer. The septa was screeching at her. Arya slid between legs as thick and white as marble columns, bounded to her feet, bowled into Prince Tommen and hopped over him when he sat down hard and said Oof, spun away from the second guard, and then she was past them all, running full out.
就在高德溫伸手的前一刻，艾莉亞采取了行動。迅如蛇。她重心左移，他的手指擦臂而過。她繞過他。柔如絲。待他轉身，她已朝巷口飛奔而去。疾如鹿。修女朝她尖叫，艾莉亞從她兩條粗得像白色大理石柱的腿中間鉆過去，站起身，迎面撞上托曼王子，他哎喲一聲重重坐倒。她從他身上跳過，閃開第二個侍衛，然后她便擺脫他們，全速逃走。
She heard shouts, then pounding footsteps, closing behind her. She dropped and rolled. The red cloak went careening past her, stumbling. Arya sprang back to her feet. She saw a window above her, high and narrow, scarcely more than an arrow slit. Arya leapt, caught the sill, pulled herself up. She held her breath as she wriggled through. Slippery as an eel.
她聽見叫喊，緊接著是砰砰砰的腳步迅速朝她逼近。她身子一蹲，著地滾開。紅衣衛士踉蹌著沖過她身邊，差點跌倒。艾莉亞一躍起身，看到頭上有扇又高又窄的窗子，比城墻上的射箭孔大不了多少，便向上一跳，攀住窗臺，往上拉升，閉著氣往里擠。滑如鰻。
背景介紹:
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