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I'm not a beggar, she said. I live here.
我不是乞丐，她說：我住這里。
I said, off with you. Do you need a clout on the ear to help your hearing?
我說快滾。還是要賞你兩個耳刮子才聽得懂？
I want to see my father.
我要找我父親。
The guards exchanged a glance. I want to fuck the queen myself, for all the good it does me, the younger one said.
兩個守衛交換了眼神。我還要搞王后咧。年輕的那個說。
The older scowled. Who's this father of yours, boy, the city ratcatcher?
比較老的那個皺眉道：小子，你老爸是誰？抓老鼠的么？
The Hand of the King, Arya told him.
他是御前首相。艾莉亞告訴他們。
Both men laughed, but then the older one swung his fist at her, casually, as a man would swat a dog. Arya saw the blow coming even before it began.
兩人哈哈大笑，緊接著老的那個一拳揮來，隨隨便便，像人欺負狗一樣。艾莉亞早在他動手前便看清了，
She danced back out of the way, untouched. I'm not a boy, she spat at them.
她往后輕輕退開，毫發未損。我不是小子，她朝他們吐口水，
I'm Arya Stark of Winterfell, and if you lay a hand on me my lord father will have both your heads on spikes.
我是臨冬城的艾莉亞·史塔克，你要是敢碰我，我老爸會把你們兩個的頭砍下來掛在槍上。
If you don't believe me, fetch Jory Cassel or Vayon Poole from the Tower of the Hand. She put her hands on her hips.
如果你們不相信我，就去首相塔找喬里·凱索和維揚·普爾問問。她把小手背在身后。
Now are you going to open the gate, or do you need a clout on the ear to help your hearing?
你們是開門，還是要賞兩個耳刮子才聽得懂？
Her father was alone in the solar when Harwin and Fat Tom marched her in, an oil lamp glowing softly at his elbow.
哈爾溫和胖湯姆把她送回去時，父親正獨自一人坐在書房，肘邊一盞油燈發出柔亮的光。
He was bent over the biggest book Arya had ever seen, a great thick tome with cracked yellow pages of crabbed script, bound between faded leather covers,
他彎身讀著艾莉亞生平所見最大的一本書，這本厚重的書有著破爛的泛黃書頁，上面密密麻麻寫滿了字，封皮則是褪色的皮革。
but he closed it to listen to Harwin's report. His face was stern as he sent the men away with thanks.
他一臉嚴肅地向手下道謝，并把他們送走。
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