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My door is always open to the Night's Watch, Father said.
我家的門永遠為守夜人而開。父親說。
Desmond ushered the man inside. He was stooped and ugly, with an unkempt beard and unwashed clothes, yet Father greeted him pleasantly and asked his name.
戴斯蒙請那人進來。他駝著背，長相奇丑，一把未經修整的雜亂胡子，衣服也像是很久沒洗了，但父親依舊很愉快地問候他，并詢問他的姓名。
Yoren, as it please m'lord. My pardons for the hour. He bowed to Arya. And this must be your son. He has your look.
老爺，我叫尤倫。這么晚來打擾，真對不住。他向艾莉亞鞠躬。這一定是您的公子，長得跟您真像。
I'm a girl, Arya said, exasperated. If the old man was down from the Wall, he must have come by way of Winterfell.
我是女孩。艾莉亞氣急敗壞地說。假如這老頭是從長城來的，那他一定會經過臨冬城。
Do you know my brothers? she asked excitedly. Robb and Bran are at Winterfell, and Jon's on the Wall.
你認識我哥哥和弟弟嗎？她興奮地問，羅柏和布蘭在臨冬城，瓊恩在長城。
Jon Snow, he's in the Night's Watch too, you must know him, he has a direwolf, a white one with red eyes.
瓊恩·雪諾，他也是守夜人，你一定認識的，他有只冰原狼，白色的毛，紅色的眼睛。
Is Jon a ranger yet? I'm Arya Stark. The old man in his smelly black clothes was looking at her oddly, but Arya could not seem to stop talking.
瓊恩當上游騎兵了嗎？穿臭衣服的老人一直用古怪的眼神看著她，但艾莉亞停不下來。
When you ride back to the Wall, would you bring Jon a letter if I wrote one? She wished Jon were here right now.
如果我寫封信，你回長城去的時候，可不可以幫我帶給瓊恩？她好希望瓊恩此刻就在這里，
He'd believe her about the dungeons and the fat man with the forked beard and the wizard in the steel cap.
他一定會相信她的，不管是地城、長八字胡的胖子，還是戴鋼盔的巫師。
My daughter often forgets her courtesies, Eddard Stark said with a faint smile that softened his words. I beg your forgiveness, Yoren. Did my brother Benjen send you?
小女時常忘記應有的禮數，艾德·史塔克道。他掛著一抹淡淡的微笑，舒緩了他的口氣。尤倫，還請你見諒。是我弟弟班揚派你來的么？
No one sent me, m'lord, saving old Mormont.
大人，派我來的不是別人，是老莫爾蒙。
I'm here to find men for the Wall, and when Robert next holds court, I'll bend the knee and cry our need, see if the king and his Hand have some scum in the dungeons they'd be well rid of.
我是來尋找把守長城的人手，等下次勞勃上朝，我就要去卑躬屈膝，跟他說明我們的需要，看看國王和他的首相在他們的地牢里有沒有想處理掉的人渣。
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