And yet, the thought of leaving angered him as well. So much was still undone. Robert and his council of cravens and flatterers would beggar the realm if left unchecked...or, worse, sell it to the Lannisters in payment of their loans. And the truth of Jon Arryn’s death still eluded him. Oh, he had found a few pieces, enough to convince him that Jon had indeed been murdered, but that was no more than the spoor of an animal on the forest floor. He had not sighted the beast itself yet, though he sensed it was there, lurking, hidden, treacherous.
可另一方面，想到離開卻又叫他惱怒。好多事都還未完成。若不加以管束，勞勃和他滿朝的懦夫和馬屁精會鬧得民窮國枯…甚至可能為了還債，把國家都賣給蘭尼斯特。至于瓊恩·艾林的死亡之謎，則始終困擾著他。噢，他的確找到些線索，足以讓他相信瓊恩確是遭人謀害，但那不過是林中野獸留下的一鱗半爪。他還未親眼目睹野獸本身，然而他感覺得到，它就在那里，潛伏、躲藏、狡詐。
It struck him suddenly that he might return to Winterfell by sea. Ned was no sailor, and ordinarily would have preferred the kingsroad, but if he took ship he could stop at Dragonstone and speak with Stannis Baratheon. Pycelle had sent a raven off across the water, with a polite letter from Ned requesting Lord Stannis to return to his seat on the small council. As yet, there had been no reply, but the silence only deepened his suspicions. Lord Stannis shared the secret Jon Arryn had died for, he was certain of it. The truth he sought might very well be waiting for him on the ancient island fortress of House Targaryen.
他突然想到，或許自己應該走海路回臨冬城。奈德不諳水性，正常狀況下寧可走國王大道，但他若是乘船，則可在龍石島停靠，和史坦尼斯·拜拉席恩談談。派席爾已經送了只烏鴉飛越狹海，帶上奈德的一封信，信中禮貌地請求史坦尼斯公爵回到朝中奉職，卻至今沒有回音。對方的沉默只加深了他的懷疑。史坦尼斯一定知道瓊恩·艾林何以喪命的秘密，這點他很確定。他所冀求的事實真相，很可能就在坦格利安家族的古老島嶼要塞里等著他。
And when you have it, what then? Some secrets are safer kept hidden. Some secrets are too dangerous to share, even with those you love and trust.
就算你查出真相，又能怎么樣呢？有些秘密最好永遠埋藏，有些秘密太危險，不能與他人分享，即便是那些你所深愛和相信的人。
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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