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When she was done, her uncle remained silent for a long time, as his horse negotiated the steep, rocky trail. Your father must be told, he said at last.
她說完之后，叔叔沉默了很長一段時間，他的坐騎沿著陡峭的巖徑小心下山。這事一定要讓你父親知道，最后他說，
If the Lannisters should march, Winterfell is remote and the Vale walled up behind its mountains, but Riverrun lies right in their path.
如果蘭尼斯特真的出兵，臨冬城距離遙遠，艾林谷有崇山峻嶺，但奔流城恰好在他們必經之路上。
I'd had the same fear, Catelyn admitted. I shall ask Maester Colemon to send a bird when we reach the Eyrie.
這正是我擔憂的，凱特琳坦承，等我們到了鷹巢城，我立刻請柯蒙學士派鳥兒捎信去。
She had other messages to send as well; the commands that Ned had given her for his bannermen, to ready the defenses of the north. What is the mood in the Vale? she asked.
她還有別的消息要送，奈德交代她通知諸侯，命令他們準備防御北方。艾林谷里情勢如何？
Angry, Brynden Tully admitted. Lord Jon was much loved, and the insult was keenly felt when the king named Jaime Lannister to an office the Arryns had held for near three hundred years.
人人都義憤填膺，布林登·徒利說：瓊恩大人深受愛戴，如今國王把一個近三百年來都由艾林家族繼承的職位交給詹姆·蘭尼斯特，大家都覺得深受侮辱。
Lysa has commanded us to call her son the True Warden of the East, but no one is fooled.
萊莎命令我們稱呼她兒子為真正的東境守護，但這騙不了人。
Nor is your sister alone in wondering at the manner of the Hand's death.
至于首相大人的死因，也不只有你妹妹懷疑。
None dare say Jon was murdered, not openly, but suspicion casts a long shadow.
當然，沒人敢公開宣稱瓊恩是被謀害，可這卻是個揮之不去的陰影。
He gave Catelyn a look, his mouth tight. And there is the boy.
他看了凱特琳一眼，嘴巴一抿。還有那孩子的問題。
The boy? What of him? She ducked her head as they passed under a low overhang of rock, and around a sharp turn.
那孩子？他怎么樣？眼前是一塊低垂的巖石，她低下頭，之后他們轉了個大彎。
Her uncle's voice was troubled. Lord Robert, he sighed. Six years old, sickly, and prone to weep if you take his dolls away.
叔叔的口氣憂心忡忡。勞勃公爵，他嘆道，才六歲大，一天到晚生病，拿走他的玩偶他就哭。
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