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Then it was up onto a new mule and out again into the starlight.
隨后她們騎上新騾子，在星光照耀下再度出發。
The second part of the ascent seemed more treacherous to Catelyn.
凱特琳覺得這次的山路更為艱險，
The trail was steeper, the steps more worn, and here and there littered with pebbles and broken stone.
不僅路徑更陡，石階磨損得厲害，地上也散滿了小圓石和巖石碎片。
Mya had to dismount a half-dozen times to move fallen rocks from their path.
有好幾次米亞都得下騾，清開路上的落石。
You don't want your mule to break a leg up here, she said. Catelyn was forced to agree.
若是騾子在這里摔斷腿，那可就危險了。她說。凱特琳只有同意的份。
She could feel the altitude more now.
此時她已經能切身感受所處的高度，
The trees were sparser up here, and the wind blew more vigorously, sharp gusts that tugged at her clothing and pushed her hair into her eyes.
這里林木漸稀，風勢轉強，拉扯著她的衣服，把頭發吹進眼睛里。
From time to time the steps doubled back on themselves, and she could see Stone below them, and the Gates of the Moon farther down, its torches no brighter than candles.
山路不斷迂回盤旋，因此她可以看見下面的危巖堡，以及更下方的月門堡，那里的火光好似燭焰一般。
Snow was smaller than Stone, a single fortified tower and a timber keep and stable hidden behind a low wall of unmortared rock.
雪山堡比危巖堡小得多，只有一座加固的塔樓，一座木料搭建的主堡，以及躲在低矮石墻后的馬廄。
Yet it nestled against the Giant's Lance in such a way as to command the entire stone stair above the lower waycastle.
圍墻砌得很粗糙，沒有涂上灰泥。雖然如此，它卻緊靠著巨人之槍，形勢足以掌控危巖堡以上所有的石階。
An enemy intent on the Eyrie would have to fight his way from Stone step by step, while rocks and arrows rained down from Snow above.
若有敵人想動鷹巢城的主意，他就得從危巖堡一階一階地打上來，同時還必須承受自雪山堡如雨般落下的飛箭和落石。
The commander, an anxious young knight with a pockmarked face, offered bread and cheese and the chance to warm themselves before his fire, but Mya declined.
這里的指揮官是個一臉麻子、焦躁不安的年輕騎士。他拿面包和乳酪招待她們，并請兩人到他的火爐邊取暖，但米亞婉拒了。
We ought to keep going, my lady, she said. If it please you. Catelyn nodded.
夫人，我們應該繼續走，她說：如果您愿意的話。凱特琳點點頭。
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