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So you are. Robb sounded sad, and even a little scared. Bran, I need to tell you something. There was a bird last night. From King's Landing. Maester Luwin woke me.
是啊，羅柏語氣哀傷，甚至有些害怕。布蘭，有件事我必須跟你講清楚。昨晚來了只信鴉，從君臨來，魯溫師傅半夜把我叫醒。
Bran felt a sudden dread. Dark wings, dark words, Old Nan always said, and of late the messenger ravens had been proving the truth of the proverb.
布蘭突然感到一陣驚恐。黑色的翅膀，黑色的消息，老奶媽總這么說，而近來傳遞信息的渡鴉一再證明了這句俗諺的正確。
When Robb wrote to the Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, the bird that came back brought word that Uncle Benjen was still missing.
羅柏寫信給守夜人軍團的司令官，鳥兒卻帶回班揚叔叔依舊下落不明的消息。
Then a message had arrived from the Eyrie, from Mother, but that had not been good news either.
接著鷹巢城有信傳來，是母親寫的，可惜也并非好消息。
She did not say when she meant to return, only that she had taken the Imp as prisoner.
她沒說何時回來，只說小惡魔如今是她的犯人。
Bran had sort of liked the little man, yet the name Lannister sent cold fingers creeping up his spine.
布蘭其實還挺喜歡那矮個子，但蘭尼斯特這個姓氏卻教他背脊發涼。
There was something about the Lannisters, something he ought to remember, but when he tried to think what, he felt dizzy and his stomach clenched hard as a stone.
有件和蘭尼斯特有關的事，他應該記得，然而每次他試圖回憶，便覺頭暈目眩，腹痛如絞。
Robb spent most of that day locked behind closed doors with Maester Luwin, Theon Greyjoy, and Hallis Mollen.
那一天，羅柏整日把自己關在房里，和魯溫師傅、席恩·葛雷喬伊，以及哈里斯·莫蘭共商對策。
Afterward, riders were sent out on fast horses, carrying Robb's commands throughout the north.
之后信使騎著快馬，將羅柏的命令傳遍北境。
Bran heard talk of Moat Cailin, the ancient stronghold the First Men had built at the top of the Neck.
布蘭依稀聽到卡林灣這地名，那是先民在頸澤北端筑起的古老要塞。
No one ever told him what was happening, yet he knew it was not good.
究竟發生了什么，沒人告訴他，但肯定不是什么好事。
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