Tyrion Lannister sighed. His sister was not without a certain low cunning, but her pride blinded her.
提利昂·蘭尼斯特嘆了口氣。姐姐是有些許小聰明,卻常常被她的傲慢所蒙蔽。
She would see the insult in this, not the opportunity. And Jaime was even worse, rash and headstrong and quick to anger.
她只會(huì)把這件事當(dāng)成奇恥大辱,卻看不到里面蘊(yùn)藏的機(jī)會(huì)。至于剛愎輕率又沖動(dòng)易怒的詹姆,那就更別提了。
His brother never untied a knot when he could slash it in two with his sword.
遇到繩結(jié),只要能用劍斬成兩段,哥哥是決計(jì)不會(huì)動(dòng)腦筋解開的。
He wondered which of them had sent the footpad to silence the Stark boy, and whether they had truly conspired at the death of Lord Arryn.
他倒想知道派小賊去殺那史塔克小鬼滅口的,究竟是哥哥還是姐姐,也很好奇艾林大人的死,到底與他們有沒有關(guān)系。
If the old Hand had been murdered, it was deftly and subtly done. Men of his age died of sudden illness all the time. In contrast, sending some oaf with a stolen knife after Brandon Stark struck him as unbelievably clumsy.
倘若老首相當(dāng)真是被害死,還真是干得干凈利落。像他那年紀(jì)的人突然染病身亡本就稀松平常。反過來講,找個(gè)呆頭鵝拿著偷來的刀去殺布蘭登·史塔克,卻是笨得不像話的作法。
And wasn’t that peculiar, come to think on it.
仔細(xì)想想,還真是奇怪…
Tyrion shivered. Now there was a nasty suspicion.
提利昂打了個(gè)冷顫。這是個(gè)下流的可能性。
Perhaps the direwolf and the lion were not the only beasts in the woods, and if that was true, someone was using him as a catspaw. Tyrion Lannister hated being used.
或許冰原狼和獅子并非森林里僅有的猛獸,果真如此,那肯定是有人拿他當(dāng)替死鬼。提利昂·蘭提斯特最恨被人利用。
He would have to get out of here, and soon. His chances of overpowering Mord were small to none, and no one was about to smuggle him a six-hundred-foot-long rope, so he would have to talk himself free.
他得離開這鬼地方,越快越好。跟莫德以力相搏是不用想了,大概也不會(huì)有人拿來六百英尺長的繩子助他脫逃,所以他只能靠三寸不爛之舌脫身。
His mouth had gotten him into this cell; it could damn well get him out.
他這張碎嘴害他進(jìn)了大牢,一定也他媽的能讓他重獲自由。
Tyrion pushed himself to his feet, doing his best to ignore the slope of the floor beneath him, with its ever-so-subtle tug toward the edge.
提利昂站起來,努力不去注意腳下輕輕把他拖向懸崖邊的傾斜地面。
He hammered on the door with a fist. Mord! he shouted.
他握拳敲門。莫德!他喊道,
Turnkey! Mord, I want you! He had to keep it up a good ten minutes before he heard footsteps. Tyrion stepped back an instant before the door opened with a crash.
看門的!莫德,我要跟你談?wù)劊∷阕愦妨耸昼姴怕犚娔_步聲。鐵門轟然打開的前一刻,提利昂及時(shí)跳開。

背景介紹:
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