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"He sent the girl away?"
“他把那女孩趕走了？”
"He did better than that," Tyrion said. "First he made my brother tell me the truth.
“他做得更漂亮，”提利昂道，“他先要我老哥跟我說實話。
The girl was a whore, you see.
其實……那女孩是個妓女。
Jaime arranged the whole affair, the road, the outlaws, all of it.
從那條路到那兩個強盜，整件事都是詹姆安排好的。
He thought it was time I had a woman.
他認為讓我體驗男女之事的時刻到了，便精心策劃了這一切。
He paid double for a maiden, knowing it would be my first time.
這是我的第一次，所以他特意付了雙倍的價錢找了個處女。”
"After Jaime had made his confession, to drive home the lesson,
“詹姆說完之后，為了讓我牢牢記取教訓，
Lord Tywin brought my wife in and gave her to his guards.
泰溫大人把我老婆叫進來，交給他手下的衛兵。
They paid her fair enough. A silver for each man, how many whores command that high a price?
說實話，他們出的價挺公道，一人一枚銀幣，你說多少妓女值這個價？
He sat me down in the corner of the barracks and bade me watch,
他叫我坐在軍營的角落，逼我全程觀賞，
and at the end she had so many silvers the coins were slipping through her fingers and rolling on the floor,she..."
到后來她賺的銀幣多得拿不完，白花花的銀子順著指縫灑了一地，而她……”
The smoke was stinging his eyes.
濃煙刺痛了他的眼睛。
Tyrion cleared his throat and turned away from the fire, to gaze out into darkness.
提利昂清清喉嚨，從火邊轉開，朝黑暗的夜空望去。
"Lord Tywin had me go last," he said in a quiet voice.
“泰溫大人讓我最后一個上。 ”他輕聲說，“
"And he gave me a gold coin to pay her, because I was a Lannister, and worth more."
他還遞給我一枚金幣，因為我是蘭尼斯特家的人，身價不同。”
After a time he heard the noise again, the rasp of steel on stone as Bronn sharpened his sword.
過了一會兒，他又聽見波隆拿石頭磨劍的聲音。
"Thirteen or thirty or three, I would have killed the man who did that to me."
“管我十三歲、三十歲還是三歲，有人敢這樣對我，我非宰了他不可。”
Tyrion swung around to face him.
提利昂轉頭面對他。
"You may get that chance one day.
“說不定哪天你會有機會。
Remember what I told you.
記得我跟你說過的話，
A Lannister always pays his debts." He yawned.
蘭尼斯特有債必還，有仇必報。”他伸個懶腰。
"I think I will try and sleep.
“我試著睡一會兒好了。
Wake me if we’re about to die."
咱們要死的時候記得叫醒我。”
He rolled himself up in the shadowskin and shut his eyes.
他用山貓皮披風裹住身子，閉上眼睛。
The ground was stony and cold, but after a time Tyrion Lannister did sleep.
地面凹凸不平，又冷又硬，但沒過多久，提利昂·蘭尼斯特竟真的睡著了。
He dreamt of the sky cell.
他夢見了天牢，
This time he was the gaoler, not the prisoner,
但這回他是獄卒，并非犯人，
big,with a strap in his hand, and he was hitting his father, driving him back, toward the abyss...
而且他身軀高大，手握皮帶，正抽打著父親，逼他后退，逐漸靠近無盡深淵……
