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"How so, Lord Varys?" Ned asked brusquely. His leg was throbbing, and he was in no mood for word games.
“瓦里斯大人，此話怎講？”奈德唐突地問。他的斷腿隱隱抽痛，此刻他沒有心情玩文字游戲。
"Had it been me up there, I should have sent Sir Loras. He so wanted to go...and a man who has the Lannisters for his enemies would do well to make the Tyrells his friends."
“換做是我坐上面，我大概會派洛拉斯爵士去。瞧他那副躍躍欲試的模樣……再說要與蘭尼斯特為敵，還有什么能比拉攏提利爾家族更要緊呢？”
"Sir Loras is young," said Ned. "I daresay he will outgrow the disappointment."
“洛拉斯爵士還年輕，”奈德道，“我敢說他很快就會忘記這次失意。”
"And Sir Ilyn?" The eunuch stroked a plump, powdered cheek. "He is the King's Justice, after all. Sending other men to do his office...some might construe that as a grave insult."
“那伊林爵士呢？”太監輕撫他搽過粉的肥胖臉頰。“再怎么說，他到底是國王的執法官哪，叫別人去做他份內之事……可能會被解讀成惡意侮辱喲。”
"No slight was intended." In truth, Ned did not trust the mute knight, though perhaps that was only because hemisliked executioners. "I remind you, the Paynes are bannermen to House Lannister. I thought it best to choosemen who owed Lord Tywin no fealty."
“我并無冒犯之意。”老實說，奈德并不信任那位啞巴騎士，但歸根到底，或許只是肇因于他對劊子手的嫌惡罷。“容我提醒您，派恩家族世代是蘭尼斯特臣屬。我認為選擇并未對泰溫大人宣誓效忠的人前去比較妥當。”
"Very prudent, no doubt," Varys said. "Still, I chanced to see Sir Ilyn in the back of the hall, staring at uswith those pale eyes of his, and I must say, he did not look pleased, though to be sure it is hard to tell with our silent knight. I hope he outgrows his disappointment as well. He does so love his work..."
“您的作法毫無疑問非常謹慎，”瓦里斯道，“只是我碰巧看見伊林爵士站在大廳后面，張大那雙蒼白的眼睛瞪著我們，我必須承認，他看起來委實不怎么高興，雖然我們這位沉默寡言的騎士先生心里究竟在想些什么，原本就不易猜測。我也希望他很快就會忘記這次失意。他可是熱愛著他的工作啊……”
