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Ned's eyes flicked to the king's letter on the table beside him, its seal unbroken. "And how is it you know that, my lord?"
奈德的視線飄到身旁桌上，國王的信還未拆封。“大人，請問您又是怎么知道的？”
Varys hinted as much, Littlefinger said, "and you have just confirmed it."
“瓦里斯的暗示，”小指頭說，“而您現(xiàn)在證實了。”
Ned's mouth twisted in anger. "Damn Varys and his little birds. Catelyn spoke truly, the man has some black art. I do not trust him."
奈德的嘴因憤怒而扭曲：“去他的瓦里斯和他的小小鳥兒。凱特琳說得沒錯，這人懂妖法。我不信任他。”
Excellent. You're learning. Littlefinger leaned forward. "Yet I'll wager you did not drag me here in the black of night to discuss the eunuch."
“很好，你慢慢學(xué)乖了。”小指頭向前靠，“可我敢打賭你大半夜把我拖來，不是來討論太監(jiān)的。”
No, Ned admitted. "I know the secret Jon Arryn was murdered to protect. Robert will leave no trueborn son behind him. Joffrey and Tommen are Jaime Lannister's bastards, born of his incestuous union with the queen."
“不是，”奈德承認(rèn)，“我知道了瓊恩·艾林保守的秘密，他便是因此遭人滅口。勞勃死后沒有親生兒子可以繼承王位。喬佛里和托曼是詹姆·蘭尼斯特和王后亂倫產(chǎn)下的私生子。”
Littlefinger lifted an eyebrow. "Shocking," he said in a tone that suggested he was not shocked at all. "The girl as well? No doubt. So when the king dies ... "
小指頭揚起一道眉毛。“令人震驚。”然而他的語氣顯然完全不感驚訝。“女孩也是？想也知道。所以國王死后……”
The throne by rights passes to Lord Stannis, the elder of Robert's two brothers.
“王位應(yīng)傳給史坦尼斯大人，勞勃最年長的弟弟。”
Lord Petyr stroked his pointed beard as he considered the matter. "So it would seem. Unless ... "
培提爾伯爵捻著尖胡子，仔細(xì)思索這個問題。“看來是如此。除非……”
Unless, my lord? There is no seeming to this. Stannis is the heir. Nothing can change that.
“大人，除非？這事沒有任何疑問。史坦尼斯是王位繼承人，沒有什么可以改變這事實。”
Stannis cannot take the throne without your help. If you're wise, you'll make certain Joffrey succeeds.
“缺了你的協(xié)助，史坦尼斯得不到王位。如果你夠聰明，應(yīng)該確保喬佛里登基為王。”
