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"Hard men for a hard time. Come." He strode briskly down the vault, past the procession of stone pillars and the endless carved figures. A tongue of flame trailed back from the upraised torch as he went.
“他們都是生長在艱苦環(huán)境中的堅毅之人。來吧。”他快步朝墓窖深處走去，經(jīng)過一排排石柱和無數(shù)的雕像，手中高舉的火把向后曳出一條長舌。
The vault was cavernous, longer than Winterfell itself, and Jon had told him once that there were other levels underneath, vaults even deeper and darker where the older kings were buried. It would not do to lose the light. Summer refused to move from the steps, even when Osha followed the torch, Bran in her arms.
墓窖寬闊，比臨冬城本身還長。瓊恩曾對他說，在墓窖底下，更深更幽暗的地方，還有其他墓穴，年代更久遠的古代君王便睡在那里。這樣看來，如果火把熄滅，那可就糟了。夏天不肯離開樓梯，只有歐莎懷抱布蘭，跟著火把。
Do you recall your history, Bran? the maester said as they walked. "Tell Osha who they were and what they did, if you can."
“布蘭，學過的歷史還記得么？”學士邊走邊說，“如果你還沒忘掉，就告訴歐莎這些人是誰，以及他們的生平事跡吧。”
He looked at the passing faces and the tales came back to him. The maester had told him the stories, and Old Nan had made them come alive. "That one is Jon Stark. When the sea raiders landed in the east, he drove them out and built the castle at White Harbor. His son was Rickard Stark, not my father's father but another Rickard, he took the Neck away from the Marsh King and married his daughter. Theon Stark's the real thin one with the long hair and the skinny beard. They called him the ‘Hungry Wolf,' because he was always at war.
于是他環(huán)顧經(jīng)過的張張臉龐，屬于他們的故事便紛紛涌現(xiàn)。這些故事雖是魯溫師傅告訴他的，但使他們鮮活還得歸功于老奶媽。“那個是瓊恩·史塔克，海盜從東方來襲時，他把他們打退，并在白港蓋了城堡。他的兒子是瑞卡德·史塔克，不是我爺爺，而是另一個瑞卡德，他從沼澤王手中奪走頸澤，并娶了沼澤王的女兒為妻。那個很瘦很瘦，長頭發(fā)尖胡子的是席恩·史塔克，大家叫他“餓狼”，因為他一天到晚打仗。
