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If questioned, Sam would doubtless tell them the truth, but Jon could not imagine him braving the guards in front of the King's Tower to wake Mormont from sleep.
若是被人問起，山姆肯定會說出實情，不過瓊恩不認為他有那個勇氣，敢大半夜去找國王塔的守衛，把莫爾蒙吵醒。
When Jon did not appear to fetch the Old Bear's breakfast from the kitchen, they'd look in his cell and find Longclaw on the bed. It had been hard to abandon it, but Jon was not so lost to honor as to take it with him. Even Jorah Mormont had not done that, when he fled in disgrace. Doubtless Lord Mormont would find someone more worthy of the blade. Jon felt bad when he thought of the old man. He knew his desertion would be salt in the still-raw wound of his son's disgrace. That seemed a poor way to repay him for his trust, but it couldn't be helped. No matter what he did, Jon felt as though he were betraying someone.
等到明天，發現瓊恩沒去廚房幫熊老端早餐，大家便會到寢室來查找，隨后看到孤零零躺在床上的長爪。留下那把寶劍很不容易，但瓊恩還不至于恬不知恥地將它帶走。就連喬拉·莫爾蒙亡命天涯前，也沒有這么做。莫爾蒙司令一定能找到更適合佩帶那把劍的人。想起老人，瓊恩心里很不好受。他知道自己這樣棄營逃跑，無異是在總司令喪子之痛上灑鹽。想到他對自己如此信任，這實在是忘恩負義的作法，但他別無選擇。不管怎么做，瓊恩都會背叛某個人。
Even now, he did not know if he was doing the honorable thing. The southron had it easier. They had their septons to talk to, someone to tell them the gods' will and help sort out right from wrong. But the Starks worshiped the old gods, the nameless gods, and if the heart trees heard, they did not speak.
即使到了現在，他依舊不知自己的做法是否榮譽。南方人的作派比較簡單，他們有修士可供咨詢，由他們傳達諸神意旨，協助理清對錯。然而史塔克家族信奉的是無名古神，心樹就算聽見了，也不會言語。
When the last lights of Castle Black vanished behind him, Jon slowed his mare to a walk. He had a long journey ahead and only the one horse to see him through. There were holdfasts and farming villages along the road south where he might be able to trade the mare for a fresh mount when he needed one, but not if she were injured or blown.
當黑城堡的最后一絲燈火消失在身后，瓊恩便放慢速度，讓母馬緩步而行。眼前還有漫漫長路，他卻只有這匹馬可供依憑。往南的路上，沿途都有村莊農舍，如有必要，他可以和他們交換新的馬匹，不過若是母馬受傷或癱倒在地就不成了。
