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Crowns do queer things to the heads beneath them, Tyrion agreed. "This business with Eddard Stark... Joffrey's work?"
“任誰戴了王冠，腦筋都會不清楚。”提利昂表示同意。“艾德·史塔克這件事……真是喬佛里的意思？”
The queen grimaced. "He was instructed to pardon Stark, to allow him to take the black. The man would have been out of our way forever, and we might have made peace with that son of his, but Joff took it upon himself to give the mob a better show. What was I to do? He called for Lord Eddard's head in front of half the city. And Janos Slynt and Ser Ilyn went ahead blithely and shortened the man without a word from me!" Her hand tightened into a fist. "The High Septon claims we profaned Baelor's Sept with blood, after lying to him about our intent."
太后皺眉道：“我仔細叮囑過他，按計劃他本該網開一面，讓史塔克穿上黑衣。如此一來，不但永絕后患，和他兒子議和也不是沒有可能。結果喬佛里認為自己有責任讓觀眾看場好戲，我能怎么辦？他當著全城居民的面說要砍艾德大人的頭，杰諾斯·史林特和伊林爵士更是急不可奈，樂得照辦，完全沒過問我一聲！”她握緊拳頭。“這會兒總主教罵我們先是瞞著他，接著又用鮮血玷污貝勒大圣堂。”
It would seem he has a point, said Tyrion. "So this Lord Slynt, he was part of it, was he? Tell me, whose fine notion was it to grant him Harrenhal and name him to the council?"
“沒錯，”提利昂道，“這么說來，這位史林特‘大人’有分啰？告訴我，究竟誰出了這么個妙主意，把赫倫堡封給他，又任命他為朝廷重臣？”
Littlefinger made the arrangements. We needed Slynt's gold cloaks. Eddard Stark was plotting with Renly and he'd written to Lord Stannis, offering him the throne. We might have lost all. Even so, it was a close thing. If Sansa hadn't come to me and told me all her father's plans...
“小指頭安排的。我們需要史林特的金袍軍。當時艾德·史塔克正與藍禮密謀奪權，他還寫信給史坦尼斯，表示愿將王位拱手讓渡。我們差點就要全盤皆輸。現在看來，雖然化險為夷，卻也贏得驚險，若非珊莎跑來找我，說出她父親的計劃……”
Tyrion was surprised. "Truly? His own daughter?" Sansa had always seemed such a sweet child, tender and courteous.
提利昂大感意外。“真的？是他親生女兒說的？”珊莎一直是個溫柔有禮的好孩子啊。
