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When Wex saw Esgred, his eyes went round. You'd think he'd never seen a woman before, Theon thought.
當威克斯瞧見伊斯格蕊，眼睛頓時瞪得老大。你還以為他這輩子從沒見過女人呢！席恩想。
"Esgred will be riding with me back to Pyke. Saddle the horses, and be quick about it."
“伊斯格蕊跟我一起騎馬回派克。快把馬鞍備好，快！”
The boy had ridden in on a scrawny little garron from Lord Balon's stable, but Theon's mount was quite another sort of beast.
男孩的坐騎只是從巴隆大王的馬房里隨意揀的一匹又瘦又矮的小馬駒，但席恩的馬不同凡響。
"Where did you find that hellhorse?" Esgred asked when she saw him, but from the way she laughed he knew she was impressed.
“這該死的馬你打哪兒弄到的？”伊斯格蕊一見便問，從她笑的模樣，他知道她被打動了。
"Lord Botley bought him in Lannisport a year past, but he proved to be too much horse for him, so Botley was pleased to sell."
“一年前，波特利頭領在蘭尼斯港買下的。不過他家的馬也實在太多，所以就很樂意轉手嘍。”
The Iron Islands were too sparse and rocky for breeding good horses.
鐵群島貧瘠多山，不是培育良馬的地方。
Most of the islanders were indifferent riders at best, more comfortable on the deck of a long-ship than in the saddle.多數島民對騎馬很陌生，對他們而言，待在甲板比騎上馬背自在得多。
Even the lords rode garrons or shaggy Harlaw ponies, and ox carts were more common than drays.
頭領們也只騎騎矮馬或多毛的哈爾洛小馬。島上牛車都比馬車多。
The smallfolk too poor to own either one pulled their own plows through the thin, stony soil.
平民百姓更沒財力去購買牲畜來在這荒蕪崎嶇的土地上拉犁。
But Theon had spent ten years in Winterfell, and did not intend to go to war without a good mount beneath him.
不過席恩在臨冬城待了十年，決心騎著雄健的戰馬上戰場。
Lord Botley's misjudgment was his good fortune: a stallion with a temper as black as his hide,
波特利頭領不識貨，算他的運氣：這匹牡馬的脾性就像他的漆黑皮膚一般，
larger than a courser if not quite so big as most destriers.
個子雖比不得軍馬，卻比普通坐騎高大。
As Theon was not quite so big as most knights, that suited him admirably.
對他而言真是恰好合適，因為席恩也不如一般騎士那么高大。
The animal had fire in his eyes. When he'd met his new owner, he'd pulled back his lips and tried to bite off his face.
這家伙眼透火氣，記得第一次跟新主人見面，撅撅嘴唇，差點把席恩的臉咬掉。
"Does he have a name?" Esgred asked Theon as he mounted.
“它有名字么？”席恩上馬時她問。
