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His hair is white and his teeth are rotten, but he still has a taste for glory.
他的頭發(fā)或許已白，牙齒或許松動，但對榮耀的欲念卻絲毫未減。
"What would my part be in this scheme of yours, boy?"
“我在你的計劃中將扮演什么角色，小子？”
Dagmer Cleftjaw asked after a long silence, and Theon knew he had won.
在漫長的沉默之后，裂顎達格摩開口。席恩明白自己贏了。
"To strike terror into the heart of the foe, as only one of your name could do.
“要讓敵人心中充滿恐懼，惟有你的名諱方能辦到。
You'll take the great part of our force and march on Torrhen's Square.
你將率領(lǐng)大部人馬攻向托倫方城。
Helman Tallhart took his best men south, and Benfred died here with their sons.
赫曼·陶哈把手下精銳都帶去了南方，而本福德和那些人的兒子也死在了這里。
His uncle Leobald will remain, with some small garrison.
城堡應(yīng)由本福德的叔叔蘭巴德?lián)兀烙嬎磉呏皇Ｒ恢⌒〉男l(wèi)隊。
" If I had been able to question Benfred, I would know just how small. "
”如果我能審問本福德，就知道到底有多少了。
Make no secret of your approach.
“一路不用隱藏行蹤。
Sing all the brave songs you like.
喜歡唱什么戰(zhàn)歌就唱。
I want them to close their gates."
我希望他們早早關(guān)門據(jù)守。”
"Is this Torrhen's Square a strong keep?"
“這托倫方城堅固么？”
"Strong enough. The walls are stone, thirty feet high, with square towers at each corner and a square keep within."
“非常堅固。城墻乃是石砌，三十尺高，四角各有一座方塔，中央還有一座方形碉堡。”
"Stone walls cannot be fired. How are we to take them?
“石墻不能用火燒，我們怎么打？
We do not have the numbers to storm even a small castle."
哪怕是對付一座最簡陋的城堡，我們的人手也不夠。”
"You will make camp outside their walls and set to building catapults and siege engines."
“你只管在城外扎營就好，并著手修建投石機和攻城器。”
"That is not the Old Way. Have you forgotten?
“這不是古道！你莫非忘了？
Ironmen fight with swords and axes, not by flinging rocks.
鐵民用劍和斧去當(dāng)面作戰(zhàn)，不靠丟石塊。
There is no glory in starving out a foeman."
而餓死敵人有何光榮可言？”
"Leobald will not know that.
“不知道這個的是蘭巴德。
When he sees you raising siege towers, his old woman's blood will run cold, and he will bleat for help.
這老不死看見你們修建攻城塔，便會渾身發(fā)涼，四處請求援助。
Stay your archers, Uncle, and let the raven fly.
把你的弓箭手管好，叔叔，讓那些信鴉飛出去。
The castellan at Winterfell is a brave man, but age has stiffened his wits as well as his limbs.
臨冬城的守備是個勇敢的人，但他老了，歲月像遲緩他的軀體一樣磨鈍了他的智慧。
When he learns that one of his king's bannermen is under attack by the fearsome Dagmer Cleftjaw,
當(dāng)他聽說自己國王麾下的封臣正被可怕的裂顎達格摩圍困，
he will summon his strength and ride to Tallhart's aid.
一定會召集兵力，前來援救。
It is his duty. Ser Rodrik is nothing if not dutiful."
這是他的職責(zé)。羅德利克爵士惟一的信條便是忠于職守。”
"Any force he summons will be larger than mine," Dagmer said,
“他召集的軍隊無論如何也大大超過我方。”達格摩說，
"and these old knights are more cunning than you think, or they would never have lived to see their first grey hair.
“而打起仗來這些老騎士比你想像的要狡猾得多，不然他們根本活不到長出灰發(fā)。
You set us a battle we cannot hope to win, Theon.
你將把我們拖進一場無法取勝的戰(zhàn)斗中，席恩。
This Torrhen's Square will never fall."
這個托倫方城是拿不下的。”
Theon smiled. "It's not Torrhen's Square I mean to take."
席恩笑了，“我的目標(biāo)不是托倫方城。”
