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For a moment he felt almost dizzy, his relief was so palpable.
他感到暈眩，長出了一口氣。
He had been afraid to ask about Devan.
之前一直不敢問起戴馮。
“The Mother is merciful.
“圣母慈悲，
I must go to him, Salla.
我必須去見他，薩拉，
I must see him.”
必須去見他！”
“Yes,” said Salladhor Saan.
“是的，”薩拉多？桑恩說，
“And you will be wanting to sail to Cape Wrath, I know, to see your wife and your two little ones.
“依我之見，你也該航往風怒角，去見見老婆和兩個小家伙才對。
You must be having a new ship, I am thinking.”
總而言之，你得有艘新船?！?/p>
“His Grace will give me a ship,” said Davos.
“陛下會給我船，”戴佛斯道。
The Lyseni shook his head.
里斯人搖搖頭。
“Of ships, His Grace has none, and Salladhor Saan has many.
“船，陛下半艘都沒有，而薩拉多 桑恩多的是。
The king’s ships burned up on the river, but not mine.
國王的船都在河上燒光啦，而我卻一艘都沒損失喲。
You shall have one, old friend.
你會有新船的，我的老友，
You will sail for me, yes?
你也會替我航海，對吧？
You will dance into Braavos and Myr and Volantis in the black of night, all unseen, and dance out again with silks and spices.
只需在漆黑的夜里悄悄摸進布拉佛斯、密爾或瓦蘭提斯，神不知鬼不覺，再悄悄載著絲綢與香料出來。
We will be having fat purses, yes.”
瞧，咱們都會發財的?！?/p>
“You are kind, Salla, but my duty’s to my king, not your purse.
“你對我很好，薩拉，但我效忠的對象乃是當今王上，不是你的錢包。
The war will go on.
戰爭還在繼續，
Stannis is still the rightful heir by all the laws of the Seven Kingdoms.”
根據七大王國的律法，史坦尼斯仍舊是鐵王座的法定繼承人?！?/p>
“All the laws are not helping when all the ships burn up, I am thinking.
“依我之見，既然船都燒光咧，那就什么律法都談不上啰。
And your king, well, you will be finding him changed, I am fearing.
再說，你那國王呢，嗯……恐怕你會發現他變了。
Since the battle, he sees no one, but broods in his Stone Drum.
慘敗之后，他避不見人，自個兒窩在石鼓樓里。
Queen Selyse keeps court for him with her uncle the Lord Alester, who is naming himself the Hand.
目前朝政由賽麗絲王后和她伯父艾利斯特伯爵共同打理，
The king’s seal she has given to this uncle, to fix to the letters he writes, even to my pretty parchment.
她把國王的印章交給伯父，這位爵爺便據此自封為首相，一天到晚迷上了蓋章，瞧，我那張漂亮羊皮紙也在內喲！
But it is a little kingdom they are ruling, poor and rocky, yes.
唉，表面是很堂皇啦，可說到底這只是一個小王國，潦倒又荒涼，
There is no gold, not even a little bit to pay faithful Salladhor Saan what is owed him,
最最關鍵的是，沒錢，沒錢！嘿嘿，連付給老實忠誠的薩拉多 桑恩一點點應得的報酬都做不到。
and only those knights that we took off at the end, and no ships but my little brave few.”
咱們的王國還得靠我搭救出來的幾位落湯雞騎士和我手下勇敢的船員來保衛，好讓人傷心喲?！?/p>
A sudden racking cough bent Davos over.
一陣痛苦的咳嗽迫使戴佛斯彎下腰來。
Salladhor Saan moved to help him, but he waved him off, and after a moment he recovered.
薩拉多 桑恩上前幫忙，卻被他揮手制止，過了好一會兒，他才恢復。
“No one?” he wheezed.
“不見人？”他喘著氣說，
“What do you mean, he sees no one?”
“什么意思，陛下他從不見人？”
His voice sounded wet and thick, even in his own ears, and for a moment the cabin swam dizzily around him.
即使在自己耳中，聲音也顯得又粘又濁，艙室在周圍旋轉，令人暈眩。
“No one but her,” said Salladhor Saan, and Davos did not have to ask who he meant.
“除了她之外，”薩拉多 桑恩說，戴佛斯不用問也知道他指的是誰。
“My friend, you tire yourself.
“我的朋友，你太難為自己了。
It is a bed you are needing, not Salladhor Saan.
我看哪，你現在需要的是床，不是薩拉多 桑恩。
A bed and many blankets, with a hot compress for your chest and more wine and cloves.”
對，一張床，一堆毯子，一貼用在胸口的熱敷藥，以及更多的香料熱酒。”
Davos shook his head.
戴佛斯搖搖頭。
“I will be fine. Tell me, Salla, I must know.
“我沒事。告訴我，薩拉，這件事我必須了解。
No one but Melisandre?”
難道陛下除了梅麗珊卓，不見任何人？”
The Lyseni gave him a long doubtful look, and continued reluctantly.
里斯人懷疑地盯了他許久，才不情不愿地說下去，
“The guards keep all others away, even his queen and his little daughter.
“是的，衛兵會攔住所有人，甚至包括王后和他的小女兒，
Servants bring meals that no one eats.”
仆人們送去的食物也從未動過?！?/p>
He leaned forward and lowered his voice.
他傾身向前，壓低聲音。
“Queer talking I have heard, of hungry fires within the mountain, and how Stannis and the red woman go down together to watch the flames.
“我聽到一些奇怪的說法，你瞧，山里面有熊熊大火，而史坦尼斯和那紅袍女結伴走下去看，
There are shafts, they say, and secret stairs down into the mountain’s heart, into hot places where only she may walk unburned.
據說有井道和秘密樓梯通往山的內部，在那個熾熱的地方，只有她能安然無恙。
It is enough and more to give an old man such terrors that sometimes he can scarcely find the strength to eat.”
嗨，這些恐怖事情一天到晚都有人講，我老嘍，聽了過后飯都吃不下。”
Melisandre. Davos shivered.
好個梅麗珊卓。戴佛斯不禁渾身顫抖。
“The red woman did this to him,” he said.
“一切都是紅袍女的陰謀，”他說，
“She sent the fire to consume us, to punish Stannis for setting her aside, to teach him that he could not hope to win without her sorceries.”
“她用烈火吞噬我們，以懲罰史坦尼斯拋棄她的舉動；她企圖使國王以為，沒有她的巫術就不能獲得天下?！?/p>
The Lyseni chose a plump olive from the bowl between them.
里斯人從碗里挑了一顆飽滿的橄欖。
“You are not the first to be saying this, my friend.
“這都是老生常談啰，我的朋友，
But if I am you, I am not saying it so loudly.
最近常有人這么說。如果我是你，決不會講得這么大聲，
Dragonstone crawls with these queen’s men, oh yes, and they have sharp ears and sharper knives.”
龍石島上到處都是后黨人士哦，噢，沒錯，他們耳朵尖，刀子更尖喲?！?/p>
He popped the olive into his mouth.
他將橄欖送入嘴里。
“I have a knife myself.
“我也有刀子，
Captain Khorane made me a gift of it.”
柯連恩船長送的禮物?！?/p>
He pulled out the dirk and laid it on the table between them.
他拔出匕首，放在他們中間的桌子上。
“A knife to cut out Melisandre’s heart.
“我要用它剖出梅麗珊卓的心臟——
If she has one.”
如果她有心的話。”
