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“And who is this lightning lord?” demanded Ser Cleos Frey.
“誰是閃電大王？”克里奧爵士詢問。
“Lord Beric, as it please you, ser.
“您不知道，爵士？就是貝里伯爵啊。
They call him that ’cause he strikes so sudden, like lightning from a clear sky.
他打起仗來迅雷不及掩耳，猶如晴空中的閃電，所以得了這個外號。
It’s said he cannot die.”
人人都說他是不死之身。”
They all die when you shove a sword through them, Jaime thought.
一劍下去，誰都會完蛋，詹姆心想。
“Does Thoros of Myr still ride with him?”
“密爾的索羅斯還跟著他？”
“Aye. The red wizard. I’ve heard tell he has strange powers.”
“是啊，紅袍巫師本領(lǐng)高強呢。”
Well, he had the power to match Robert Baratheon drink for drink, and there were few enough who could say that.
沒錯，能跟勞勃·拜拉席恩來個一醉方休的本領(lǐng)確實高強。
Jaime had once heard Thoros tell the king that he became a red priest because the robes hid the winestains so well.
詹姆曾聽這個索羅斯向國王夸口，之所以選擇當(dāng)紅袍僧全因這身袍子能隱藏葡萄酒的痕跡，
Robert had laughed so hard he’d spit ale all over Cersei’s silken mantle.
勞勃聽了轟然大笑，喝下去的麥酒全噴在瑟曦的銀絲披風(fēng)上。
“Far be it from me to make objection,” he said,
“或許我沒資格反對，”他說，
“but perhaps the Trident is not our safest course.”
“但依我之見，走三叉戟河似乎不妥。”
“I’d say that’s so,” their cook agreed.
“正是如此，”他們的主人附和，
“Even if you get past Red Deer Island and don’t meet up with Lord Beric and the red wizard, there’s still the ruby ford before you.
“就算過了紅鹿島，中間也沒碰上貝里席伯爵和紅袍巫師，前面可還有紅寶石灘呢。
Last I heard, it was the Leech Lord’s wolves held the ford, but that was some time past.
聽人說，那里由水蛭大人的狼仔把守，但那是很久以前的消息了。
By now it could be lions again, or Lord Beric, or anyone.”
也許現(xiàn)在換成了獅子，或是貝里伯爵，或是其他人，誰知道呢。”
“Or no one,” Brienne suggested.
“或許沒有人，”布蕾妮堅持。
“If m’lady cares to wager her skin on that I won’t stop her … but if I was you, I’d leave this here river, cut overland.
“我不會把寶壓在這上面，小姐……如果我是您，就從這里離開河流，穿越陸地，
If you stay off the main roads and shelter under the trees of a night, hidden as it were …
如果遠(yuǎn)離大道，躲在不見天日的樹林中，小心隱藏……
well, I still wouldn’t want to go with you, but you might stand a mummer’s chance.”
啊，我可不想跟你們一起走，但這樣至少還有機(jī)會。”
The big wench was looking doubtful.
肥妞兒露出懷疑的神色。
“We would need horses.”
“這么說，也得有馬才行。”
“There are horses here,” Jaime pointed out.
“這里有馬，”詹姆指出，
“I heard one in the stable.”
“我聽見馬廄里的聲音。”
“Aye, there are,” said the innkeep, who wasn’t an innkeep.
“沒錯，這里有馬，”不是店家的店家說，
“Three of them, as it happens, but they’re not for sale.”
“正好有三匹，但它們是不賣的。”
Jaime had to laugh.
詹姆沒法忍笑，
“Of course not. But you’ll show them to us anyway.”
“那當(dāng)然嘍，但瞧瞧總可以吧。”
Brienne scowled, but the man who wasn’t an innkeep met her eyes without blinking, and after a moment, reluctantly, she said,
布蕾妮皺起眉頭，而那位不是店家的男人目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地望著她，過了一會兒，她勉強道，
“Show me,” and they all rose from the table.
“去瞧瞧吧。”于是人們一起離開飯桌。
The stables had not been mucked out in a long while, from the smell of them.
馬廄很久未經(jīng)清理，空氣中全是糞便的味道，
Hundreds of fat black flies swarmed amongst the straw,
黑色的大蒼蠅群聚在稻草堆邊，
buzzing from stall to stall and crawling over the mounds of horse dung that lay everywhere, but there were only the three horses to be seen.
嗡嗡響著飛來飛去，停靠在隨處可見的馬屎堆上。
They made an unlikely trio;
目光所及只有三匹馬，
a lumbering brown plow horse, an ancient white gelding blind in one eye, and a knight’s palfrey, dapple grey and spirited.
組成一個不太協(xié)調(diào)的三重唱；一匹遲鈍的棕毛犁馬，一匹半瞎的老白馬，還有一匹騎士的坐騎，深灰色斑紋，挺有精神頭。
“They’re not for sale at any price,” their alleged owner announced.
“無論多高的價都不賣，”所謂的業(yè)主宣布。
“How did you come by these horses?” Brienne wanted to know.
“你打哪兒弄的？”布蕾妮想弄清楚。
“The dray was stabled here when the wife and me come on the inn,” the man said,
“我和我老婆來客棧時那匹拉犁的就在這了，”男人說，
“along with the one you just ate.
“和你們剛才吃的那匹待在一起。
The gelding come wandering up one night, and the boy caught the palfrey running free, still saddled and bridled.
白馬是晚上自己游蕩過來的，那匹快的則是被男孩逮到，上面的鞍子和韁繩都好好的呢。
Here, I’ll show you.”
在這兒，我給你瞧。”
The saddle he showed them was decorated with silver inlay.
取出的鞍具上裝飾著銀釘，
The saddlecloth had originally been checkered pink and black, but now it was mostly brown.
褥子的顏色原本是粉紅與墨黑相間的方格，現(xiàn)在幾乎成了褐黃。
Jaime did not recognize the original colors, but he recognized bloodstains easily enough.
詹姆認(rèn)不出是誰家花色，但能輕易發(fā)現(xiàn)褥子上的血跡，
“Well, her owner won’t be coming to claim her anytime soon.”
“好啊，總之不會有人來認(rèn)領(lǐng)了。”
He examined the palfrey’s legs, counted the gelding’s teeth.
他檢查犁馬的腿，然后掰開白馬的嘴巴計算。
“Give him a gold piece for the grey, if he’ll include the saddle,” he advised Brienne.
“灰馬給一塊金幣，若他肯附送馬鞍的話，”他勸告布蕾妮，
“A silver for the plow horse.
“犁馬算一塊銀幣。
He ought to pay us for taking the white off his hands.”
如果我們把那白畜生帶走，他還該倒找錢咧。”
“Don’t speak discourteously of your horse, ser.”
“別這么評論自己的坐騎，爵士。”
The wench opened the purse Lady Catelyn had given her and took out three golden coins.
妞兒從凱特琳夫人給的錢包里拿出三枚金幣。
“I will pay you a dragon for each.”
“每匹一個金龍。”
He blinked and reached for the gold, then hesitated and drew his hand back.
男人眨眨眼，伸手去夠金幣，手到半空又猶豫起來，縮了回去。
“I don’t know.
“我不知道……
I can’t ride no golden dragon if I need to get away.
想走的時候，不能騎金幣，
Nor eat one if I’m hungry.”
餓的時候也不能吃。”
“You can have our skiff as well,” she said.
“我們的船也是你的，”她說，
“Sail up the river or down, as you like.”
“走上游還是往下游，隨你挑。”
