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Watty fell with a grunt, his bow slipping from his hand.
瓦特悶哼一聲，栽倒下去，弓從手中滑落。
Kyle was trying to nock another shaft to his string when a man in black mail flung a spear through his belly.
凱勒正在搭箭，卻被一個黑甲人擲出的長矛刺穿了肚子。
She heard Lord Beric shout.
她聽到貝里伯爵的喊叫，
From out of the ditches and trees the rest of his band came pouring, steel in hand.
大部隊手執兵器，自溝渠與樹叢中一涌而上。
Arya saw Lem’s bright yellow cloak flapping behind him as he rode down the man who’d killed Kyle.
檸檬鮮亮的黃斗篷在身后飛舞，他騎馬沖出，砍倒殺死凱勒的人。
Thoros and Lord Beric were everywhere, their swords swirling fire.
索羅斯和貝里伯爵無處不在，兩人劍上皆旋繞火焰。
The red priest hacked at a hide shield until it flew to pieces, while his horse kicked the man in the face.
紅袍僧朝一面皮盾猛砍，打得它四散飛裂，同時他的坐騎揚腿踢在執盾者臉上。
A Dothraki screamed and charged the lightning lord, and the flaming sword leapt out to meet his arakh.
一個多斯拉克人嘶叫著朝閃電大王撲來，火焰劍迎住亞拉克彎刀，
The blades kissed and spun and kissed again.
刀劍交手數個回合，
Then the Dothraki’s hair was ablaze, and a moment later he was dead.
多斯拉克人的頭發便著了火，很快人也死了。
She spied Ned too, fighting at the lightning lord’s side.
她瞥到艾德在閃電大王身邊戰斗。
It’s not fair, he’s only a little older than me, they should have let me fight.
這不公平，他才比我大一點，他們應該讓我也參戰才對。
The battle did not last very long.
戰斗沒持續很久。
The Brave Companions still on their feet soon died, or threw down their swords.
“勇士們”要么亡命重傷，要么棄械投降。
Two of the Dothraki managed to regain their horses and flee, but only because Lord Beric let them go.
兩個多斯拉克人奪馬逃跑，但不過是貝里伯爵故意為之。
“Let them carry the word back to Harrenhal,” he said, with flaming sword in hand.
“讓他們把消息帶回赫倫堡，”他手握燃燒的劍說，
“It will give the Leech Lord and his goat a few more sleepless nights.”
“教水蛭大人和他的山羊多幾個不眠之夜?！?/p>
Jack-Be-Lucky, Harwin, and Merrit o’ Moontown braved the burning septry to search for captives.
幸運杰克、哈爾溫、月鎮的梅利自告奮勇進入焚燒的圣堂搜尋俘虜。
They emerged from the smoke and flames a few moments later with eight brown brothers,
過了一會兒，他們從煙霧和火焰中出現，帶出八個褐衣僧侶，
one so weak that Merrit had to carry him across a shoulder.
其中一個如此虛弱，梅利不得不將他扛在肩上。
There was a septon with them as well, round-shouldered and balding, but he wore black chainmail over his grey robes.
他們中還有一名修士，肩膀寬，身體瘦，禿了項，灰袍外罩黑鎖甲。
“Found him hiding under the cellar steps,” said Jack, coughing.
“他躲在地窖樓梯下，”杰克邊咳邊說。
Thoros smiled to see him.
索羅斯朝他微笑，
“You are Utt.”
“厄特。”
“Septon Utt.
“厄特修士。
A man of god.”
我是神的仆人?！?/p>
“What god would want the likes o’ you?” growled Lem.
“什么神會要你這樣的家伙？”檸檬喝道。
“I have sinned,” the septon wailed.
“我有罪，”修士哀號，
“I know, I know.
“我知道，我知道。
Forgive me, Father.
天父啊，原諒我，
Oh, grievously have I sinned.”
噢，我的罪孽如此深重。”
Arya remembered Septon Utt from her time at Harrenhal.
艾莉亞在赫倫堡見過厄特修士。
Shagwell the Fool said he always wept and prayed for forgiveness after he’d killed his latest boy.
小丑夏格維說他每殺一個小男孩，都會邊哭泣邊祈禱寬恕，
Sometimes he even made the other Mummers scourge him.
有時甚至讓其他血戲子鞭打自己。
They all thought that was very funny.
他們都認為那非常滑稽。
Lord Beric slammed his sword into its scabbard, quenching the flames.
貝里伯爵“啪”地一聲收劍回鞘，熄滅了火焰。
“Give the dying the gift of mercy and bind the others hand and foot for trial,”
“對瀕死者施以慈悲，綁上余人手腳，準備審判。”
he commanded, and it was done.
他命令，土匪們依令而行。
The trials went swiftly.
審判進行得很快。
Various of the outlaws came forward to tell of things the Brave Companions had done;
土匪紛紛出來控訴勇士們的劣跡：
towns and villages sacked, crops burned, women raped and murdered, men maimed and tortured.
洗劫城鎮與村落，焚毀農獲，奸殺婦女，摧殘男人。
A few spoke of the boys that Septon Utt had carried off.
有人說起被厄特修士帶走的男孩，
The septon wept and prayed through it all.
修士本人則一直哭泣祈禱。
“I am a weak reed,” he told Lord Beric.
“我是一根軟弱的蘆葦，”他告訴貝里伯爵，
“I pray to the Warrior for strength, but the gods made me weak.
“我向戰士祈禱，請求他賜予力量，但神靈卻讓我心靈軟弱。
Have mercy on my weakness.
可憐可憐我這軟弱的人兒吧。
The boys, the sweet boys …
那些男孩，可愛的男孩……
I never mean to hurt them …”
我根本不想傷害他們……”
Septon Utt soon dangled beneath a tall elm, swinging slowly by the neck, as naked as his name day.
很快，厄特修士被吊上一棵高大榆樹，隨脖子套的繩索緩緩搖擺，和出生時一樣一絲不掛。
The other Brave Companions followed one by one.
其余“勇士”也一個一個地接受審判。
A few fought, kicking and struggling as the noose was tightened round their throats.
繩索套上脖子時，有人試圖反抗，邊踢腿，邊掙扎。
One of the crossbowmen kept shouting,
有個十字弓手不停地喊，
“I soldier, I soldier,” in a thick Myrish accent.
“我，當兵的，我，當兵的。”用濃重的密爾口音
Another offered to lead his captors to gold; a third told them what a good outlaw he would make.
另一個提出帶他們去找金子；還有一個保證會當一名出色的強盜。
Each was stripped and bound and hanged in turn.
但最終個個都被扒光衣服，依次綁起來上吊。
Tom Sevenstrings played a dirge for them on his woodharp, and Thoros implored the Lord of Light to roast their souls until the end of time.
七弦湯姆用木豎琴為他們彈奏挽歌，索羅斯則祈求光之王焚燒他們的靈魂，直至時間盡頭。
A mummer tree, Arya thought as she watched them dangle, their pale skins painted a sullen red by the flames of the burning septry.
這是一棵血戲子樹，艾莉亞邊看他們搖擺，邊想，燃燒的圣堂為他們蒼白的皮膚蒙上一層陰沉的紅色。
Already the crows were coming, appearing out of nowhere.
不知什么時候，不知從什么地方，烏鴉已經來了，
She heard them croaking and cackling at one another, and wondered what they were saying.
她聽它們互相喋喋不休地聒噪，很想知道在說些什么。
