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Arya had not feared Septon Utt as much as she did Rorge and Biter and some of the others still at Harrenhal,
艾莉亞不大怕厄特修士，不像怕羅爾杰、尖牙和其他一些仍在赫倫堡的人，
but she was glad that he was dead all the same.
但他的死還是讓她很高興。
They should have hanged the Hound too, or chopped his head off.
他們也該吊死獵狗，或者砍他的腦袋。
Instead, to her disgust, the outlaws had treated Sandor Clegane’s burned arm,
然而令她反感的是，他們反給桑鐸·克里岡治療燒傷的手臂，
restored his sword and horse and armor, and set him free a few miles from the hollow hill.
歸還了他的劍、馬和盔甲，在距離空山數里處把他釋放，
All they’d taken was his gold.
拿走的只有他的錢。
The septry soon collapsed in a roar of smoke and flame, its walls no longer able to support the weight of its heavy slate roof.
圣堂很快在煙火中坍塌，它的墻再也無法支撐沉重的石板房頂。
The eight brown brothers watched with resignation.
八名褐衣僧聽天由命地看著。
They were all that remained, explained the eldest,
只剩這些人了，其中年紀最大的解釋，
who wore a small iron hammer on a thong about his neck to signify his devotion to the Smith.
他脖子上用皮繩掛一小鐵錘，代表對鐵匠的信仰。
“Before the war we were four-and-forty, and this was a prosperous place.
“戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)之前，我們共有四十四人，而這里非常富足。
We had a dozen milk cows and a bull, a hundred beehives, a vineyard and an apple arbor.
我們擁有一打奶牛和一頭公牛，一百個蜂箱，一片葡萄園和幾棵蘋果樹。
But when the lions came through they took all our wine and milk and honey, slaughtered the cows, and put our vineyard to the torch.
緊接著獅子來了，奪走葡萄酒、牛奶和蜂蜜，殺死奶牛，并將葡萄園付之一炬。
After that …
之后……
I have lost count of our visitors.
數不清多少人來過。
This false septon was only the latest.
這假修士不過剛來的。
There was one monster …
有個窮兇極惡的家伙……
we gave him all our silver, but he was certain we were hiding gold, so his men killed us one by one to make Elder Brother talk.”
所有銀子都給了他，但他確定我們還藏著金幣，所以命手下一個接一個地審訊殺人，逼迫長老開口。”
“How did the eight of you survive?” asked Anguy the Archer.
“你們八個怎么活下來的？”射手安蓋問。
“I am ashamed,” the old man said.
“很慚愧，”老人說，
“It was me.
“都是由于我的軟弱。
When it came my turn to die, I told them where our gold was hidden.”
輪到我時，我把藏金子的地方說了出來。”
“Brother,” said Thoros of Myr,
“兄弟，”密爾的索羅斯道，
“the only shame was not telling them at once.”
“唯一的慚愧是沒有立即把地方告訴他們。”
The outlaws sheltered that night in the brewhouse beside the little river.
當晚，土匪們在小河畔的釀酒屋過夜。
Their hosts had a cache of food hidden beneath the floor of the stables, so they shared a simple supper;
主人在馬廄地板下藏有食物，因此他們分享了一頓簡單的晚餐：
oaten bread, onions, and a watery cabbage soup tasting faintly of garlic.
燕麥面包、洋蔥及略帶大蒜味道、稀稀拉拉的白菜湯。
Arya found a slice of carrot floating in her bowl, and counted herself lucky.
艾莉亞還在自己碗里發(fā)現一片胡蘿卜，覺得挺走運。
The brothers never asked the outlaws for names.
僧侶沒問他們的來歷，
They know, Arya thought.
其實心照不宣，艾莉亞心想。
How could they not?
怎可能不知道呢？
Lord Beric wore the lightning bolt on breastplate, shield, and cloak,
貝里伯爵的胸甲、盾牌和斗篷上都有分叉閃電，
and Thoros his red robes, or what remained of them.
而索羅斯穿著紅袍——或者說紅袍的殘留物。
One brother, a young novice,was bold enough to tell the red priest not to pray to his false god so long as he was under their roof.
一個年輕的見習修士壯起膽子告訴紅袍僧，在他們屋檐下，不要向偽神祈禱。
“Bugger that,” said Lem Lemoncloak.
“見鬼去，”檸檬斗篷說，
“He’s our god too, and you owe us for your bloody lives.
“他是我們的神，而你們的性命是我們給的。
And what’s false about him?
說他是偽神？
Might be your Smith can mend a broken sword, but can he heal a broken man?”
媽的，你們的鐵匠只能補補劍，而他可以治病救人呢！”
“Enough, Lem,”
“夠了，檸檬，”
Lord Beric commanded.
貝里伯爵命令，
“Beneath their roof we will honor their rules.”
“在別人屋檐下，守別人的規(guī)矩。”
“The sun will not cease to shine if we miss a prayer or two,”
“少祈禱一兩次，太陽也不會停止發(fā)光，”
Thoros agreed mildly.
索羅斯溫和地贊同，
“I am one who would know.”
“我心中有數。”
Lord Beric himself did not eat.
貝里伯爵沒吃東西。
Arya had never seen him eat, though from time to time he took a cup of wine.
艾莉亞從沒見他吃東西，只時不時喝杯酒。
He did not seem to sleep, either.
他似乎也不大睡覺，
His good eye would often close, as if from weariness, but when you spoke to him it would flick open again at once.
完好的那只眼睛通常閉著，仿佛十分疲倦，但你跟他說話時，它又會立即睜開。
The Marcher lord was still clad in his ratty black cloak and dented breastplate with its chipped enamel lightning.
邊疆地領主仍穿著那件破破爛爛的黑披風和傷痕累累的胸甲，上面的釉彩閃電斑駁脫落。
He even slept in that breastplate.
他甚至穿胸甲休息，
The dull black steel hid the terrible wound the Hound had given him,
陰沉的黑鐵隱藏了獵狗給他的恐怖傷口，
the same way his thick woolen scarf concealed the dark ring about his throat.
正如厚羊毛巾掩蓋了脖子上的黑圈。
But nothing hid his broken head, all caved in at the temple, or the raw red pit that was his missing eye,
但碎裂的腦袋、凹陷的太陽穴、眼眶處那鮮紅的洞都無法隱瞞，
or the shape of the skull beneath his face.
臉下看得到頭骨的形狀。
Arya looked at him warily, remembering all the tales told of him in Harrenhal.
艾莉亞警惕地打量他，記起赫倫堡里所有的故事。
Lord Beric seemed to sense her fear.
貝里伯爵似乎察覺到她的恐懼，
He turned his head, and beckoned her closer.
便轉頭招呼她走近。
“Do I frighten you, child?”
“我嚇著你了嗎，孩子？”
“No.”
“沒，”
She chewed her lip.
她咬緊嘴唇，
“Only … well … I thought the Hound had killed you, but …”
“只不過……嗯……我以為獵狗把你給殺了，但……”
“A wound,” said Lem Lemoncloak.
“大王受了傷，”檸檬斗篷說，
“A grievous wound, aye, but Thoros healed it.
“受了重傷，嗯，但索羅斯治好了它，
There’s never been no better healer.”
他是最好的醫(yī)生。”
