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CATELYN
凱特琳
They heard the Green Fork before they saw it, an endless susurrus, like the growl of some great beast.
抵達綠叉河之前，他們先聽見了洶涌的水聲，沉吟不絕，猶如巨獸咆哮。
The river was a boiling torrent, half again as wide as it had been last year,
河流高漲，寬度比去年羅柏率軍渡河、
when Robb had divided his army here and vowed to take a Frey to bride as the price of his crossing.
并答應娶佛雷家女子為妻時增加了一倍半。
He needed Lord Walder and his bridge then, and he needs them even more now.
當時，他急需瓦德侯爵和他的橋梁，如今更為迫切。
Catelyn’s heart was full of misgivings as she watched the murky green waters swirl past.
望著渾濁打旋的綠水，凱特琳心中充滿疑慮。
There is no way we will ford this, nor swim across, and it could be a moon’s turn before these waters fall again.
不通過孿河城，無論如何也無法返回北方，水位至少還要一個月才能下降到適當程度。
As they neared the Twins, Robb donned his crown and summoned Catelyn and Edmure to ride beside him.
走近城堡時，羅柏戴起了王冠，命凱特琳和艾德慕與他并騎上前。
Ser Raynald Westerling bore his banner, the direwolf of Stark on its ice-white field.
雷納德·維斯特林爵士擔任掌旗官，白雪皚皚的旗面上飛揚著史塔克家族的冰原奔狼。
The gatehouse towers emerged from the rain like ghosts, hazy grey apparitions that grew more solid the closer they rode.
橋頭堡在暴雨中浮現，猶如兩樽高大幽靈，隨著人們走近，陰氣逐漸凝聚成形。
The Frey stronghold was not one castle but two;
佛雷家共有兩座石城堡，
mirror images in wet stone standing on opposite sides of the water, linked by a great arched bridge.
分居河的兩岸，猶如鏡面映射成雙，中間由巨大的石拱橋相連。
From the center of its span rose the Water Tower, the river running straight and swift below.
橋中央是衛河塔，湍急的河水從塔下流過。
Channels had been cut from the banks, to form moats that made each twin an island.
兩岸的孿生城外圍都挖了護城河，將兩座城堡化為島嶼。
The rains had turned the moats to shallow lakes.
此時，連日降水更讓護城河變成了長湖。
Across the turbulent waters, Catelyn could see several thousand men encamped around the eastern castle,
透過漫天雨水，凱特琳發現河對岸的東城下有數千士兵安營扎寨，
their banners hanging like so many drowned cats from the lances outside their tents.
營帳外掛的旗幟被水浸透后搭在桿子上，好似許多溺水的貓，看不清顏色與圖案。
The rain made it impossible to distinguish colors and devices.
她只知道大多數旗幟都是灰色的，實際上，
Most were grey, it seemed to her, though beneath such skies the whole world seemed grey.
這些日子以來，整個世界仿佛都成了灰色。
“Tread lightly here, Robb,” she cautioned her son.
“羅柏，你要小心謹慎，”她告誡兒子，
“Lord Walder has a thin skin and a sharp tongue, and some of these sons of his will doubtless take after their father.
“瓦德大人臉皮薄，舌頭利，他的許多兒孫無疑也會有樣學樣。
You must not let yourself be provoked.”
如今我們有求于人，你千萬不可觸犯他的自尊。”
“I know the Freys, Mother.
“我清楚佛雷家的秉性，母親，
I know how much I wronged them, and how much I need them.
我也知道自己冒犯過他們，而今又急需他們！
I shall be as sweet as a septon.”
如果可能的話，我會像修士一樣大唱甜言蜜語。”
Catelyn shifted her seat uncomfortably.
凱特琳不安地在馬鞍上挪動，
“If we are offered refreshment when we arrive, on no account refuse.
“等我們抵達后，若對方提出款待飲食，請不要猶豫，立刻接受！
Take what is offered, and eat and drink where all can see.
他們給什么，就吃什么，吃的喝的都盡情享用。
If nothing is offered, ask for bread and cheese and a cup of wine.”
假如他們不開口，你就主動索要面包、奶酪和葡萄酒。”
“I’m more wet than hungry …”
“我不餓，只是有點濕……”
“Robb, listen to me.
“羅柏，仔細聽我講：
Once you have eaten of his bread and salt, you have the guest right, and the laws of hospitality protect you beneath his roof.”
一旦吃了他的面包和食鹽，就代表你應該享受賓客權利，在他屋檐下，他作為主人對你有義務。”
Robb looked more amused than afraid.
羅柏似乎頗覺有趣，
“I have an army to protect me, Mother, I don’t need to trust in bread and salt.
“我有一整支大軍的保護，母親，無需寄望于面包和食鹽。
But if it pleases Lord Walder to serve me stewed crow smothered in maggots, I’ll eat it and ask for a second bowl.”
但假如能與瓦德大人和解，即便他給我蛆蟲燉烏鴉，我也會欣然接受，并叫他再來一碗。”
Four Freys rode out from the western gatehouse, wrapped in heavy cloaks of thick grey wool.
東城下騎出四位佛雷，個個裹著厚重的灰羊毛斗篷。
Catelyn recognized Ser Ryman, son of the late Ser Stevron, Lord Walder’s firstborn.
凱特琳認出已故的史提夫倫爵士——瓦德大人的長子——的長子萊曼爵士。
With his father dead, Ryman was heir to the Twins.
如今，他是孿河城繼承人，
The face she saw beneath his hood was fleshy, broad, and stupid.
斗篷下的那張臉卻顯得肥胖、圓滾和愚蠢。
The other three were likely his own sons, Lord Walder’s great grandsons.
其余三個估計都是他的兒子，瓦德大人的曾孫們。
Edmure confirmed as much.
艾德慕證實了她的猜測，
“Edwyn is eldest, the pale slender man with the constipated look.
“長子叫艾德溫，就一臉病相、苗條蒼白的那個；
The wiry one with the beard is Black Walder, a nasty bit of business.
瘦長結實、滿臉胡須的是黑瓦德，這家伙十分兇暴；
Petyr is on the bay, the lad with the unfortunate face.
騎牡馬的是培提爾，這小子很不幸地生了張麻子臉，
Petyr Pimple, his brothers call him.
所以被家人喚做‘疙瘩臉培提爾’。
Only a year or two older than Robb, but Lord Walder married him off at ten to a woman thrice his age.
他只比羅柏大出一兩歲，但瓦德在他十歲那年為他娶了一個三十歲的女人。
Gods, I hope Roslin doesn’t take after him.”
天殺的！蘿絲琳千萬不要長得和他一樣！”
They halted to let their hosts come to them.
國王一行人暫時駐足，等待大隊人馬跟上。
Robb’s banner drooped on its staff, and the steady sound of rainfall mingled with the rush of the swollen Green Fork on their right.
羅柏的旗幟軟軟地垂搭而下，在他們的右手方，綿延的冰雨拍打著滔滔的綠叉河水。
Grey Wind edged forward, tail stiff, watching through slitted eyes of dark gold.
灰風竄上前來，豎起尾巴，用暗金色的狹長眼眸瞪視著逼近的佛雷家人。
When the Freys were a half-dozen yards away Catelyn heard him growl, a deep rumble that seemed almost one with rush of the river.
當他們走到六七碼的近處時，只聽冰原狼一聲怒吼，深沉雄渾，仿佛與河流之聲合為一體。
Robb looked startled.
羅柏大吃一驚，
“Grey Wind, to me. To me!”
“灰風，到我這兒來。灰風！”
