冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第583期:第二十七章 凯特琳(5)

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　　As you say. It's the long way home, but I'm more like to get there.  那就这样。虽然是绕远路，但我抵达的机会却也比较大。

　　I'll wait for you below. He went striding off, his cloak swirling¹ behind him. 我在下面等你。说完他大跨步离去，披风在背后飘荡。

　　Catelyn exchanged a look with Ser Rodrik.  凯特琳与罗德利克爵士交换了个眼色，

　　They went through the doors to the high, nervous sound of a child's giggles². 接着穿过大门，朝那一片高亢尖锐，却又焦虑不安的孩童嘻笑声走去。

　　Lysa's apartments opened over a small garden, a circle of dirt and grass planted with blue flowers and ringed on all sides by tall white towers.  莱莎的居所位于一座小花园之上，花园呈圆圈状，白色高塔环绕四周。

　　The builders had intended it as a godswood, but the Eyrie rested on the hard stone of the mountain, and no matter how much soil was hauled up from the Vale, they could not get a weirwood to take root here.  花园的泥土和青草上种植着蓝色花朵，当初工匠的原意是要栽培神木林，然而鹰巢城立基于山巅坚硬的磐石之上，无论自艾林谷运来多少沃壤，依旧不能让鱼梁木在此生根茁长。

　　So the Lords of the Eyrie planted grass and scattered³ statuary amidst low, flowering shrubs⁴.  于是历任公爵改种草坪，并在花朵繁茂的矮树丛间放置雕像。

　　It was there the two champions would meet to place their lives, and that of Tyrion Lannister, into the hands of the gods. 两位决斗者与提利昂·兰尼斯特的性命，便将在此交付天上诸神，做出最后决断。

　　Lysa, freshly scrubbed and garbed⁵ in cream velvet⁶ with a rope of sapphires⁷ and moonstones around her milk-white neck, was holding court on the terrace overlooking the scene of the combat, surrounded by her knights⁸, retainers, and lords high and low.  莱莎刚梳洗完毕，换了身奶油色的天鹅绒外衣，乳白的颈项间戴了一串青玉和月长石，这时正在露天阳台上主持集会。该处视野恰好可将决斗过程尽收眼底，莱莎身边围满了随从、骑士、以及大小领主。

　　Most of them still hoped to wed⁹ her, bed her, and rule the Vale of Arryn by her side.  其中大部分人依旧怀着希望，想娶她睡她，然后与她并肩统治艾林谷。

　　From what Catelyn had seen during her stay at the Eyrie, it was a vain hope. 但就凯特琳这些天来在鹰巢城所见判断，他们的希望不大。

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