冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第175期:第十四章 凯特琳(2)

 　　Maester Luwin set the lamp in a niche¹ by the door and fiddled² with its wick.  鲁温学士把油灯安置在门边的壁龛里，胡乱捻着灯芯。

　　There are several appointments that require your immediate³ attention, my lady.  "夫人，还有好些职务要请您立刻决定。

　　Besides the steward⁴, we need a captain of the guards to fill Jory’s place, a new master of horse... 除总管外，我们需要一名新的守卫队长，以替代乔里的位子，还有新的马房总管——"

　　Her eyes snapped around and found him. A master of horse? Her voice was a whip. 她的双眼倏地转去，紧紧盯住他。"马房总管？"她的声音如鞭子破空。

　　The maester was shaken. Yes, my lady. Hullen rode south with Lord Eddard, so... 老学士显然被吓了一跳。"是的，夫人，胡伦也和艾德大人一起南下，所以——"

　　My son lies here broken and dying, Luwin, and you wish to discuss a new master of horse?  　"鲁温，我儿子支离破碎地躺在这里等死，你却要跟我讨论一个管马的家伙？

　　Do you think I care what happens in the stables? Do you think it matters to me one whit⁵? 你觉得我在乎马厩里发生了什么事吗？你觉得那边发生的事和我沾得上一点边吗？

　　I would gladly butcher every horse in Winterfell with my own hands if it would open Bran’s eyes, do you understand that? Do you? 如果杀光全城的马可以让布兰睁开眼睛，我会很乐意地亲自动手，你听懂了没有？听懂了没有？"

　　He bowed his head. Yes, my lady, but the appointments... 　他低下头。"夫人，我听得懂，但是这些职位等不——"

　　I’ll make the appointments, Robb said. "我来安排。"罗柏道。

　　Catelyn had not heard him enter, but there he stood in the doorway⁶, looking at her.  凯特琳没听见罗柏的脚步声，但抬头就发现他站在过道里，定定地看着她。

　　She had been shouting, she realized with a sudden flush of shame. What was happening to her?  她想起自己刚才大呼小叫的举动，脸倏地一红，为自己羞耻。我究竟是怎么了？

　　She was so tired, and her head hurt all the time. 她只觉得好累，头一整天痛个没完。

　　Maester Luwin looked from Catelyn to her son. I have prepared a list of those we might wish to consider for the vacant offices,  鲁温师傅看看凯特琳，又看看她儿子。"我已经列好一份合适人选的名单。"

　　he said, offering Robb a paper plucked from his sleeve. 他边说边从袖子里掏出一张纸交给罗柏。

　　Her son glanced at the names. He had come from outside, Catelyn saw;  她的儿子扫了一眼清单上的名字。凯特琳这才发现他刚从外面回来，

　　his cheeks were red from the cold, his hair shaggy and windblown.  两颊给冻得红扑扑，头发也被风吹得乱七八糟。

　　Good men, he said. We’ll talk about them tomorrow. He handed back the list of names. "都是很好的人选，"他说："我们明天再来谈谈这事。"他把名单交还鲁温学士。

　　Very good, my lord. The paper vanished into his sleeve. "好的，大人。"那张纸立刻消失在他袖子里。

1 niche   

n.壁龛；合适的职务(环境、位置等)

参考例句：

• Madeleine placed it carefully in the rocky niche. 玛德琳小心翼翼地把它放在岩石壁龛里。
• The really talented among women would always make their own niche.妇女中真正有才能的人总是各得其所。

2 fiddled   

v.伪造( fiddle的过去式和过去分词 )；篡改；骗取；修理或稍作改动

参考例句：

• He fiddled the company's accounts. 他篡改了公司的账目。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He began with Palestrina, and fiddled all the way through Bartok. 他从帕勒斯春纳的作品一直演奏到巴塔克的作品。 来自辞典例句

3 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

4 steward   

n.乘务员，服务员；看管人；膳食管理员

参考例句：

• He's the steward of the club.他是这家俱乐部的管理员。
• He went around the world as a ship's steward.他当客船服务员，到过世界各地。

5 whit   

n.一点，丝毫

参考例句：

• There's not a whit of truth in the statement.这声明里没有丝毫的真实性。
• He did not seem a whit concerned.他看来毫不在乎。

6 doorway   

n.门口，(喻)入门；门路，途径

参考例句：

• They huddled in the shop doorway to shelter from the rain.他们挤在商店门口躲雨。
• Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.玛丽突然出现在门口。