冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第424期:第二十四章 艾德(21)

 　　Much later, after he had taken the girls back through the city and seen them both safe in bed,  当天晚上，在他带女儿们回到城里，送她们上床，

　　Sansa with her dreams and Arya with her bruises¹, Ned ascended² to his own chambers³ atop the Tower of the Hand.  看着满脑子白日梦的珊莎和浑身是伤的艾莉亚分别安然入梦之后，奈德这才步上首相塔顶，返回自己的起居室。

　　The day had been warm and the room was close and stuffy⁴.  白天气候暖和，因此房里现在显得十分郁窒。

　　Ned went to the window and unfastened the heavy shutters⁵ to let in the cool night air.  奈德走到窗边，打开沉重的扣锁，让清凉的晚风吹进室内。

　　Across the Great Yard, he noticed the flickering⁶ glow of candlelight from Littlefinger's windows.  隔着广大的中庭，他注意到小指头窗里的摇曳烛光。

　　The hour was well past midnight. Down by the river, the revels⁷ were only now beginning to dwindle⁸ and die. 时间已过午夜，但在远处河边，喧闹声才刚开始稍稍减退。

　　He took out the dagger⁹ and studied it. Littlefinger's blade, won by Tyrion Lannister in a tourney wager¹⁰, sent to slay¹¹ Bran in his sleep.  他取出匕首，仔细检视。小指头的刀，在比武大会上打赌输给提利昂·兰尼斯特，被用来对熟睡的布兰痛下杀手。

　　Why? Why would the dwarf¹² want Bran dead? Why would anyone want Bran dead? 为什么？为什么那侏儒要置布兰于死地？怎么会有人要置布兰于死地？

　　The dagger, Bran's fall, all of it was linked somehow to the murder of Jon Arryn, he could feel it in his gut¹³,  他隐约觉得这把短刀、布兰坠楼都与谋害琼恩·艾林有所牵连，

　　but the truth of Jon's death remained as clouded to him as when he had started.  但琼恩的死亡真相像个谜团，他依旧毫无头绪。

　　Lord Stannis had not returned to King's Landing for the tourney.  史坦尼斯公爵并未返回君临参加比武大会，

　　Lysa Arryn held her silence behind the high walls of the Eyrie.  莱莎·艾林则躲在鹰巢城高墙之后，噤若寒蝉。

　　The squire¹⁴ was dead, and Jory was still searching the whorehouses.  琼恩的侍从已死，乔里仍在一家家妓院里逡巡。

　　What did he have but Robert's bastard¹⁵? 除了劳勃的私生子，他手上究竟还有什么线索？

　　That the armorer's sullen¹⁶ apprentice¹⁷ was the king's son, Ned had no doubt.  毫无疑问，武器师傅那个脸色阴沉的学徒正是国王的儿子，这点奈德很清楚。

　　The Baratheon look was stamped on his face, in his jaw¹⁸, his eyes, that black hair.  拜拉席恩家族的特征清楚地印在他脸上，他的下巴、眼睛和黑发无一不是明证。

　　Renly was too young to have fathered a boy of that age, Stannis too cold and proud in his honor.  蓝礼太年轻，不可能有那么大的儿子，史坦尼斯则是太冷酷也太重视荣誉，不会做出这种事。

　　Gendry had to be Robert's. 詹德利一定是劳勃的种。

1 bruises   

n.瘀伤，伤痕，擦伤( bruise的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• He was covered with bruises after falling off his bicycle. 他从自行车上摔了下来，摔得浑身伤痕。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The pear had bruises of dark spots. 这个梨子有碰伤的黑斑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 ascended   

v.上升，攀登( ascend的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He has ascended into heaven. 他已经升入了天堂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The climbers slowly ascended the mountain. 爬山运动员慢慢地登上了这座山。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 chambers   

n.房间( chamber的名词复数 )；（议会的）议院；卧室；会议厅

参考例句：

• The body will be removed into one of the cold storage chambers. 尸体将被移到一个冷冻间里。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Mr Chambers's readable book concentrates on the middle passage: the time Ransome spent in Russia. Chambers先生的这本值得一看的书重点在中间：Ransome在俄国的那几年。 来自互联网

4 stuffy   

adj.不透气的，闷热的

参考例句：

• It's really hot and stuffy in here.这里实在太热太闷了。
• It was so stuffy in the tent that we could sense the air was heavy with moisture.帐篷里很闷热，我们感到空气都是潮的。

5 shutters   

百叶窗( shutter的名词复数 )； （照相机的）快门

参考例句：

• The shop-front is fitted with rolling shutters. 那商店的店门装有卷门。
• The shutters thumped the wall in the wind. 在风中百叶窗砰砰地碰在墙上。

6 flickering   

adj.闪烁的，摇曳的，一闪一闪的

参考例句：

• The crisp autumn wind is flickering away. 清爽的秋风正在吹拂。
• The lights keep flickering. 灯光忽明忽暗。

7 revels   

n.作乐( revel的名词复数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉v.作乐( revel的第三人称单数 )；狂欢；着迷；陶醉

参考例句：

• Christmas revels with feasting and dancing were common in England. 圣诞节的狂欢歌舞在英国是很常见的。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• Dickens openly revels in the book's rich physical detail and high-hearted conflict. 狄更斯对该书中丰富多彩的具体细节描写和勇敢的争斗公开表示欣赏。 来自辞典例句

8 dwindle   

v.逐渐变小（或减少）

参考例句：

• The factory's workforce has dwindled from over 4,000 to a few hundred.工厂雇员总数已经从4,000多人减少到几百人。
• He is struggling to come to terms with his dwindling authority.他正努力适应自己权力被削弱这一局面。

9 dagger   

n.匕首，短剑，剑号

参考例句：

• The bad news is a dagger to his heart.这条坏消息刺痛了他的心。
• The murderer thrust a dagger into her heart.凶手将匕首刺进她的心脏。

10 wager   

n.赌注；vt.押注，打赌

参考例句：

• They laid a wager on the result of the race.他们以竞赛的结果打赌。
• I made a wager that our team would win.我打赌我们的队会赢。

11 slay   

v.杀死，宰杀，杀戮

参考例句：

• He intended to slay his father's murderer.他意图杀死杀父仇人。
• She has ordered me to slay you.她命令我把你杀了。

12 dwarf   

n.矮子，侏儒，矮小的动植物；vt.使…矮小

参考例句：

• The dwarf's long arms were not proportional to his height.那侏儒的长臂与他的身高不成比例。
• The dwarf shrugged his shoulders and shook his head. 矮子耸耸肩膀，摇摇头。

13 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

14 squire   

n.护卫, 侍从, 乡绅

参考例句：

• I told him the squire was the most liberal of men.我告诉他乡绅是世界上最宽宏大量的人。
• The squire was hard at work at Bristol.乡绅在布里斯托尔热衷于他的工作。

15 bastard   

n.坏蛋，混蛋；私生子

参考例句：

• He was never concerned about being born a bastard.他从不介意自己是私生子。
• There was supposed to be no way to get at the bastard.据说没有办法买通那个混蛋。

16 sullen   

adj.愠怒的，闷闷不乐的，(天气等)阴沉的

参考例句：

• He looked up at the sullen sky.他抬头看了一眼阴沉的天空。
• Susan was sullen in the morning because she hadn't slept well.苏珊今天早上郁闷不乐，因为昨晚没睡好。

17 apprentice   

n.学徒，徒弟

参考例句：

• My son is an apprentice in a furniture maker's workshop.我的儿子在一家家具厂做学徒。
• The apprentice is not yet out of his time.这徒工还没有出徒。

18 jaw   

n.颚，颌，说教，流言蜚语；v.喋喋不休，教训

参考例句：

• He delivered a right hook to his opponent's jaw.他给了对方下巴一记右钩拳。
• A strong square jaw is a sign of firm character.强健的方下巴是刚毅性格的标志。