冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第127期:第十章 琼恩(4)

 　　Jon did not know what to say. It wasn’t your fault, he managed after an awkward silence. 琼恩不知该说什么才好。"不是你的错。"一阵局促的沉默后，他勉强说了一句。

　　Her eyes found him. They were full of poison. I need none of your absolution, bastard¹. 她的视线找到了他，眼神充满怨毒。"用不着你这没娘的野种可怜我。"

　　Jon lowered his eyes. She was cradling one of Bran’s hands. He took the other, squeezed it.  琼恩垂下眼，她正托抚着布兰的一只手，他牵起另一只，握在手中，

　　Fingers like the bones of birds. Good-bye, he said. 只觉孱弱得像小鸟的骨头。"别了。"他说。

　　He was at the door when she called out to him. Jon, she said.  当他走到门边时，她开口唤他。"琼恩，"她说。

　　He should have kept going, but she had never called him by his name before.  他实在就应该这么继续走下去，但她从没有用他的名字称呼过他。

　　He turned to find her looking at his face, as if she were seeing it for the first time. 于是他转过身，发现她正盯着他的脸，仿佛这辈子第一次见到。

　　Yes? he said. "什么？"他问。

　　It should have been you, she told him.  "今天躺在这里的应该是你才对。"她告诉他。

　　Then she turned back to Bran and began to weep, her whole body shaking with the sobs².  说完她转身朝向布兰，痛哭流涕，全身上下都随之而猛烈抽搐。

　　Jon had never seen her cry before. 琼恩以前从没见她掉下一滴眼泪。

　　It was a long walk down to the yard. 回到楼下广场的路，好漫长。

　　Outside, everything was noise and confusion.  外面到处都是车马喧嚣，乱成一团。

　　Wagons³ were being loaded, men were shouting, horses were being harnessed and saddled and led from the stables.  人们高声呼喝，将货物运上车辆，为马匹套上缰绳马镫，然后牵进马厩。

　　A light snow had begun to fall, and everyone was in an uproar⁴ to be off. 空中飘起细雪，每个人都急着早些处理完手边的事务，才好躲进屋中。

　　Robb was in the middle of it, shouting commands with the best of them.  罗柏置身旋涡中心，镇定自若地发号施令。

　　He seemed to have grown of late, as if Bran’s fall and his mother’s collapse⁵ had somehow made him stronger. Grey Wind was at his side. 这些日子以来，他似乎突然成熟了许多，似乎布兰的意外和母亲濒临崩溃逼使他不得不坚强起来。灰风随侍在他身旁。

1 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。

2 sobs   

啜泣（声），呜咽（声）( sob的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• She was struggling to suppress her sobs. 她拼命不让自己哭出来。
• She burst into a convulsive sobs. 她突然抽泣起来。

3 wagons   

n.四轮的运货马车( wagon的名词复数 )；铁路货车；小手推车

参考例句：

• The wagons were hauled by horses. 那些货车是马拉的。
• They drew their wagons into a laager and set up camp. 他们把马车围成一圈扎起营地。

4 uproar   

n.骚动，喧嚣，鼎沸

参考例句：

• She could hear the uproar in the room.她能听见房间里的吵闹声。
• His remarks threw the audience into an uproar.他的讲话使听众沸腾起来。

5 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。