冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第575期:第二十七章 布兰(47)

 　　By what right do you dare lay hands on my blood? Cersei demanded. Who do you think you are? 你凭什么对我家人下手？瑟曦质问，你以为你什么东西？

　　The Hand of the King, Ned told her with icy courtesy.  我是御前首相。奈德有礼但冰冷地回敬，

　　Charged by your own lord husband to keep the king's peace and enforce the king's justice. 奉了你丈夫的指令，以国王之名维护和平和公理正义。

　　You were the Hand, Cersei began, but now... 你曾经是首相，瑟曦不依不饶，如今—

　　Silence! the king roared. You asked him a question and he answered it.  安静！国王咆哮道，你问他问题，他也回答了你。

　　Cersei subsided¹, cold with anger, and Robert turned back to Ned.  瑟曦冷冷地退开，满脸怒容。劳勃又转向奈德。

　　Keep the king's peace, you say.  奈德，你说以国王之名维护和平，

　　Is this how you keep my peace, Ned? Seven men are dead? 请问这就是你维护和平的方式么？总共死了七个人…

　　Eight, the queen corrected. Tregar died this morning, of the blow Lord Stark² gave him. 八个，王后纠正他，崔格今早上死了，死于史塔克大人那一剑。

　　Abductions on the kingsroad and drunken slaughter³ in my streets, the king said.  先是在国王大道上公然绑架，然后又在城里面喝酒杀人，国王道，

　　I will not have it, Ned. 奈德，我不会容许这种事的。

　　Catelyn had good reason for taking the Imp⁴... 凯特琳有充分的理由去抓小恶魔—

　　I said, I will not have it! To hell with her reasons.  我说我不容许这种事发生！管她什么理由。

　　You will command her to release the dwarf⁵ at once, and you will make your peace with Jaime. 我要你命令她立刻释放侏儒，然后跟詹姆和好。

　　Three of my men were butchered before my eyes, because Jaime Lannister wished to chasten me. Am I to forget that? 詹姆只因为想教训我，就当着我的面屠杀了我三个部下，而你却叫我当这事没发生过？

　　My brother was not the cause of this quarrel, Cersei told the king.  这场争端可不是我弟弟挑起的，瑟曦告诉国王，

　　Lord Stark was returning drunk from a brothel.  当时史塔克大人喝醉了酒，刚从妓院里出来。

　　His men attacked Jaime and his guards, even as his wife attacked Tyrion on the kingsroad. 他手下的人攻击詹姆和他的卫士，就像他太太在国王大道上攻击提利昂一样。

1 subsided   

v.（土地）下陷（因在地下采矿）( subside的过去式和过去分词 )；减弱；下降至较低或正常水平；一下子坐在椅子等上

参考例句：

• After the heavy rains part of the road subsided. 大雨过后，部分公路塌陷了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• By evening the storm had subsided and all was quiet again. 傍晚， 暴风雨已经过去，四周开始沉寂下来。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

3 slaughter   

n.屠杀，屠宰；vt.屠杀，宰杀

参考例句：

• I couldn't stand to watch them slaughter the cattle.我不忍看他们宰牛。
• Wholesale slaughter was carried out in the name of progress.大规模的屠杀在维护进步的名义下进行。

4 imp   

n.顽童

参考例句：

• What a little imp you are!你这个淘气包！
• There's a little imp always running with him.他总有一个小鬼跟着。

5 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。