冰与火之歌系列之《权力的游戏》第1148期:第五十五章 凯特琳(4)

 　　Will that bring Ned back to me? she said sharply. “那能让奈德活过来吗？”她语气尖锐地说。

　　The wound was still too fresh for softer words. 伤口还太新，听不得安慰的话语。

　　She could not think about Ned now. She would not. 现在她无法去想与奈德有关的事，也不愿去想。

　　It would not do. She had to be strong. 这样是不行的，她必须坚强。

　　"All that will keep. I must see Father." “这些以后再说，我要去见父亲。”

　　He awaits you in his solar, Edmure said. “他正在书房里等你。”艾德慕道。

　　Lord Hoster is bedridden, my lady, her father's steward¹ explained. “夫人，霍斯特大人卧病在床。”父亲的总管解释。

　　When had that good man grown so old and grey? 这好人何时变得如此灰白苍老？

　　"He instructed me to bring you to him at once." “他吩咐我立刻带您去见他。”

　　I'll take her. “让我带她去。”

　　Edmure escorted her up the water stair and across the lower bailey, where Petyr Baelish and Brandon Stark² had once crossed swords for her favor. 艾德慕陪着她步上临水阶梯，穿越下层庭院，培提尔和布兰登·史塔克就在那里为她拼斗过。

　　The massive sandstone walls of the keep loomed³ above them. 巍峨的砂岩城墙高耸于头顶，

　　As they pushed through a door between two guardsmen in fish-crest helms, she asked, "How bad is he?" dreading⁴ the answer even as she said the words. 他推开由一道两名头戴鱼纹盔的卫士把守的门，她借机询问：“他的情形有多坏？”她一边说，心里一边害怕即将听到的答案。

　　Edmure's look was somber⁵. "He will not be with us long, the maesters say. The pain is... constant, and grievous." 艾德慕神情严肃。“学士说他在人世的时间不长了。病痛时常发作……而且相当厉害。”

　　A blind rage filled her, a rage at all the world; at her brother Edmure and her sister Lysa, 一股无名怒火陡然充斥了她的内心，她痛恨这整个世界，痛恨弟弟艾德慕和妹妹莱沙，

　　at the Lannisters, at the maesters, at Ned and her father and the monstrous⁶ gods who would take them both away from her. 痛恨兰尼斯特家族，痛恨学士，痛恨奈德和父亲，尤其痛恨将他俩自她身边夺走的狰狞诸神。

　　"You should have told me," she said. "You should have sent word as soon as you knew." “你应该早点告诉我，”她说，“你知道情形就应该跟我说。”

1 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。

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 loomed   

v.隐约出现，阴森地逼近( loom的过去式和过去分词 )；隐约出现，阴森地逼近

参考例句：

• A dark shape loomed up ahead of us. 一个黑糊糊的影子隐隐出现在我们的前面。
• The prospect of war loomed large in everyone's mind. 战事将起的庞大阴影占据每个人的心。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 dreading   

v.害怕，恐惧，担心( dread的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• She was dreading having to broach the subject of money to her father. 她正在为不得不向父亲提出钱的事犯愁。
• This was the moment he had been dreading. 这是他一直最担心的时刻。

5 somber   

adj.昏暗的，阴天的，阴森的，忧郁的

参考例句：

• He had a somber expression on his face.他面容忧郁。
• His coat was a somber brown.他的衣服是暗棕色的。

6 monstrous   

adj.巨大的；恐怖的；可耻的，丢脸的

参考例句：

• The smoke began to whirl and grew into a monstrous column.浓烟开始盘旋上升，形成了一个巨大的烟柱。
• Your behaviour in class is monstrous!你在课堂上的行为真是丢人！