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Now it was perfume that clung to him like perfume, and he had a girth to match his height. Ned had last seen the king nine years before during Balon Greyjoy’s rebellion, when the stag and the direwolf had joined to end the pretensions of the self-proclaimed King of the Iron Islands. Since the night they had stood side by side in Greyjoy’s fallen stronghold, where Robert had accepted the rebel lord’s surrender and Ned had taken his son Theon as hostage and ward, the king had gained at least eight stone. A beard as coarse and black as iron wire covered his jaw to hide his double chin and the sag of the royal jowls, but nothing could hide his stomach or the dark circles under his eyes.
现在香水却当夏和他如影随形了。他的腰围也和身高同样惊人。奈德上一次见到国王，是在九年前的巴隆·葛雷乔伊之乱。那时维鹿与冰原狼的旗帜齐飞，两家军队合力绥靖那自立为王的铁群岛领主。胜利之夜，两人并肩站在葛雷乔伊家族陷落的堡垒大厅里，劳勃接受叛军首领的降书，奈德则将其幼子席恩收为养子。之後，劳勃起码胖了几十公斤。如今一团粗黑如铁丝的胡子遮住他肥胖的双下巴，但没有任何东西可以掩盖他突出的小腹和凹陷的黑眼圈。
Yet Robert was Ned’s king now, and not just a friend, so he said only, “Your Grace. Winterfell is yours.”
但劳勃终究是奈德的国君，而不仅仅是朋友，所以他只说：「陛下，临冬城听候您差遣。」
By then the others were dismounting as well, and grooms were coming forward for their mounts. Robert’s queen, Cersei Lannister, entered on foot with her younger children. The wheelhouse in which they had ridden, a huge double-decked carriage of oiled oak and gilded metal pulled by forty heavy draft horses, was too wide to pass through the castle gate. Ned knelt in the snow to kiss the queen’s ring, while Robert embraced Catelyn like a long-lost sister. Then the children had been brought forward, introduced, and approved of by both sides.
此时其他人纷纷下马，城里的马夫过来照料马匹。劳勃的皇后，瑟曦·兰尼斯特带著她年幼的孩子们走进城里。他们乘坐的轮宫是一辆巨大的双层马车，以油亮的橡木和镶滚金边的金属搭建而成，由四十匹骏马共同拖拉，因为太宽，只得停在城门外。奈德在雪地里跪下，亲吻皇后手上的戒指，劳勃则像是拥抱自己失散已久的妹妹般地拥抱了凯特琳。接著孩子们被带上前来，彼此正式介绍过後，得到双方家长的赞许。
No sooner had those formalities of greeting been completed than the king had said to his host, “Take me down to your crypt, Eddard. I would pay my respects.”
正式的见面礼仪才刚结束没多久，国王便说：「艾德，带我到你们家墓窖去，我要聊表敬意。」
读物介绍：
《权力的游戏》是一部中世纪史诗奇幻题材的电视连续剧。该剧以美国作家乔治·R·R·马丁的奇幻巨作《冰与火之歌》七部曲为基础改编创作，由大卫·贝尼奥夫和丹尼尔·威斯编剧、HBO电视网推出。本剧第一季于2011年4月17日开播，第二季于2012年4月1日回归，第三季于2013年3月31日开始播出，第四季已获得预定，将在2014年春季回归。
