It was those rooms, low, dusty garrets at the top of a cramped narrow staircase. “Leave your boots down here,” Masha told them after she'd taken their coin. “The boy will clean them. I won't have you tracking mud up my stairs. Mind the bell. Those who come late to meals don't eat.” There were no smiles, and no mention of sweet cakes.
他们当然要。房间在低矮积尘的阁楼内，要经过狭窄老旧的楼梯爬上去。"把鞋子留在这儿，"玛莎收了钱后告诉他们，"伙计待会儿来清理。我可不想看你们踩着烂泥上楼。注意钟声，来晚了就没得吃了。"她脸上没有笑容，也只字未提香甜的蛋糕。
When the supper bell rang, the sound was deafening. Catelyn had changed into dry clothes. She sat by the window, watching rain run down the pane. The glass was milky and full of bubbles, and a wet dusk was falling outside. Catelyn could just make out the muddy crossing where the two great roads met.
当晚餐的钟声真的敲响时，简直震耳欲聋。凯特琳换了干衣服，正坐在窗边，凝视雨滴溜下窗棂。玻璃模糊不清，水珠密布，雨夜正要降临。凯特琳勉强分辨得出两条大路交会处的泥泞渡口。
The crossroads gave her pause. If they turned west from here, it was an easy ride down to Riverrun. Her father had always given her wise counsel when she needed it most, and she yearned to talk to him, to warn him of the gathering storm. If Winterfell needed to brace for war, how much more so Riverrun, so much closer to King's Landing, with the power of Casterly Rock looming to the west like a shadow. If only her father had been stronger, she might have chanced it, but Hoster Tully had been bedridden these past two years, and Catelyn was loath to tax him now.
看到岔路，她飘忽的视线不禁停了下来。假如他们由此向西，便可轻松愉快地抵达奔流城。父亲总会在她需要的时候给予睿智的建议，她也渴望和他谈谈，警告他即将来临的风暴。倘若临冬城当真不免一战，奔流城更是首当其冲，因为它既靠近君临，西面又有如阴影般的凯岩城势力。若是父亲身体健康一点，她或许还会考虑，然而霍斯特·徒利卧病在床已有两年之久，凯特琳不愿再加重他的负担。
The eastern road was wilder and more dangerous, climbing through rocky foothills and thick forests into the Mountains of the Moon, past high passes and deep chasms to the Vale of Arryn and the stony Fingers beyond.
东边的路比较崎岖，也更险恶，攀越岩石山丘和浓密树林，进入明月山脉，再穿过陡峭隘口和深渊绝壁，则会到达艾林谷，以及更远处崎岖多石的五指半岛。
背景介绍:
《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。乔治·雷蒙德·理查德·马丁是欧美奇幻小说大师。马丁的作品主要以人物为关注点，描写细腻丰富，突破了幻想文学界固有的创作模式，多次引领阅读潮流。由于马丁的辉煌成就，他被誉为美国的托尔金和新世纪的海明威。从1989年开始，马丁淡出文学界，转而投身演艺界发展，1996年他才重返文坛而开始奇幻文学的创作，处女作便是《权力的游戏》，即为《冰与火之歌》的首部曲。《权力的游戏》甫出便拿下了British Fantasy Society、 世界奇幻奖和星云奖年度最佳幻想作品提名，在非官方的不记名奇幻作品投票中，《冰与火之歌》俨然已经可以和《魔戒》平起平坐，作者网站的访问量也是和斯蒂芬·金、J.K.罗琳等不相上下，其受欢迎的程度可见一斑。乔治马丁被时代杂志评选为2011年影响世界的一百人之一。
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