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And Joffrey was the soul of courtesy. He talked to Sansa all night, showering her with compliments, making her laugh, sharing little bits of court gossip, explaining Moon Boy's japes. Sansa was so captivated that she quite forgot all her courtesies and ignored Septa Mordane, seated to her left.
至于乔佛里，更是集所有礼数于一身。他整晚陪珊莎聊天，赞美之词一句接一句，逗她笑个不停，此外他还和她分享宫廷里的琐碎闲话，向她解释月童的笑话等等。珊莎只觉得心中犹如小鹿乱撞，便把自己所有的礼仪，外加坐在她左边的茉丹修女都忘得一干二净。
All the while the courses came and went. A thick soup of barley and venison. Salads of sweetgrass and spinach and plums, sprinkled with crushed nuts. Snails in honey and garlic. Sansa had never eaten snails before; Joffrey showed her how to get the snail out of the shell, and fed her the first sweet morsel himself. Then came trout fresh from the river, baked in clay; her prince helped her crack open the hard casing to expose the flaky white flesh within. And when the meat course was brought out, he served her himself, slicing a queen's portion from the joint, smiling as he laid it on her plate. She could see from the way he moved that his right arm was still troubling him, yet he uttered not a word of complaint.
与此同时，菜肴一道道送上端下，有浓稠的大麦鹿肉汤、洒上坚果碎片的凉拌甜菜、菠菜和李子沙拉，还有蜂蜜大蒜煮蜗牛。珊莎没吃过蜗牛，乔佛里便教她如何从蜗牛壳里挖出肉，并且亲自喂她吃了甜美的第一口。接着是刚从河中捕来、封在黏土里的烤鳟鱼。她的王子帮她撬开覆盖在外的坚硬泥土，露出里面的白嫩鱼片。等肉食端上之后，他还亲自为她服务，从王后才配享有的部位切下一块，笑眯眯地放进她的餐盘。从他动作的方式她看得出他的右手仍旧困扰着他，但他没有半句怨言。
Later came sweetbreads and pigeon pie and baked apples fragrant with cinnamon and lemon cakes frosted in sugar, but by then Sansa was so stuffed that she could not manage more than two little lemon cakes, as much as she loved them. She was wondering whether she might attempt a third when the king began to shout.
之后又上了甜面包、鸽肉馅饼、散发肉桂香气的烤苹果、洒满糖霜的柠檬蛋糕，可珊莎已经吃得太饱，勉强撑下两个小柠檬蛋糕后就再也吃不下了。正当她考虑有没有办法再吃第三个时，国王咆哮了起来。
King Robert had grown louder with each course. From time to time Sansa could hear him laughing or roaring a command over the music and the clangor of plates and cutlery, but they were too far away for her to make out his words.
劳勃国王的声音随着每道菜的端上越来越大。珊莎不时能听见他放声大笑或以盖过音乐和餐具碰撞声的音量发号施令，但他们距他太远，听不出他说些什么。
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。
