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冰与火之歌系列之《列王的纷争》第12期:序幕(12)

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The fisherfolk liked to say a mermaid had taught him to breathe water in return for his seed. Patchface himself had said nothing. The witty, clever lad that Lord Steffon had written of never reached Storm's End; the boy they found was someone else, broken in body and mind, hardly capable of speech, much less of wit. Yet his fool's face left no doubt of who he was. It was the fashion in the Free City of Volantis to tattoo the faces of slaves and servants; from neck to scalp the boy's skin had been patterned in squares of red and green motley.

海边的渔民老爱说有美人鱼教他如何在水中呼吸,藉此换取他的精种。补丁脸自己则什么也没说。他们在风息堡下找到的孩子完全变了个样,身心俱碎,连语言能力都几乎消失,遑论史蒂芬公爵信上所说的聪慧机灵。然而看到那张弄臣脸,男孩的身份却又无庸置疑,因为瓦兰提斯自由贸易城邦习惯在奴隶和仆役脸上刺青,而他从头皮到脖颈均布满红绿相间的格子。
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The wretch is mad, and in pain, and no use to anyone, least of all himself, declared old Ser Harbert, the castellan of Storm's End in those years. "The kindest thing you could do for that one is fill his cup with the milk of the poppy. A painless sleep, and there's an end to it. He'd bless you if he had the wit for it." But Cressen had refused, and in the end he had won. Whether Patchface had gotten any joy of that victory he could not say, not even today, so many years later.

“我看这可怜虫是疯了,这样下去,不仅他自己受苦,对别人也没好处。”当年的风息堡代理城主老哈柏特爵士说,“你所能做的最仁慈的事,就是给他一杯罂粟花奶,让他毫无痛楚地一觉睡去,从此了结。若他还有几分脑筋,一定会感激你的。”然而克礼森坚决反对,最后他的意见终于获胜。至于补丁脸究竟有没有从这个胜利中得到任何欢愉,他不敢说,即便在事隔多年的今日,他依旧不知道。
The shadows come to dance, my lord, dance my lord, dance my lord, the fool sang on, swinging his head and making his bells clang and clatter. Bong dong, ring-a-ling, bong dong.
“影子来跳舞喔,大人,来跳舞喔大人,来跳舞喔大人,来跳舞喔大人!”弄臣继续唱,一边摇头晃脑,铃声叮当响。碰咚!叮叮当!碰咚!
Lord, the white raven shrieked. "Lord, lord, lord."
“大人!”白鸦厉声叫道,“大人!大人!大人!”

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adj. 有能力的,足以胜任的,有 ... 倾向的

 
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