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Sansa
珊莎
The morning of King Joffrey's name day dawned bright and windy, with the long tail of the great comet visible through the high scuttling clouds. Sansa was watching it from her tower window when Ser Arys Oakheart arrived to escort her down to the tourney grounds. "What do you think it means?" she asked him.
乔佛里国王命名日的那天早上，阳光明媚，时有清风。珊莎站在塔楼窗边，看着大彗星的长尾巴，透过疾走流云，昭然可见。这时，亚历斯·奥克赫特爵士前来护送她去比武会场。“你觉得这颗彗星代表着什么？”她问。
Glory to your betrothed, Ser Arys answered at once. "See how it flames across the sky today on His Grace's name day, as if the gods themselves had raised a banner in his honor. The smallfolk have named it King Joffrey's Comet."
“这是上天派来荣耀您的未婚夫的，”亚历斯爵士立时回答，“你看，它闪着光辉，在陛下的命名日划过天际，好似诸神为他举起了旗帜，以示尊崇。老百姓都把它叫做‘乔佛里国王彗星’。”
Doubtless that was what they told Joffrey; Sansa was not so sure. "I've heard servants calling it the Dragon's Tail."
他们想必是如此告诉乔佛里的，至于实情如何，珊莎可不敢确定。“我听下人把它叫做‘龙尾星’。”
King Joffrey sits where Aegon the Dragon once sat, in the castle built by his son, Ser Arys said. "He is the dragon's heir—and crimson is the color of House Lannister, another sign. This comet is sent to herald Joffrey's ascent to the throne, I have no doubt. It means that he will triumph over his enemies."
“是啊，乔佛里国王的宝座是以前龙王伊耿的位子，他的城堡也是由伊耿的儿子所建筑。”亚历斯爵士道，“他是真龙的继承人——况且深红又是兰尼斯特家族的颜色，这也是一个象征。依我之见，彗星定是上天送来宣告乔佛里国王陛下登基的，它预示着他终将击败敌人，赢得最后胜利。”
Is it true? she wondered. Would the gods be so cruel? Her mother was one of Joffrey's enemies now, her brother Robb another. Her father had died by the king's command. Must Robb and her lady mother die next? The comet was red, but Joffrey was Baratheon as much as Lannister, and their sigil was a black stag on a golden field. Shouldn't the gods have sent Joff a golden comet?
真的吗？她不禁暗想，诸神真会如此残酷吗？眼下乔佛里的敌人就包括她自己的母亲，还有哥哥罗柏。父亲已经死于国王令下，难道接下来就要轮到罗柏和母亲了吗？彗星是红色的没错，可乔佛里不只是兰尼斯特家的人，他也是拜拉席恩家族的后代呀，而他们的标志是金底黑鹿，诸神怎不给小乔一颗金色的彗星呢？
