CHAPTER 99

“I said I’d dig worms for you too, if you wanted.”  Lommy made a disgusted face. “If it wasn’t for my leg, I’d hunt us some boars.”  “Some boars,” she mocked. “You need a boarspear to hunt boars, and horses and dogs, and men to flush the boar from its lair¹.” Her father had hunted boar in the wolfswood with Robb and Jon. Once he even took Bran, but never Arya, even though she was older. Septa Mordane said boar hunting was not for ladies, and Mother only promised that when she was older she might have her own hawk². She was older now, but if she had a hawk she’d eat it.  “What do you know about hunting boars?” said Hot Pie.  “More than you.”  Gendry was in no mood to hear it. “Quiet, both of you, I need to think what to do.” He always looked pained when he tried to think, like it hurt him something fierce.  “Yield,” Lommy said.  “I told you to shut up about the yielding. We don’t even know who’s in there. Maybe we can steal some food.”  “Lommy could steal, if it wasn’t for his leg,” said Hot Pie. “He was a thief in the city.”  “A bad thief,” Arya said, “or he wouldn’t have got caught.”  Gendry squinted³ up at the sun. “Evenfall will be the best time to sneak⁴ in. I’ll go scout⁵ come dark.”  “No, I’ll go,” Arya said. “You’re too noisy.”  Gendry got that look on his face. “We’ll both go.”  “Arry should go,” said Lommy. “He’s sneakier than you are.”  “We’ll both go, I said.”   “But what if you don’t come back? Hot Pie can’t carry me by himself, you know he can’t...”  “And there’s wolves,” Hot Pie said. “I heard them last night, when I had the watch. They sounded close.”  Arya had heard them too. She’d been asleep in the branches of an elm, but the howling had woken her. She’d sat awake for a good hour, listening to them, prickles creeping up her spine⁶.  “And you won’t even let us have a fire to keep them off,” Hot Pie said. “It’s not right, leaving us for the wolves.”  “No one is leaving you,” Gendry said in disgust. “Lommy has his spear if the wolves come, and you’ll be with him. We’re just going to go see, that’s all; we’re coming back.”  “Whoever it is, you should yield to them,” Lommy whined⁷. “I need some potion for my leg, it hurts bad.”  “If we see any leg potion, we’ll bring it,” Gendry said. “Arry, let’s go, I want to get near before the sun is down. Hot Pie, you keep Weasel here, I don’t want her following.”  “Last time she kicked me.”  “I’ll kick you if you don’t keep her here.” Without waiting for an answer, Gendry donned his steel helm and walked off.  Arya had to scamper⁸ to keep up. Gendry was five years older and a foot taller than she was, and long of leg as well. For a while he said nothing, just plowed⁹ on through the trees with an angry look on his face, making too much noise. But finally he stopped and said, “I think Lommy’s going to die.”  She was not surprised. Kurz had died of his wound, and he’d been a lot stronger than Lommy. Whenever it was Arya’s turn to help carry him, she could feel how warm his skin was, and smell the stink¹⁰ off his leg. “Maybe we could find a maester...”  “You only find maesters in castles, and even if we found one, he wouldn’t dirty his hands on the likes of Lommy.” Gendry ducked under a low-hanging limb.  “That’s not true.” Maester Luwin would have helped anyone who came to him, she was certain.  “He’s going to die, and the sooner he does it, the better for the rest of us. We should just leave him, like he says. If it was you or me hurt, you know he’d leave us.” They scrambled¹¹ down a steep cut and up the other side, using roots for handholds. “I’m sick of carrying him, and I’m sick of all his talk about yielding too. If he could stand up, I’d knock his teeth in. Lommy’s no use to anyone. That crying girl’s no use either.”  “You leave Weasel alone, she’s just scared and hungry is all.” Arya glanced back, but the girl was not following for once. Hot Pie must have grabbed her, like Gendry had told him.  “She’s no use,” Gendry repeated stubbornly. “Her and Hot Pie and Lommy, they’re slowing us down, and they’re going to get us killed. You’re the only one of the bunch who’s good for anything. Even if you are a girl.”  Arya froze in her steps. “I’m not a girl!”  “Yes you are. Do you think I’m as stupid as they are?”  “No, you’re stupider. The Night’s Watch doesn’t take girls, everyone knows that.”   “That’s true. I don’t know why Yoren brought you, but he must have had some reason. You’re still a girl.”  “I am not!”  “Then pull out your cock and take a piss. Go on.”  “I don’t need to take a piss. If I wanted to I could.”  “Liar. You can’t take out your cock because you don’t have one. I never noticed before when there were thirty of us, but you always go off in the woods to make your water. You don’t see Hot Pie doing that, nor me neither. If you’re not a girl, you must be some eunuch.”  “You’re the eunuch.”  “You know I’m not.” Gendry smiled. “You want me to take out my cock and prove it? I don’t have anything to hide.”  “Yes you do,” Arya blurted¹², desperate to escape the subject of the cock she didn’t have. “Those gold cloaks were after you at the inn, and you won’t tell us why.”  “I wish I knew. I think Yoren knew, but he never told me. Why did you think they were after you, though?”  Arya bit her lip. She remembered what Yoren had said, the day he had hacked¹³ off her hair. This lot, half o’ them would turn you over to the queen quick as spit for a pardon and maybe a few silvers. The other half’d do the same, only they’d rape¹⁴ you first. Only Gendry was differ- ent, the queen wanted him too. “I’ll tell you if you’ll tell me,” she said warily¹⁵.  “I would if I knew, Arry... is that really what you’re called, or do you have some girl’s name?”  Arya glared at the gnarled root by her feet. She realized that the pretense¹⁶ was done. Gendry knew, and she had nothing in her pants to convince him otherwise. She could draw Needle and kill him where he stood, or else trust him. She wasn’t certain she’d be able to kill him, even if she tried; he had his own sword, and he was a lot stronger. All that was left was the truth. “Lommy and Hot Pie can’t know,” she said.  “They won’t,” he swore. “Not from me.”  “Arya.” She raised her eyes to his. “My name is Arya. Of House Stark¹⁷.”  “Of House It took him a moment before he said, “The King’s Hand was named Stark. The one they killed for a traitor¹⁸.”  “He was never a traitor. He was my father.”  Gendry’s eyes widened. “So that’s why you thought.”  She nodded. “Yoren was taking me home to Winterfell.”  “I... you’re highborn then, a... you’ll be a lady...”  Arya looked down at her ragged¹⁹ clothes and bare feet, all cracked and callused. She saw the dirt under her nails, the scabs on her elbows, the scratches on her hands. Septa Mordane wouldn’t even know me, I bet. Sansa might, but she’d pretend not to. “My mother’s a lady, and my sister, but I never was.”  “Yes you were. You were a lord’s daughter and you lived in a castle, didn’t you? And you... gods be good, I never...” All of a sudden Gendry seemed uncertain, almost afraid. “All that about  cocks, I never should have said that. And I been pissing in front of you and everything, I I beg your pardon, m’lady.”  “Stop that!” Arya hissed²⁰. Was he mocking her?  “I know my courtesies, m’lady,” Gendry said, stubborn as ever. “Whenever highborn girls came into the shop with their fathers, my master told me I was to bend the knee, and speak only when they spoke²¹ to me, and call them m’lady.”  “If you start calling me m’lady, even Hot Pie is going to notice. And you better keep on pissing the same way too.”  “As m’lady commands.”  Arya slammed his chest with both hands.

1 lair   

n.野兽的巢穴；躲藏处

参考例句：

• How can you catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's lair?不入虎穴，焉得虎子？
• I retired to my lair,and wrote some letters.我回到自己的躲藏处，写了几封信。

2 hawk   

n.鹰，骗子；鹰派成员

参考例句：

• The hawk swooped down on the rabbit and killed it.鹰猛地朝兔子扑下来,并把它杀死。
• The hawk snatched the chicken and flew away.老鹰叼了小鸡就飞走了。

3 squinted   

斜视( squint的过去式和过去分词 )； 眯着眼睛； 瞟； 从小孔或缝隙里看

参考例句：

• Pulling his rifle to his shoulder he squinted along the barrel. 他把枪顶肩，眯起眼睛瞄准。
• I squinted through the keyhole. 我从锁眼窥看。

4 sneak   

vt.潜行(隐藏,填石缝)；偷偷摸摸做；n.潜行；adj.暗中进行

参考例句：

• He raised his spear and sneak forward.他提起长矛悄悄地前进。
• I saw him sneak away from us.我看见他悄悄地从我们身边走开。

5 scout   

n.童子军，侦察员；v.侦察，搜索

参考例句：

• He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.他被误认为是敌人的侦察兵，受了重伤。
• The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.侦察兵偷偷地靠近敌军阵地。

6 spine   

n.脊柱，脊椎；(动植物的)刺；书脊

参考例句：

• He broke his spine in a fall from a horse.他从马上跌下摔断了脊梁骨。
• His spine developed a slight curve.他的脊柱有点弯曲。

7 whined   

v.哀号( whine的过去式和过去分词 )；哀诉，诉怨

参考例句：

• The dog whined at the door, asking to be let out. 狗在门前嚎叫着要出去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• He whined and pouted when he did not get what he wanted. 他要是没得到想要的东西就会发牢骚、撅嘴。 来自辞典例句

8 scamper   

v.奔跑，快跑

参考例句：

• She loves to scamper through the woods of the forest.她喜欢在森林里的树林中穿梭嬉戏。
• The flash sent the foxes scampering away.闪光惊得狐狸四处逃窜。

9 plowed   

v.耕( plow的过去式和过去分词 )；犁耕；费力穿过

参考例句：

• They plowed nearly 100,000 acres of virgin moorland. 他们犁了将近10万英亩未开垦的高沼地。 来自辞典例句
• He plowed the land and then sowed the seeds. 他先翻土，然后播种。 来自辞典例句

10 stink   

vi.发出恶臭；糟透，招人厌恶；n.恶臭

参考例句：

• The stink of the rotten fish turned my stomach.腐烂的鱼臭味使我恶心。
• The room has awful stink.那个房间散发着难闻的臭气。

11 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 blurted   

v.突然说出，脱口而出( blurt的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She blurted it out before I could stop her. 我还没来得及制止，她已脱口而出。
• He blurted out the truth, that he committed the crime. 他不慎说出了真相，说是他犯了那个罪。 来自《简明英汉词典》

13 hacked   

生气

参考例句：

• I hacked the dead branches off. 我把枯树枝砍掉了。
• I'm really hacked off. 我真是很恼火。

14 rape   

n.抢夺，掠夺，强奸；vt.掠夺，抢夺，强奸

参考例句：

• The rape of the countryside had a profound ravage on them.对乡村的掠夺给他们造成严重创伤。
• He was brought to court and charged with rape.他被带到法庭并被指控犯有强奸罪。

15 warily   

adv.留心地

参考例句：

• He looked warily around him,pretending to look after Carrie.他小心地看了一下四周，假装是在照顾嘉莉。
• They were heading warily to a point in the enemy line.他们正小心翼翼地向着敌人封锁线的某一处前进。

16 pretense   

n.矫饰，做作，借口

参考例句：

• You can't keep up the pretense any longer.你无法继续伪装下去了。
• Pretense invariably impresses only the pretender.弄虚作假欺骗不了真正的行家。

17 stark   

adj.荒凉的；严酷的；完全的；adv.完全地

参考例句：

• The young man is faced with a stark choice.这位年轻人面临严峻的抉择。
• He gave a stark denial to the rumor.他对谣言加以完全的否认。

18 traitor   

n.叛徒，卖国贼

参考例句：

• The traitor was finally found out and put in prison.那个卖国贼终于被人发现并被监禁了起来。
• He was sold out by a traitor and arrested.他被叛徒出卖而被捕了。

19 ragged   

adj.衣衫褴褛的，粗糙的，刺耳的

参考例句：

• A ragged shout went up from the small crowd.这一小群人发出了刺耳的喊叫。
• Ragged clothing infers poverty.破衣烂衫意味着贫穷。

20 hissed   

发嘶嘶声( hiss的过去式和过去分词 )； 发嘘声表示反对

参考例句：

• Have you ever been hissed at in the middle of a speech? 你在演讲中有没有被嘘过？
• The iron hissed as it pressed the wet cloth. 熨斗压在湿布上时发出了嘶嘶声。

21 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。