It was almost noon when the party left Suzail.一行人离开苏萨尔时，已经快到正午了。1
Akabar had spent the morning purchasing supplies.阿卡巴整个上午都在采购补给。2
His was the easy job.他的差事倒是轻松。3
Olive and Dragonbait had the dubious honor of tumbling Alias out of bed so she could lead them to Yulash.奥利芙和龙饵有幸——也不知算不算幸——把阿莉亚丝从床上拖起来，好让她带他们前往尤拉什。4
The swordswoman cursed them both feebly.女剑士有气无力地把他们俩都骂了一通。5
When they finally got her to sit, she threw up.他们好不容易才让她坐起来，她便吐了。6
Finally, they got her cleaned up and dressed.最后，他们总算替她收拾干净，穿好了衣服。7
She moaned all the while and wept some, too.她从头到尾都在呻吟，还哭了一阵。8
“To hear her complain,” Olive sniffed, “you’d think she was a fifteen-year-old debutante suffering from her first drunk.“听她这么抱怨，”奥利芙哼了一声，“不知道的还以为她是个十五岁的初入社交场的姑娘，头一回喝醉呢。9
Is she always like this?” she asked Dragonbait.她一向都这样吗？”她问龙饵。10
The lizard made no sound or gesture in reply.那蜥蜴既没出声，也没做任何手势回应。11
The halfling looked about the room for another bottle of liquor.半身人在房间里四下张望，想找找还有没有别的酒瓶。12
According to the barkeep, the swordswoman had had only two mugs of mead.据酒馆老板说，女剑士只喝了两大杯蜂蜜酒。13
Granted, it was good, potent stuff and the barkeep’s mugs were a generous size, but that couldn’t possibly be enough to leave a seasoned warrior so incapacitated, Olive decided.那酒的确上好而且劲头十足，酒馆老板用的杯子也格外大方，但奥利芙认定，那点酒怎么也不至于让一个久经沙场的战士醉成这副模样。14
Yet, there was no sign of alcohol in any of Alias’s belongings.然而，阿莉亚丝的行李中却找不到任何酒。15
Olive remembered her aunt who would go into a crying jag after a single glass of wine.奥利芙想起自己的姨妈；她只要喝上一杯葡萄酒，就会大哭一场。16
It wasn’t the booze, her mother had explained to her, it was the feeling in her heart when she drank.她母亲曾向她解释，那不是酒的缘故，而是她喝酒时心里的感受作祟。17
The halfling wondered how anyone could be so depressed.半身人不明白，怎么会有人如此消沉。18
Alias had her health, gold in her purse, she wasn’t love-struck over anyone, and this afternoon she’d be three steps ahead of the law on open road.阿莉亚丝身体康健，钱袋里有金币，也没为谁害相思病，而且今天下午她就会策马驰骋在大路上，把官差远远甩在身后。19
Who could ask for more?还能奢求什么呢？20
Humans!人类啊！21
Go figure.真叫人搞不懂。22
Olive sighed and ran a cool, damp rag about Alias’s face.奥利芙叹了口气，用一块凉凉的湿布擦拭阿莉亚丝的脸。23
By the time a scowling Alias stumbled out of the inn, her hood up to shade her eyes against the bright sunlight, Akabar was waiting with the party’s horses and pony saddled and packed.等到阿莉亚丝阴沉着脸、跌跌撞撞地走出旅店时，她已经拉起兜帽遮住眼睛，以躲避明亮的阳光；阿卡巴则早已等在那里，一行人的马匹和小马都已备好鞍、驮好行李。24
If Alias had any appreciation for Akabar’s efforts and skills as a quartermaster, she didn’t bother to note it aloud.如果阿莉亚丝对阿卡巴操持行装的辛劳和本事有丝毫赞赏，她也懒得说出口。25
“I have to make a stop somewhere,” she whispered, nudging Lady Killer into motion.“我得先去个地方。”她低声说道，轻磕马腹，催动“淑女杀手”前行。26
The others followed her to the Towers of Good Fortune.其他人跟着她来到幸运之塔。27
“Wait here,” she ordered.“在这儿等着。”她命令道。28
The mage and the halfling remained mounted as she entered the temple to Tymora.阿莉亚丝走进泰摩拉的神殿，法师和半身人仍骑在坐骑上等候。29
Dragonbait scratched Lightning’s muzzle thoughtfully.龙饵若有所思地挠了挠闪电的口鼻。30
Alias kept her hood up even in the dim light of the church.即使教堂里光线昏暗，阿莉亚丝也没有放下兜帽。31
There were three priests and about twenty people seated in the congregation hall, some whispering, others praying silently.礼拜堂里有三名祭司和大约二十名信徒，有些人在窃窃私语，其他人则默默祈祷。32
She knew it was unlikely Winefiddle had returned so soon from Dimswart’s, but she really didn’t want to run into him in case he had.她知道酒琴不大可能这么快就从迪姆斯沃特那里回来，但万一他已经回来了，她实在不想撞见他。33
So she stood near the doorway, studying the carving of Lady Luck in front of the altar.于是她站在门边，端详着祭坛前幸运女神的雕像。34
The image of Tymora had short hair, tousled like Alias’s. The goddess’s figure was more boyish, but no more muscled than the swordswoman’s. The sideways shift of her eyes and the half-grin gave her a crafty look Alias had noted a few times on Olive’s face.泰摩拉的雕像留着一头短发，像阿莉亚丝的头发一样凌乱。女神的身形更显男孩子气，但肌肉并不比这位女剑士更发达。她斜睨的眼神和嘴角那一抹笑意，令她显得颇为狡黠；阿莉亚丝曾有几次在奥利芙脸上见过这种神情。35
Halflings, she remembered, worshipped an image of Tymora that resembled a halfling female.她记得，半身人所崇拜的泰摩拉形象，看起来就像一名半身人女子。36
Alias tried to remember the last time she’d grinned that way.阿莉亚丝试图回想，自己上一次那样咧嘴而笑是什么时候。37
All I’ve had lately, she thought, is bad luck.我最近遇到的，她心想，全是霉运。38
I don’t even believe in luck.我甚至根本不相信运气。39
What am I doing here?我来这里干什么？40
At her elbow was the poor box where she was supposed to have left the green gem the night Winefiddle had tried to remove the runes on her arm, the night she’d try to kill him.她手边就是济贫捐献箱。酒琴试图除掉她手臂上那些符文的那天晚上，也就是她试图杀死他的那晚，她本该把那颗绿色宝石放进这个箱子里。41
Personally, she addressed the goddess in her thoughts.就我个人而言，她在心里对女神说道。42
If someone tried to kill one of my priests and then cheated me out of what they owed me and then came back and tried to make it up to me by paying me even more, I don’t think I’d feel any better disposed toward them.如果有人试图杀死我的一名祭司，接着又赖掉欠我的东西，后来却回来想要补偿我，甚至付得更多，我可不觉得自己会因此对那个人多出什么好感。43
From her purse she drew out the opal Olive had liberated from Mist’s lair.她从钱袋里掏出奥利芙从米斯特巢穴中弄来的那颗蛋白石。44
The huge gem felt warm and smooth in her palm.这颗硕大的宝石躺在她掌心里，温暖而光滑。45
She dropped it into the poor box.她把它丢进了济贫捐献箱。46
Just in case you aren’t like me, she thought.只是以防你和我不一样，她心想。47
She turned about and left the temple.她转过身，离开了神殿。48
Alias just didn’t have the energy to lay a false trail out of the city.阿莉亚丝实在没有精力布置一条通往城外的假踪迹。49
She led her party through the east gate which led directly to the road north.她领着同伴穿过东门，门外就是向北的大路。50
She rode along without a sound.她一路骑行，一声不吭。51
Wracking his brain for something to say that might make her feel even a tiny bit better, Akabar came up with, “I had noticed, as regards liquid refreshment, that the emphasis north of the Inner Sea is on strength as opposed to flavor.阿卡巴绞尽脑汁，想找点能让她稍微好受些的话，最后说道：“说到酒水，我注意到，内海以北看重的是酒劲，而不是风味。52
It is no doubt a common thing for a person to be caught unawares by the power of the beverages served here—”人们对这里所供应酒水的威力毫无防备，想必也是常有的事——”53
The mage soon regretted having said anything.法师很快就后悔自己开了口。54
Alias made no reply, but, even worse, the bard launched into a defense of the drinks of the northern Realms.阿莉亚丝没有回答，但更糟的是，游吟诗人开始为北方诸界的酒水辩护起来。55
Her comparison of a Delayed Blast with a Flaming Gullet did nothing to disprove Akabar’s original point, and only served to turn the swordswoman a more distressing shade of green.她拿“延迟爆裂”和“烈焰灼喉”作的比较，丝毫没能驳倒阿卡巴原先的观点，反倒只让女剑士的脸色变成了一种更加吓人的绿色。56
Akabar remained as quiet as Alias after that, but Olive continued chattering to Dragonbait for some time.此后，阿卡巴也像阿莉亚丝一样沉默不语，但奥利芙仍对着龙饵喋喋不休地说了好一阵子。57
When she got tired of talking to the mute creature, she sang.等她厌倦了对这个不会说话的生物自说自话，便唱起歌来。58
She was on the thirteenth verse of her fifth ballad when Alias finally spoke.当她唱到第五首歌谣的第十三节时，阿莉亚丝终于开口了。59
“Olive, please, try to show some consideration for the dying,” the warrior whispered.“奥利芙，拜托，体谅一下快死的人吧。”战士低声说道。60
“Oh.“哦。61
I’m sorry, Alias.对不起，阿莉亚丝。62
Are you still feeling poorly?”你还是不舒服吗？”63
“I meant you.”“我说的是你。”64
“But, I feel fine,” the halfling replied in confusion.“可是我感觉很好啊。”半身人困惑地答道。65
“If you don’t shut up, I’m going to have to kill you.“你要是再不闭嘴，我就只能杀了你。66
Then you won’t feel fine at all.”到时候你就一点也不会觉得好了。”67
The bard gulped and remained silent for about half a mile.游吟诗人咽了口唾沫，接下来约半英里的路上一声不吭。68
Finally, though, she dropped back some ways from the party so she could continue humming softly without incurring the swordswoman’s wrath.但最后，她还是落到队伍后面一段距离，好让自己能继续轻声哼唱，又不至于招来女剑士的怒火。69
Dragonbait slowed down to join her, perhaps out of pity, though Akabar suspected the lizard really was a music lover.龙饵放慢速度陪在她身边，也许是出于同情，不过阿卡巴怀疑这只蜥蜴其实是真的喜欢音乐。70
“Cheerful people are so depressing,” Alias muttered.“开朗的人真让人郁闷。”阿莉亚丝嘟囔道。71
The mage smiled, and they rode on in silence.法师笑了笑，他们默默地继续骑行。72
After a good night’s rest at an inn in Hilp, Alias seemed fully recovered.在希尔普的一家旅店好好休息了一夜后，阿莉亚丝似乎已经完全恢复了。73
As they progressed northward, Alias kept a watchful eye on Dragonbait, who loped along beside the horses.一行人向北行进时，阿莉亚丝始终留心看着龙饵；他迈着大步，跟在马匹旁边奔跑。74
She’d admonished him to let her know if they went too fast.她叮嘱过他，要是他们走得太快，就告诉她。75
The lizard had responded by running around the horses with a curious bouncing gait and then turning three cartwheels.那只蜥蜴却以一种古怪的蹦跳步态绕着马群跑了一圈，接着一连翻了三个侧手翻作为回应。76
Alias even tolerated the halfling’s prattle and went so far as to try teaching the bard a ballad she claimed to have learned from a Harper.阿莉亚丝甚至容忍了那个半身人的喋喋不休，还特意试着教这位吟游诗人一首歌谣，据她说，那是她从一名竖琴手那里学来的。77
“Not a Harper!”“不会吧，竖琴手！”78
Olive gasped, obviously impressed.奥利芙倒吸一口气，显然大为惊叹。79
Alias nodded.阿莉亚丝点了点头。80
“I don’t understand,” Akabar said.“我不明白，”阿卡巴说。81
“What is so special about playing the harp?”“弹竖琴有什么特别的？”82
Olive shook her head and sighed.奥利芙摇摇头，叹了口气。83
“Up north,” Alias explained, “one who plays the harp is a harpist.“在北方，”阿莉亚丝解释道，“弹竖琴的人叫竖琴演奏者。84
A Harper is something rather different.”竖琴手却是完全不同的一回事。”85
“What then?” the mage asked.“那他们是什么人？”法师问道。86
“Well, they’re usually bards or rangers, though sometimes they ask other adventurers to join them.“嗯，他们通常是吟游诗人或游侠，不过有时也会邀请其他冒险者加入他们。87
They …”他们……”88
Alias hesitated.阿莉亚丝迟疑了。89
It would sound so banal to say it aloud.这话真要说出口，听起来会如此平淡无奇。90
“They work for good things,” she answered quickly and then launched into the ballad for Olive.“他们为美好的事物效力。”她匆匆答道，随后便开始为奥利芙唱那首歌谣。91
Akabar mused over Alias’s words.阿卡巴沉思着阿莉亚丝的话。92
He now recalled having heard a story or two about these Harper people, but he had not paid much attention.他这才想起，自己曾听过一两个关于这些竖琴手的故事，只是当时并未多加留意。93
They were supposed to be a mysterious, powerful bunch, but Alias’s reaction interested him more.据说他们是一群神秘而强大的人，但阿莉亚丝的反应更让他感兴趣。94
The woman had seemed flustered when giving her explanation.这个女人解释时似乎有些慌乱。95
He listened now to her singing.此刻，他听着她歌唱。96
Her voice was better than the bard’s. It had a clear, lilting quality.她的嗓音比那位吟游诗人更动听，清澈婉转。97
The song she sang was better than any of Olive’s, too.她唱的歌也胜过奥利芙的任何一首。98
Like the song she’d sung about the tears of Selune, two nights ago in The Hidden Lady, the lyrics were haunting.就像两夜前她在“隐匿女士”唱的那首关于塞露恩之泪的歌一样，歌词哀婉动人，萦绕心头。99
They told of the Fall of Myth Drannor, the splendid elven city, now a ruin in the woods.歌中讲述了壮丽的精灵城市迷斯卓诺的陷落；如今，那里只剩下林中的一片废墟。100
The song caused Akabar to begin speculating on Alias’s lost past.这首歌让阿卡巴开始猜想阿莉亚丝失落的过去。101
Only now his speculations were even wilder than Olive’s had been.只是如今，他的猜想甚至比奥利芙先前的还要离奇。102
Suppose she was more than just a mercenary.假如她不只是个佣兵呢？103
Certainly evil things were after her.毫无疑问，有邪恶之物正在追捕她。104
Had she, to put it in her own words, “worked for good things” so well that she was considered a threat?难道用她自己的话说，她曾如此出色地“为正义的一方效力”，以至于被视作了威胁？105
Had she been enchanted with those fell runes on her arm so that she would do some evil and thereby destroy her reputation?难道她手臂上那些凶邪的符文，是有人施法烙上去的，好让她做出某种恶行，从而毁掉自己的名声？106
“You know,” Olive said after she’d managed to pluck out the melody to Alias’s song on her yarting, “I’ve often wondered how one gets to be a Harper.“你知道吗，”奥利芙用雅廷琴勉强弹出了阿莉亚丝那首歌的旋律后说道，“我一直很好奇，一个人要怎样才能成为竖琴手。107
Do you volunteer for a position, or do you have to be asked?”是主动申请加入，还是非得受邀才行？”108
Alias shrugged.阿莉亚丝耸了耸肩。109
“I’ve no idea.”“我哪知道。”110
Inwardly she smiled, trying to picture the powerful and righteous Harpers accepting the help of a greedy, arrogant pickpocket of a halfling with pretensions to bardhood.她暗自发笑，试着想象强大而正义的竖琴手同盟会接受一个贪婪、傲慢、妄想成为吟游诗人的半身人扒手相助。111
Alias felt too good at the moment, however, to destroy Olive’s grandiose illusions.不过，阿莉亚丝此刻心情太好，不忍打破奥利芙那番宏伟的幻想。112
They skirted the countryside about the city of Immersea, ancestral home of the Wyvernspurs, and made camp at dusk beside the road.他们绕过伊默海城周边的乡野——那里是飞龙刺家族的祖居之地——并在黄昏时于路旁扎营。113
Rain drizzled the entire next day, and they traveled mostly in silence.第二天一整天都下着蒙蒙细雨，他们大多时候默默赶路。114
They reached Arabel by nightfall.入夜时，他们抵达了阿拉贝尔。115
The inns were crowded with merchants and adventurers all taking advantage of the city’s shelter.城中的旅店挤满了商人与冒险者，他们都在利用这座城市躲避风雨。116
Alias’s group had to settle for a remote inn by the city wall, but they were grateful to have shelter from the rain.阿莉亚丝一行人只得将就住进城墙边一家偏僻的旅店，但能有地方避雨，他们已经感激不尽。117
Alias found the noise and light and driving rain strangely comforting.阿莉亚丝发现，这喧闹、灯火与倾盆大雨竟带给她一种奇异的慰藉。118
The violence of the elements made her own inner turmoil seem mild in comparison.天地间的狂暴相比之下，令她内心的动荡显得微不足道。119
Her rage at being branded and used faded somewhat, humbled by the anger of the sky.苍穹的怒火使她自惭渺小，因遭人烙印并受人利用而生的愤怒也稍稍平息了。120
The next morning dawned bright and clear.第二天清晨，天光明亮，晴空万里。121
“I estimate it will take us two rides to reach Yulash,” Alias said before they set out.“我估计走两程就能到尤拉什。”出发前，阿莉亚丝说道。122
“Not possible,” Akabar disagreed.“不可能。”阿卡巴反驳道。123
“The distance is much greater than that.”“路程远得多。”124
“Two rides if the weather holds good and no disasters hit us.”“只要天气一直不错，又不碰上什么灾祸，两程就能到。”125
“It will take at least twenty days,” Akabar said.“至少要二十天。”阿卡巴说道。126
“Isn’t that what I just said?”“我刚才说的不就是这个意思吗？”127
Alias snapped.阿莉亚丝没好气地说道。128
“Not at all.“完全不是。”129
You said it would be only two rides.“你说只要骑两趟就能到。”130
An impossibility, even for a very strong horse.”“就算是再强壮的马也办不到。”131
Olive started giggling.奥利芙咯咯笑了起来。132
“He thinks you mean a ride, not a ride.”“他以为你说的是骑马走一趟，不是北方人说的‘一程’。”133
“Huh?” both mage and warrior asked at once.“什么？”魔法师和战士异口同声地问道。134
“A ride up north,” Olive explained to Akabar, “is ten days.”“在北方，”奥利芙向阿卡巴解释道，“一程就是十天的路。”135
“No man can ride for more than two or three days without becoming exhausted,” Akabar insisted.“没有人能连续骑上两三天以上而不筋疲力尽。”阿卡巴坚持道。136
“Forget it,” Alias said.“算了。”阿莉亚丝说道。137
“Twenty days.“二十天。”138
We’re going to spend the next six camping at night.“接下来的六天，我们晚上都要露营。”139
I don’t want to risk any trouble from the soldiers at Castle Crag, the north Cormyrian outpost,” she explained to Akabar.“峭壁堡是科米尔人在北方的前哨，我不想冒险惹上那里的士兵。”她向阿卡巴解释道。140
“We’ll skirt around it.”“我们会绕过去。”141
She outlined the rest of their route as they traveled.他们赶路时，她说明了余下的路线。142
Once through Gnoll Pass, she planned to leave the main road, which detoured east through Tilverton and, instead, travel along a ranger’s path, which led straight through the Stonelands to Shadow Gap.穿过豺狼人隘口后，她打算离开向东绕经提尔弗顿的大路，改走一条游侠小径，径直穿过石地，抵达暗影隘口。143
Olive was indignant at missing the sights of Tilverton, which boasted an inn of some renown, but Alias was adamant.奥利芙因为无缘游览提尔弗顿而愤愤不平，那里有一家颇负盛名的旅店，但阿莉亚丝坚决不肯改变主意。144
Olive sulked quietly, which was more nerve-racking than her constant chatter.奥利芙默默地生着闷气，反倒比她没完没了的唠叨更叫人心神不宁。145
Finally, Alias began describing the North Gate Inn, which lay at the top of Shadow Gap.最后，阿莉亚丝开始向她描述位于阴影隘口顶端的北门客栈。146
She painted so rosy a picture that Olive began to look forward to seeing the mountain resort.她把那里描绘得如此美好，奥利芙也开始盼望见到这处山间胜地了。147
The pattern of the next several days—riding, setting up camp, dinner (prepared with surprising skill by Akabar), breaking camp—repeated over and over, restored Alias’s confidence.接下来的几天里，骑马、扎营、吃晚饭（阿卡巴的厨艺好得出人意料）、拔营，这套日程一遍遍循环往复，让阿莉亚丝恢复了信心。148
This was the life she knew best—although a few saddlesores and aching muscles told her that she’d spent a lot of the time lost to her memory taking things too easy.这才是她最熟悉的生活——不过，几处马鞍磨出的伤和酸痛的肌肉也提醒她，在那段记忆空白的日子里，她有很长时间都过得太安逸了。149
Singing songs with Olive on horseback by day and lying beneath the stars at night gave Alias a feeling of contentment that had too long been missing.白天与奥利芙在马背上放声歌唱，夜晚躺在繁星之下，令阿莉亚丝感到一种久违的满足。150
The sigils on her arms retreated in importance, becoming no more a threat to her and those around her than mosquito bites.她手臂上的符印渐渐不再那么重要，对她和身边人的威胁也变得不过如蚊虫叮咬一般。151
Stranger still, the farther north and away from the shores of the Inner Sea they traveled, the more cheerful Alias began to feel.更奇怪的是，他们越往北走，离内海沿岸越远，阿莉亚丝的心情就越发开朗。152
Akabar was sorry to leave the green woods and fields of Cormyr, but the winds whipping across the stony soil of the vast plain north of the Storm Horns delighted Alias.阿卡巴很舍不得离开科米尔葱郁的林野，但席卷风暴之角以北辽阔平原、掠过遍地石砾的劲风，却令阿莉亚丝欣喜不已。153
She would face into the wind and smile, as though it blew away all her miseries.她会迎风而立，面带微笑，仿佛风能吹走她所有的苦恼。154
Despite the fact that they had to veer off the trail or cower in undergrowth occasionally to avoid parties of orcs and goblins, the warrior grew steadily calmer.尽管他们偶尔不得不偏离小径，或蜷伏在灌木丛中，以躲避成群的兽人和地精，这名战士却变得越来越平静。155
Alias’s new tranquility even prompted her one evening to apologize to Akabar as they stood watch together.阿莉亚丝新近获得的这份宁静，甚至促使她在一天晚上与阿卡巴一同守夜时向他道了歉。156
She’d begun to feel guilty about the way she’d shamed him into following her north.她开始为自己先前用羞辱的方式逼他跟随她北上而感到内疚。157
Akabar, too proud to show himself offended by so small a thing, shrugged off her apology, but Alias persisted in trying to explain her reasoning.阿卡巴自尊心太强，不肯显得会为这点小事介怀，便耸耸肩，没有接受她的道歉，可阿莉亚丝仍坚持要解释自己的理由。158
“I know you’re a wise man,” she said, waving aside the protests his modesty compelled him to make.“我知道你是个有智慧的人，”她说道，挥手打断了那些出于谦逊而不得不说的推辞。159
“Fools don’t get to be mages, and all your reasons for going to Westgate were good ones.“傻瓜当不了法师，而且你前往西门城的所有理由都很充分。160
But when you’ve been an adventurer for as long as I have, you begin to think with your gut.但像我这样当了这么多年冒险者之后，人就会开始凭直觉思考。161
I had a gut feeling that Westgate was a mistake.我的直觉告诉我，去西门城是个错误。162
Poking around in Yulash feels more like the right thing to do.”到尤拉什探查一番，感觉才更像是该做的事。”163
Akabar didn’t know what to say.阿卡巴不知道该说什么。164
He was afraid to spoil her newfound peace of mind by speaking his own.他不敢说出自己的心里话，生怕破坏了她刚刚寻回的平静。165
Secretly, he was afraid the sigils were maneuvering the swordswoman toward Yulash.他暗自担心，那些符印正在引导这名女剑士前往尤拉什。166
Once the site of a temple to great evil, it remained a place of unquestionable danger.那里曾是一座供奉至邪之物的神殿所在地，至今仍是一个危险无疑的地方。167
“You’ve also been very kind, helping me through a bad time and accompanying me.“你也一直对我很好，陪我渡过难关，还与我同行。168
I’ve never led a party before.我以前从没带领过一支队伍。169
Usually, I traveled with bands who debated and voted on their plans.通常，我都是和一些共同商议计划、投票决定行动的人结伴旅行。170
Anyway, I just wanted you to know that I didn’t take your advice lightly, and I won’t in the future, should you, well, give me any more.”总之，我只是想让你知道，我并没有轻视你的建议；以后也不会——如果你，呃，还愿意给我建议的话。”171
Her sincerity left Akabar speechless for several moments.她的真诚令阿卡巴一时无言以对。172
Finally, he managed to say, “You honor me with your trust.”过了好一会儿，他终于说道：“你以信任赐予我荣耀。”173
It was a ritual Turmish saying.这是图米什的一句礼仪用语。174
Strangely enough, Alias knew the proper reply.奇怪的是，阿莉亚丝竟知道该如何作答。175
“Your honor is my own.”“你的荣耀亦是我的荣耀。”176
They were silent for a while, until Akabar could no longer resist his curiosity.两人沉默了一阵，直到阿卡巴再也按捺不住自己的好奇心。177
“Do you remember ever having visited Turmish?” he asked.“你记不记得自己以前去过图米什？”他问道。178
Alias shook her head.阿莉亚丝摇了摇头。179
“No, I don’t remember.”“不，我不记得。”180
The next evening, their fifth out of Arabel, they camped at the base of the foothills of Shadow Gap, the high pass between the southern extension of the Desertsmouth Mountains.第二天傍晚，也就是他们离开阿拉贝尔后的第五个夜晚，他们在暗影隘口的山麓下扎了营；那是沙漠之口山脉南部支脉之间的一处高山隘口。181
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