IT IS easy to be cynical about government—and rarely does such cynicism go unrewarded.
对政府冷嘲热讽很容易,而且花在这方面的功夫很少会白费。
" Kings are expected to be open-handed to their followers. Did Lord Eddard teach his bastard nothing? Many of my knights and lords abandoned rich lands and stout castles in the south. Should their loyalty go unrewarded" ?
" 当国王的必须慷慨大方,难道艾德大人没教过他的私生子统治之道吗?我麾下有许多骑士和领主是抛弃了在南方的富饶田地与雄伟城堡随我前来援救长城的,他们的忠诚就不值得奖励吗?"