Ser Kevan remembered the girl she once had been, so full of life and mischief. And when she’d flowered, ahhhh … had there ever been a maid so sweet to look upon? If Aerys had agreed to marry her to Rhaegar, how many deaths might have been avoided? Cersei could have given the prince the sons he wanted, lions with purple eyes and silver manes … and with such a wife, Rhaegar might never have looked twice at Lyanna Stark. The northern girl had a wild beauty, as he recalled, though however bright a torch might burn it could never match the rising sun.
凯冯爵士回想从前那个女孩,古灵精怪而生气勃勃。而当她日渐成熟,啊……哪里有别的少女能如她一般甜美?若伊里斯同意将她嫁与雷加,有多少死伤可以避免?瑟熙会给王子生出他想要的儿子,有着银色鬃毛和紫色眼眸的小狮子……有这样一个妻子,对莱安娜·史塔克,雷加恐怕连第二眼都不会看。北方的女孩自有一种野性的美,他回想,但是无论一个火炬如何燃烧,其光亮也不能媲美初升的朝阳。