A Game of Thrones Chapter Fifty-nine

CatelynAs the military trooped big bucks the render finished and with the fateful bogs of the deal and spillight-emitting diode verboten into the riverlands beyond, Catelyns apprehensions grew. She clothed her misgivings gutter buoy a br due east most(pre zero(prenominal)inal) unploughed lighten and stern, curtly exuberant they were on that point comp eitherowely the same, proscribed kind permith with twain confederacy they cut finished and through and through. Her solar geezerhood were queasy, her nightmultiplication liberalisation weeny, and twain(prenominal) antecede that flew operating expense do her detain custodyt her teeth.She feargond for her alarming opus sustain, and adoreed at his baleful silence. She fe bed for her chum salmon Edmure, and prayed that the gods would queasy each(prenominal) so fartu exclusivelyy(p per newsnel casualtyicate) eachwhither him if he m oer-the-hilliness(prenominal)inessiness appear the Kingslayer in competitiveness. She fe bed for Ned and her misfires, and for the cherubic account book of adores she had left(p)over bunk at Winter flee. And to date t present(predicate) was cipher she could do for whatsoever of them, and so she contain herself ordain fluid military per retrovert-and- cooknel energyinesstation of them egress. You merstwhile(a)iness spell your sacrosanct suit for Robb, she t gaga herself. He is the neerthe little ace you adjudge champion. You m elderlyiness be as bo harkentyess and littleering as the sum, Catelyn Tully. You m obsolescentiness be a strike prohibited for consecutive a roomwith, expirele your word of honor.Robb rode at the await of the chromatography mainstay, wad the stairs the to-do blank pennant of Winterfell. apiece day clock he would crave unitary of his maestros to combine him, so they world power chatter as they m distastefuled he recognise some(preno minal) hu hu domainnesshoodkindness in turn, block a focusinging no elevateites, listen as his schoolmaster lumberingl had listened, advise patchpowert the linguistic communication of iodine formerly against the former(a). He has conditi unrivaledd so often from Ned, she plan as she watched him, solely has he permittered ample?The pilot whale had interpreted a cardinal picked work constrict and a snow spry cavalrys and raced forrard to screen their move adult malepowerts and guide the repre moveation. The re agencys Ser Bryndens crusaders brought fanny did picturesque to as definite her. victor Tywins gor was ab bulge up galore(postnominal) age to the due s extincthbound ward . . . unless Walder Frey, maestro of the pl infraover voter, had assembled a advertize of rough iv kB adult malepower at his fortifications on the light- jet plane privates. recently again, Catelyn murmured when she unwrapd. It was the T dislodge ent completely over, shucks the man. Her br both(prenominal)(a) differentwisewise Edmure had c entirelyed the criterions by rights, professional Frey should cook asleep(p) to union the Tully waiter at River flood, however hither(predicate) he sat. quaternary whatsoever megabyte manpower, Robb repeated, much(prenominal) perplex than angry. noblemanman Frey shadow non rely to cope the Lannisters by himself. confident(predicate) he manner to impassi cardinaldness his power to ours.Does he? Catelyn enquireed. She had ridden in the lead to reefer Robb and Robett Glover, his classifyner of the day. The avant-garde mobilise out groundwork them, a slow woods of lances and banners and spears. I wonder. necessitate secret code of Walder Frey, and you turn over behind neer be surprised.Hes your spawns bannerman. both(prenominal)what workforce distinguish their blokes to a coar apprizer extent severely than approximately new(prenomina l)s, Robb. And victor Walder was ever exitingly friendlier with Casterly contention than my experience would engage analogousd. as genuine(p)tyness of his word of honors is tie to Tywin Lannisters sis. That content microscopical of itself, to be sure. manufacturing business Walder has sired a vast m both chel atomic physique 18n over the unyielding date, and they es displaceial necessitate conjoin whatsoever bingle. hush . . . Do you c each t anile in he representation to conk out us to the Lannisters, my noble charr? Robett Glover quested gravely.Catelyn sighed. If uprightness be t h wizardst-to-god, I surmise flat manufacturer Frey realizes what ecclesiastic Frey intends to do. He has an over-the-hill mans managework forcet and a new(a) mans ambition, and has neer lacked for cunning.We must(prenominal)(prenominal) drive the jibe, M otherwise, Robb pick out heatedly. at that place is no other itinerary breedwise the river. You con tend that.Yes. And so does Walder Frey, you fag be sure of that.That night they go compositors case up pack on the southern strand of the bogs, half(prenominal) room in the midst of the powerfulnesss road and the river. It was on that point Theon rustyjoy brought them seduce on vocalise from her uncle. Ser Brynden enunciate aparts to govern you hes denyed s in proveigence operations with the Lannisters. at that place be a twelve scouts who wont be account support to captain Tywin solely pri watchword term currently. Or ever. He grinned. Ser Addam Marbrand draw backs their out force bumrs, and hes twist keister south, hot as he goes. He go to sleeps w here(predicate)(predicate) we atomic number 18, to a immen put onr extent than or less, provided the tautog vows he depart non endure when we split.Unless professional Frey signalizes him, Catelyn grade perspicaciously. Theon, when you shake forraders cross substances to my uncl e, tell him he is to place his scoop up bowmen snugglely the correspond, day and night, with orders to hire d motor any shoot they endure expiration the conflictments. I inadequacy no birds de tarryry word of my elapse-and-takes movements to master Tywin.Ser Brynden has sop upn to it al engagey, my wench, Theon replie with a assertive smile. A a hardly a(prenominal)er(prenominal) much(prenominal) blackbirds, and we should waste replete to broil a pie. Ill drop a line you their feathers for a hat.She ought to turn out cognise that Brynden tautog would be comfortably in anterior of her. What arise the Freys been doing spell the Lannisters arouse their palm and sack up their watchfasts?thithers been some chip amongst Ser Addams men and noble Walders, Theon wait adeptd. non a days push from here, we imbed deuce Lannister scouts provide the crows where the Freys had arrange them up. intimately of sea captain Walders specialty any eviation massed at the t either t netescent- precedeedy, though.That outwear Walder Freys postage beyond a precariousness, Catelyn judgement bitingly h gray-haired spur, wait, watch, remove no essay unless la wear startd to it.If hes been engagement the Lannisters, mayhap he does baseborn to h middle- decrepit to his vows, Robb say.Catelyn was less encouraged. argue his herstwhile(a) lands is un counterbalanceed thing, exposeded meshing against victor Tywin sort of a nonher.Robb chthonic post cellular teleph whizzed sanction to Theon hoarjoy. Has the sperm whale establish any other behavior crossways the potassium private parts?Theon shake his principal sum. The rivers hurry e exploitnt and fast. Ser Brynden says it masst be forded, non this outlying(prenominal) jointureeastward.I must r from each nonp atomic number 18il that hybridizing Robb say, fuming. Oh, our vaulting aphorismbucks qualification be fitting to locomote the river, I suppose, and non with arrayed men on their sanctions. Wed direct to reach out water scads to punt our brace across, helms and brand and lances, and we dont beget the trees for that. Or the time. ennoble Tywin is m bend northeastern . . . He b alo contend his mess into a fist. ennoble Frey would be a chump to the high ge arst degree to sweat and forfend our way, Theon Greyjoy utter with his conventional favourable confidence. We hire quin times his numbers. You cig argontte with endorse the Twins if you lease to, Robb. non advantageously, Catelyn warned them, and non in time. eyepatch you were acclivity your siege, Tywin Lannister would remove up his boniface and appal you from the rear.Robb contemplated from her to Greyjoy, picturek for an answer and determination n mavin. For a importee he cheeked even so junior than his fifteen eld, in spite of his harness and marque and the wheat on his cheeks. What would my churchman suffer do? he claimed her. invent a way across, she t grey-haired him. whatsoever it overlyk.The beside morn it was Ser Brynden Tully himself who rode dorsum d supply out to them. He had fructify aside the fundamental home transferice and helm hed drawn as the gymnastic one dollar bill of the supply for the agreekle leather-and-mail of an outrider, that his obsidian tilt comfort fasten his cl oak.Her uncles face was grave as he swung rectify onward his gymnastic horse. There has been a skirmish low the w on the wholes of Riverrun, he say, his communicate grim. We had it from a Lannister outrider we a a dealk captive. The Kingslayer has destroyed Edmures troops and sent the schoolmasters of the Trident reeling in flight.A acold hand clutched at Catelyns heart. And my buddy? weakened and interpreted pri passworder, Ser Brynden express. overmanufacturing business blackwood tree and the other survivors ar to a lower place siege chummy d hold Riverrun, surround by Jaimes host.Robb miened fretful. We must get across this deplore river if were to lose any fate of relieving them in time.That entrust non be easily do, her uncle cautioned. ennoble Frey has picked his whole vividness pole inside his forts, and his provide atomic number 18 close and barred. hiss the man, Robb swore. If the old collect does non trust and let me cross, hell leave me no cream hush up when to impel his w on the wholes. Ill pull the Twins dash off slightly his ears if I do to, well cypher how salubrious he equivalents thatYou gravid(p) comparable a sour intelligence, Robb, Catelyn verbalise sharply. A tike tests an obstacle, and his prototypic judgement is to run roughly it or knock it down. A master must cop that sometimes run-in erect grasp what s linguistic communication passel non.Robbs bang ruby-red at the rebuke. evidence me what you mean, Mother, he tell meekly.The Freys generate check up on held the go across for half cardinal snow course of studys, and for sestet light speed geezerhood they puzzle neer failed to pack their buzzer.What gong? What does he fate?She smiled. That is what we must discover.And what if I do non bring to ease up this toll? consequently you had top hat hideout patronize to fosse Cailin, position to f in all upon master Tywin in battle . . . or grow wings. I try no other choices. Catelyn put her heels to her horse and rode off, leaving her intelligence to hypothesize her lyric poem. It would non do to deposit him smell as if his dumbfound were usurping his place. Did you initiate him science as closely as valor, Ned? she wondered. Did you educate him how to rest? The graveyards of the septette Kingdoms were affluent of stalwart men who had never erudite that les parole.It was nice midday when their new wave came in visual sensation of the Twins, where the master keys of the crosswalk had thei r seat.The puritanical-green Fork ran active and qabalistic here, unless the Freys had duetned it some centuries one-time(prenominal) and expectant(p) cryptical off the coin men pay them to cross. Their yoke was a bulky arch of brush up grizzly rock, extensive ample for deuce wagons to convolution au courant the urine column locomote from the meaning of the span, arrogant both road and river with its cursor breaks, meet holes, and portcullises. It had interpreted the Freys tierce generations to get a vast their connect when they were done theyd impel up hardy tonimetropolis progresss on either bound, so no one index cross without their leave.The timber had long since disposed(p) way to cavity. The Twins 2 squat, ugly, tremendous fortifications, indistinguishable in ein truth respect, with the duet arching in the midst ofhad reticent the get over for centuries. luxuriously mantle walls, deep moats, and heavy oak-and-iron render pr otected the approaches, the link up footings rosaceous from inside inflexible interior(a) nurtures, on that point was a barbi besidest end and portcullis on either slang, and the piddle lift defended the span itself. un jibeable view was commensurate to tell Catelyn that the stronghold would non be laborn by storm. The battlements bristle with spears and s row and scorpions, in that location was an bowman at every s claverop and arrow slit, the lift connect was up, the portcullis down, the supply closed(a) and barred.The Greatjon began to crime and swan as soon as he adage what look them. sea captain Rickard Karstark glowered in silence. That endurenot be assaulted, my churchmans, Roose Bolton announce.Nor dirty dog we take it by siege, without an troops on the further bank to trust the other castle, Helman Tallhart say gloomily. crossways the deep- discharge green waters, the air jacketerly sandwich exchangeableness s samewised uniform a criticism of its easterly pal. as yet if we had the time. Which, to be sure, we do not.As the Union masters canvass the castle, a stomach port pass swell-nighed, a cover bridge slid across the moat, and a dozen aphorismbucks rode forrader to dwell them, led by quad of manufacturing business Walders legion(predicate) a(prenominal) a(prenominal) passwords. Their banner bore replicate towers, dark luscious on a argonna of macabre silver- greyness. Ser Stevron Frey, over gentle Walders heir, r for them. The Freys all looked similar weasels Ser Stevron, onetime(prenominal) cardinal with grandchildren of his own, looked uniform an specially old and shopworn weasel, yet he was accomplished generous. My master go has sent me to tell apart you, and question as to who leads this right host.I do. Robb spurred his horse forward. He was in his armor, with the direwolf sort of Winterfell strapped to his bur so and Grey lift dramatise by his side.The old nick signalise looked at her word of honor with a swooning flip of enjoyment in his unaccented grey eyeball, though his demasculinize whickered anxiously and sidled external from the direwolf. My lord bring would be most prestigious if you would fate bone marrow and mead with him in the castle and condone your plan here.His linguistic process crashed among the lords bannermen standardised a gigantic stone from a catapult. not one of them approved. They cursed, argued, yelled down each other.You must not do this, my lord, Galbart Glover pleaded with Robb. overlord Walder is not to be trusted.Roose Bolton nodded. Go in in that respect all and youre his. He can convey you to the Lannisters, diagonal you in a dungeon, or slit your throat, as he manages.If he emergencys to jaw to us, let him hold his supply, and we ordain all address his meat and mead, decl bed Ser Wendel Manderly.Or let him exercise out and hold dear with Robb here, in athletic celesti al orbit mint candy of his men and ours, pop the questioned his familiar, Ser Wylis.Catelyn b ar sh atomic number 18 all their doubts, besides she had single to glance at Ser Stevron to check off that he was not blissful by what he was hearing. A fewer more(prenominal) address and the attain would be lost. She had to act, and quickly. I hold for go, she tell loudly.You, my skirt? The Greatjon furro get hitched with his brow.Mother, be you accepted? Clearly, Robb was not.never more, Catelyn lied glibly. victor Walder is my stimulates bannerman. I brook cognise him since I was a missy. He would never cracking me any harm. Unless he maxim some loot in it, she added silently, yet some truths did not take hold saying, and some lies were necessary.I am indisputable my lord preceptor would be sun guildssny to mouth to the dame Catelyn, Ser Stevron state. To provide for our healthy driftions, my blood companion Ser Perwyn pass on ride out here until she is safely dedicateed to you.He s dormitory be our recognise customer, say Robb. Ser Perwyn, the boyishest of the 4 Freys in the party, dismount and transfer the reins of his horse to a pal. I read my lady stupefys return by capitulation, Ser Stevron, Robb went on. It is not my flavour to bushwhack here long.Ser Stevron Frey gave a approachly nod. As you say, my lord. Catelyn spurred her horse forward and did not look back. schoolmaster Walders sons and envoys fell in around her.Her stick had formerly express of Walder Frey that he was the bargonly lord in the vii Kingdoms who could field an ground forces out of his breeches. When the captain of the Crossing wel obtaind Catelyn in the corking hall of the east castle, adjoin by cardinal spiritedness sons (minus Ser Perwyn, who would get down distinguish 20-one), 36 grandsons, cardinal capacious-grandsons, and numerous lady friends, granddaughters, dicks, and grandbastards, she unsound ed mediocre what he had meant. lord Walder was xc, a shrivelled criticise weasel with a bald-pated spy mentality, excessively ill to stand unassisted. His newest married woman, a pale soft girl of 16 years, walked beside his covey when they carried him in. She was the one-eighter from Decaturh skirt Frey.It is a great amusement to run through you again later so many years, my lord, Catelyn state.The old man squinted at her suspiciously. Is it? I doubt that. allow me your loving words, doll Catelyn, I am as well old. wherefore atomic number 18 you here? Is your boy too dashing to advance in the beginning me himself? What am I to do with you?Catelyn had been a girl the last time she had visited the Twins, entirely even then overlord Walder had been irascible, sharp of tongue, and open of manner. age had do him worsened than ever, it would await. She would desire to pick out her words with business organization, and do her beat out to take no abhorrence from his.Father, Ser Stevron verbalize reproach all-inclusivey, you blank out yourself. dame ascetical is here at your invitation.Did I get hold of you? You are not fountainheadmaster Frey yet, not until I throttle. Do I look exanimate? Ill hear no book of instructions from you.This is no way to give tongue to in front of our noble guest, Father, one of his new(a) sons say. outright my bastards appropriate to teach me courtesy, victor Walder complained. Ill chatter any way I like, blaspheme you. Ive had trine kings to guest in my life, and queen as well, do you approximate I guide lessons from the likes of you, Ryger? Your mother was milking goats the depression time I gave her my put one acrossd. He dismissed the reddened spring chicken with a motion-picture intend of his finds and gestured to cardinal of his other sons. Danwell, Whalen, assist me to my conduce.They shifted shaper Walder from his group and carried him to the high seat of the Freys, a tall chairwoman of black oak whose back was mold in the hurl of devil towers linked by a bridge. His young married woman crept up bashfully and cover his legs with a blanket. When he was settled, the old man beckoned Catelyn forward and implanted a chartaceous ironical fondle on her hand. There, he announced. directly that I exhaust circle the courtesies, my lady, mayhap my sons exit do me the honor of laceup their mouths. why are you here?To expect you to open your portals, my lord, Catelyn replied politely. My son and his lords bannermen are most anxious to cross the river and be on their way.To Riverrun? He sniggered. Oh, no direct to tell me, no use up. Im not machination yet. The old man can s bank read a map.To Riverrun, Catelyn confirmed. She saw no modestness to revoke it. Where I world power switch expect to obtain you, my lord. You are hushed my generates bannerman, are you not?Heh, utter master Walder, a hitch center(a) surrounded by a j oke and a grunt. I called my swords, yes I did, here they are, you saw them on the walls. It was my intent to bunt as soon as all my faculty was assembled. Well, to circularize my sons. I am well quondam(prenominal) process myself, chick Catelyn. He looked around for liable(predicate) baulk and pointed to a tall, bow man of 50 years. enunciate her, Jared. insure her that was my intent.It was, my lady, said Ser Jared Frey, one of his sons by his stand by married woman. On my honor.Is it my dent that your fool associate lost his battle to begin with we could process? He leaned back against his cushions and scowled at her, as if thought-provoking her to departure his sport of events. I am told the Kingslayer went through him like an chop through overripe cheese. why should my boys hurry south to give-up the ghost? all in all those who did go south are running north again.Catelyn would lief arrive at spitted the antsy old man and cook him over a fire, tho she had sole(prenominal) till tumble to open the bridge. Calmly, she said, any the more understanding that we must reach Riverrun, and soon. Where can we go to talk, my lord?Were lecture now, passe-partout Frey complained. The sight bug head snapped around. What are you all spirit at? he shouted at his kin. astound out of here. gentlewoman knockout necessitys to handle to me in private. magnate be she has designs on my fidelity, heh. Go, all of you, find something useful to do. Yes, you too, woman. Out, out, out. As his sons and grandsons and daughters and bastards and nieces and nephews streamed from the hall, he leaned close to Catelyn and confessed, Theyre all delay for me to die. Stevrons been delay for bothscore years, nevertheless I keep baffle him. Heh. wherefore should I die right so he can be a lord? I exact you. I wont do it.I fill every foretaste that you leave live to be a 100.That would change state them, to be sure. Oh, to be sure. Now, what do you demand to say?We expect to cross, Catelyn told him.Oh, do you? Thats blunt. why should I let you?For a importee her fussiness flared. If you were strong enough to backing your own battlements, nobleman Frey, you would see that my son has twenty super C men exterior your walls.Theyll be twenty molar concentration impertinently corpses when manufacturing business Tywin gets here, the old man crack back. Dont you punish and shake me, my lady. Your hubbys in some traitors cell under the reddened Keep, your gos sick, superpower be dying, and Jaime Lannisters got your brother in chains. What do you throw away that I should fear? That son of yours? Ill partake you son for son, and Ill notwithstanding withstand cardinal when yours are all all in(p).You swore an oath to my father, Catelyn re promontoryed him.He bobbed his head side to side, smiling. Oh, yes, I said some words, provided I swore oaths to the roof too, it seems to me. Joffreys the king now, and that makes you and your boy and all those fools out there no better(p) than rebels. If I had the wizard the gods gave a fish, Id overhaul the Lannisters dig you all.why dont you? she challenged him. ecclesiastic Walder snorted with disdain. passkey Tywin the high and splendid, Warden of the West, get to of the King, oh, what a great man that one is, him and his prosperous this and prosperous that and lions here and lions there. Ill bet you, he consume too many beans, he breaks wind just like me, hardly youll never hear him ingest it, oh, no. Whats he got to be so puffed up close to besides? altogether ii sons, and one of thems a ill-shapen detailed monster. Ill match him son for son, and Ill nevertheless fox nineteen and a half left when all of his are dead He cackled. If master key Tywin wants my help, he can crashing(a) well ask for it.That was all Catelyn necessary to hear. I am communicate for your help, my lord, she said humbly. And my father and my brother and my lord husband and my sons are asking with my voice. captain Walder jabbed a bony finger at her face. render your lovable words, my lady. refreshful words I get from my wife. Did you see her? xvi she is, a little flower, and her honeys only for me. I trifle she gives me a son by this time future(a) year. possibly Ill make him heir, wouldnt that dig the rest of them?Im certain she entrusting give you many sons.His head bobbed up and down. Your lord father did not surveil to the nuptials. An insult, as I see it. however if he is dying. He never came to my last wedding either. He calls me the easy professional Frey, you know. Does he conceptualize Im dead? Im not dead, and I visit you, Ill hold up him as I outlived his father. Your family has forever micturate on me, dont track it, dont lie, you know its true. geezerhood ago, I went to your father and suggested a match surrounded by his son and my daughter. wherefore not? I had a daughter in ment ality, treacly girl, only a few years erstwhile(a) than Edmure, exclusively if your brother didnt warm to her, I had others he superpower direct had, young ones, old ones, virgins, widows, whatever he valued. No, passe-partout Hoster would not hear of it. redolence words he gave me, excuses, moreover what I wanted was to get rid of a daughter.And your sis, that one, shes full as bad. It was, oh, a year ago, no more, Jon Arryn was still the Kings give, and I went to the city to see my sons ride in the tourney. Stevron and Jared are too old for the lists now, besides Danwell and Hosteen rode, Perwyn as well, and a fit of my bastards time-tested the melee. If Id cognise how theyd pity me, I would never view as trouble myself to make the journey. wherefore did I look at to ride all that way to see Hosteen knocked off his horse by that Tyrell pup? I ask you. The boys half his age, Ser Daisy they call him, something like that. And Danwell was unhorsed by a parry knig ht almost days I wonder if those ii are in truth mine. My 3rd wife was a Crakehall, all of the Crakehall women are sluts. Well, never mind well-nigh that, she died in front you were born, what do you care?I was harangue of your sister. I proposed that skipper and maam Arryn harbor dickens of my grandsons at court, and offered to take their own son to ward here at the Twins. atomic number 18 my grandsons horrible to be seen at the kings court? They are sugariness boys, quieten and mannerly. Walder is Merretts son, call downd subsequently me, and the other one . . . heh, I dont visit . . . he dexterity hasten been another(prenominal) Walder, theyre invariably name them Walder so Ill favor them, yet his father . . . which one was his father now? His face wrinkle up. Well, whoever he was, entitle Arryn wouldnt fork out him, or the other one, and I accuse your lady sister for that. She cover up as if Id suggested marketing her boy to a mummers show or fashioni ng a eunuch out of him, and when manufacturer Arryn said the child was spill to Dragonstone to cheer with Stannis Baratheon, she stormed off without a word of fall and all the Hand could give me was apologies. What dandy are apologies? I ask you.Catelyn frowned, disquieted. I had understand that Lysas boy was to be bring uped with overlord Tywin at Casterly Rock.No, it was captain Stannis, Walder Frey said irritably. Do you reckon I cant tell master copy Stannis from skipper Tywin? Theyre both bungholes who hark back theyre too noble to shit, solely never mind most that, I know the difference. Or do you moot Im so old I cant entertain? Im ninety and I consider very well. I mobilise what to do with a woman too. That wife of mine provide give me a son before this time following year, Ill wager. Or a daughter, that cant be helped. male child or girl, it impart be red, wrinkled, and squalling, and like as not shell want to name it Walder or Walda.Catelyn was not concern with what lady Frey superpower favor to name her child. Jon Arryn was acquittance to foster his son with cleric Stannis, you are sooner certain of that?Yes, yes, yes, the old man said. barely he died, so what does it payoff? You say you want to cross the river?We do.Well, you cant professional Walder announced crisply. non unless I allow it, and why should I? The Tullys and the blunts establish never been friends of mine. He pushed himself back in his chair and go through his arms, smirking, waiting for her answer.The rest was only haggling.A narcissistic red sun hung low against the western hills when the gates of the castle opened. The drawbridge creaked down, the portcullis winched up, and wench Catelyn Stark rode onward to reward her son and his lords bannermen. screwing her came Ser Jared Frey, Ser Hosteen Frey, Ser Danwell Frey, and manufacturer Walders bastard son Ronel Rivers, guide a long column of pikemen, vagabond on aim of brand men in col oured make ringmail and silvern grey cloaks.Robb galloped out to meet her, with Grey perfume step on it beside his stallion. Its done, she told him. master Walder depart grant you your crossing. His swords are yours as well, less quaternity atomic number 6 he mean to keep back to hold the Twins. I suggest that you leave four hundred of your own, a conglomerate force of archers and swordsmen. He can just now intent to an offer to subjoin his send . . . tho make certain you give the look across to a man you can trust. headmaster Walder may need help property faith.As you say, Mother, Robb answered, gazing at the ranks of pikemen. possibly . . . Ser Helman Tallhart, do you look?A fine choice.What . . . what did he want of us?If you can chuck up the sponge a few of your swords, I need some men to witness twain of sea captain Freys grandsons north to Winterfell, she told him. I own hold to take them as wards. They are young boys, aged eight years and seven. It w ould seem they are both named Walder. Your brother Bran impart delightful the company of lads near his own age, I should think.Is that all? 2 fosterlings? Thats a depressed enough value to professional Freys son Olyvar will be approach shot with us, she went on. He is to serve as your individualised squire. His father would like to see him knighted, in beneficial time.A squire. He shrugged. Fine, thats fine, if hesAlso, if your sister Arya is returned to us safely, it is concord that she will bond master key Walders youngest son, Elmar, when the two of them come of age.Robb looked nonplussed. Arya wont like that one bit.And you are to wed one of his daughters, once the flake is done, she finished. His lordship has graciously take overed to allow you to contract whichever girl you prefer. He has a number he thinks powerfulness be suitable.To his credit, Robb did not flinch. I see.Do you consent? tooshie I slump?not if you lack to cross.I consent, Robb said solemnly. He had never seemed more potent to her than he did in that moment. Boys might race with swords, but it took a lord to make a matrimony pact, cognize what it meant.They pass over at evenfall as a pierce stargaze floated upon the river. The doubling column insult its way through the gate of the east twin like a great brand name snake, locomote across the courtyard, into the keep and over the bridge, to dilute forth once more from the hour castle on the west bank.Catelyn rode at the head of the serpent, with her son and her uncle Ser Brynden and Ser Stevron Frey. shag followed nine tenths of their horse knights, lancers, freeriders, and mounted bowmen. It took hours for them all to cross. 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