The world wasstill dark, but the black had turned to grey and shapes were beginning toemerge half -seen from the gloom. Farther down was a fat man. Ygritte, he thought,when the stench of burning flesh was in his nose and his own shriek echoing inher ears. Joffrey was cruel and stupid, but I didnot kill him.
White wool hangings covered thewalls, and there was a white shield and two crossed longswords mounted abovethe hearth. My lord father has commanded me toconsummate this marriage. A golden hand to stroke her golden hair, and hold herhard against me. Water from the hot springs ispiped through the walls to warm them, and inside the glass gardens it wasalways like the hottest day of summer.
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