| Note: The title of this article is conjecture and may be subject to change. |
| Farmer's wife | |
|---|---|
| Culture | Rivermen |
| Book | A Feast for Crows (appears) |
The farmer's wife is the spouse of an old farmer who lives near Maidenpool in the riverlands.[1] Her given name is unknown.
Appearance
[edit]The woman is married to an old man twenty years older than her. They have a daughter.[1]
Recent Events
[edit]A Feast for Crows
[edit]During the War of the Five Kings, northmen abduct the couple's daughter and their ox. The daughter, having been raped by the northmen, eventually returns after the battle at Duskendale. The ox never does, so the old farmer assumes it was eaten.[1]
The old man and his wife decide to sell eggs in Maidenpool as cooks will be making cakes for the upcoming wedding of Dickon Tarly and Eleanor Mooton. Brienne of Tarth and Podrick Payne encounter the couple as they pull their oxcart with difficulty on the rutted Duskendale road leading to Maidenpool. The farmer's wife remains quiet but looks at the Maid of Tarth as an oddity.[1]
When the four travelers reach the gatehouse of Maidenpool, a Serrett serjeant decides to take the eggs for himself, flinging pennies as the farmer's feet. When the farmer's wife objects, the serjeant orders his men to bring her to him. Brienne rides forth to protect her from rape, and the farmer's wife wrenches herself free. Ser Hyle Hunt emerges from the gatehouse and calms the situation, however, and he sends the farmers on to the market to find the steward of Lord Randyll Tarly.[1]
Quotes
[edit]She was younger than the man by twenty years, but never spoke a word, only looked at Brienne the same way she might have looked at a two-headed calf. The Maid of Tarth had seen such eyes before. Lady Stark had been kind to her, but most women were just as cruel as men. She could not have said which she found most hurtful, the pretty girls with their waspish tongues and brittle laughter or the cold-eyed ladies who hid their disdain behind a mask of courtesy. And common women could be worse than either.[1]
—thoughts of Brienne Tarth
Wife: That's not enough. Not near enough.
Serjeant: I say it is. For them eggs, and you as well. Bring her here, boys. She's too young for that old man.
Brienne: Release her.[1]—Farmer's wife, the Serrett serjeant, and Brienne Tarth
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 A Feast for Crows, Chapter 14, Brienne III.