Editing A Clash of Kings-Chapter 62 (section)

==Synopsis==
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The wounded Ser [[Lancel Lannister|Lancel]] informs his cousin, Queen [[Cersei Lannister|Cersei]], that [[Battle of the Blackwater|the battle]] appears to be lost. [[Tyrion Lannister|Tyrion]] and Ser [[Mandon Moore]] are believed to have died when the bridge of boats broke apart, and the [[Hound]] has disappeared. When Cersei had her son, King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey]], brought back to the [[Red Keep]], the [[gold cloaks]] lost heart and threw down their spears. [[Osney Kettleblack]] adds that there is fighting on both sides of the [[Blackwater Rush]], the [[King's Gate]] is under attack again, there are mobs at the [[Iron Gate]] and the [[Gate of the Gods]], and there are drunken riots in [[Flea Bottom]].

Cersei orders that the drawbridge of [[Maegor's Holdfast]] be raised after Joffrey is brought inside. When Lancel pleads with Cersei that Joffrey be allowed to stay at the gatehouse to inspire the defenders, the queen strikes Lancel's wound and leaves the [[Queen's Ballroom]]. [[Sansa Stark|Sansa]] watches as Lancel falls to his knees, severely injured. She attempts to calm Cersei's guests and orders others to help Lancel receive medical care from Maester [[Frenken]].

[[Dontos Hollard|Dontos]] persuades her to lock herself in her room, and when Sansa arrives at her chambers, she finds [[Sandor Clegane]] hiding in the shadows. The Hound, drunk and battered from the fighting, tells her he has lost, and that he wishes Tyrion to be burned. Sandor claims he is leaving [[King's Landing]], maybe to head north somewhere. Sandor forces Sansa to look at him, and then tells her he could protect her. 

Sansa thinks that Sandor is going to [[unKiss|kiss her]], but he does not. Sandor instead asks that she sing for him, as she had once promised she would. Sansa is too frightened to remember the words of the song he wants, and can only sing a verse from the [[Mother (the Seven)|Mother's hymn]]. After that, some instinct makes her cup his cheek with her fingers, and she can feel tears on his cheeks. Sandor strips off his white cloak and leaves her room. 

Some time later, Sansa hears bells ringing across the city. Dontos returns at dawn to bring her the news—the battle is over, King's Landing has been saved by the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]] and Lord [[Tywin Lannister|Tywin]] and all their men. Tywin held the right wing on the north shore, Lord [[Randyll Tarly]] the center, and [[Mace Tyrell]] commanded the left. Yet it was the vanguard that won the battle, some say led by [[Renly's ghost]] who slew Ser [[Guyard Morrigen]] in single combat.