A Game of Thrones-Chapter 58

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Eddard XV
A Game of Thrones chapter
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POV Eddard
Page 524 US HC (Other versions)
Chapter chronology (All)
Eddard XIV
Sansa V  ← Eddard XV →  Catelyn IX

Synopsis

Ned has been imprisoned for quite some time, and is starving and feverish from his leg injury. Ned remembers when he was 18 at the Tourney at Harrenhal, when Rhaegar won the tourney. Ned remembers ‘the moment when all the smiles died’, as Rhaegar rode past his own wife and bestowed the queen of beauty’s laurel on Lyanna. It was a crown of winter roses. Varys finally comes to Ned in the guise he wore when Arya saw him beneath the Red Keep with Illyrio. Varys tells him that Arya escaped and that Tyrion is no longer a captive of Catelyn’s. When Ned tells Varys to slit his throat, the Spider replies that is the last thing he wants. Varys admits he serves the realm and was desperate to keep King Robert alive.

Varys also informs Ned that Lancel gave Robert the wine before he took on the boar, but it was Ned confronting Cersei that doomed Robert. Varys tells Ned that if he bends the knee and admits his guilt, he will be allowed to take the black. Ned considers the thought of going to the Wall and being with Jon Snow, and ‘the thought of Jon filled Ned with a sense of shame, and a sorrow too deep for words’. Ned asks Varys if he is in league with Littlefinger, but Varys reveals that he feeds Baelish choice whispers so that he thinks Varys is his, just as he allows Cersei to believe he is hers. Varys warns Ned that if he does not admit his guilt to Cersei, his daughter’s life is at stake as much as his own.

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References and Notes

  • The synopsis was copied from AOL member vbkorik27 previously at [1].