Catelyn shifted her seat uncomfortably. A roar of delight went up from the benches, and thefiddlers and pipers in the gallery began to play a sprightly tune. It occurred to Tyrion belatedly that it might be wise to leavehimself. That ought to be sufficiently grisly to appease even OberynMartell.
Atten, gingerly, she eased herself over the edge of the cliff, pokingwith her toes until they found a place to rest. I had hoped itwould not fall to me to bring you these tidings, but it seems I must. Stone hammers pounded stakes deep into the ice to serve as anchors for theropes; the iron stakes ran out before they were halfway up, and after that theclimbers used horn and sharpened bone. Even ifthey did they could never find the way across at night in the rain.
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