More than once, I have dreamed of giving up the crown. It was pleasant to know that they would linger here for a while, that she would not need to climb back on her silver on the morrow. Not for a king, nor a lord, nor the honor of this house or that house, neither for gold nor glory nor a woman's love, but for the realm, and all the people in it. He watched the queen as he spoke; her face was a mask, still and pale, betraying nothing.
ct the girl? How big a fool do you take me for? Well, quite an enormous one, actually, said Littlefinger, laughing. Even when Ghost leapt up on the bed to nuzzle at his face, he could not shake his deep sense of terror. The servants began bringing out platters of ribs, roasted in a crust of garlic and herbs. He had nothing against the squires, but it troubled him to see Robert surrounded by the queen's kin, waking and sleeping.
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