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Eddard

           TomardandDesmondhadleftthecastleearlythismorningtotakeuppositionsontheroutetheymusttake,andwatchforanyonefollowingthem,butevenso,Nedwasuncertain.TheshadowoftheKing’sSpiderandhislittlebirdshadhimfrettinglikeamaidenonherweddingnight.

           TheStreetofSteelbeganatthemarketsquarebesidetheRiverGate,asitwasnamedonmaps,ortheMudGate,asitwascommonlycalled.Amummeronstiltswasstridingthroughthethrongslikesomegreatinsect,withahordeofbarefootchildrentrailingbehindhim,hooting.Elsewhere,tworaggedboysnoolderthanBranwereduelingwithsticks,totheloudencouragementofsomeandthefuriouscursesofothers.Anoldwomanendedthecontestbyleaningoutofherwindowandemptyingabucketofslopsontheheadsofthecombatants.Intheshadowofthewall,farmersstoodbesidetheirwagons,bellowingout,"Apples,thebestapples,cheapattwicetheprice,"and"Bloodmelons,sweetashoney,"and"Turnips,onions,roots,hereyougohere,hereyougo,turnips,onions,roots,hereyougohere."

           TheMudGatewasopen,andasquadofCityWatchmenstoodundertheportcullisintheirgoldencloaks,leaningonspears.Whenacolumnofridersappearedfromthewest,theguardsmensprangintoaction,shoutingcommandsandmovingthecartsandfoottrafficasidetolettheknightenterwithhisescort.Thefirstriderthroughthegatecarriedalongblackbanner.Thesilkrippledinthewindlikealivingthing;acrossthefabricwasblazonedanightskyslashedwithpurplelightning.

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