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           TherewasnothingtobedonebuttrustinSerColen’shonor,andLordRenly’s.

           Theysawthesmokeofthecamp’sfireswhentheywerestillanhourfromtheriver.Thenthesoundcamedriftingacrossfarmandfieldandrollingplain,indistinctasthemurmurofsomedistantsea,butswellingastheyrodecloser.BythetimetheycaughtsightoftheMander’smuddywatersglintinginthesun,theycouldmakeoutthevoicesofmen,theclatterofsteel,thewhinnyofhorses.Yetneithersoundnorsmokepreparedthemforthehostitself.

           Thousandsofcookfiresfilledtheairwithapalesmokyhaze.Thehorselinesalonestretchedoutoverleagues.Aforesthadsurelybeenfelledtomakethetallstaffsthatheldthebanners.Greatsiegeengineslinedthegrassyvergeoftheroseroad,mangonelsandtrebuchetsandrollingramsmountedonwheelstallerthanamanonhorseback.Thesteelpointsofpikesflamedredwithsunlight,asifalreadyblooded,whilethepavilionsoftheknightsandhighlordssproutedfromthegrasslikesilkenmushrooms.Shesawmenwithspearsandmenwithswords,meninsteelcapsandmailshirts,campfollowersstruttingtheircharms,archersfletchingarrows,teamstersdrivingwagons,swineherdsdrivingpigs,pagesrunningmessages,squireshoningswords,knightsridingpalfreys,groomsleadingill-tempereddestriers."Thisisafearsomelotofmen,"SerWendelManderlyobservedastheycrossedtheancientstonespanfromwhichBitterbridgetookitsname.

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