He had been worried amateurliveshow that the goat might not admit them, but it seemed as if
the Brave Companions still thought of them as amateurliveshow allies. Fools.
The outer ward was deserted; only the long amateurliveshow slate-roofed stables amateurliveshow showed any
signs of life, and it was not horses that interested Jaime just amateurliveshow then. He
reined up and looked about. He could hear sounds from somewhere behind
the
amateurliveshow Tower of Ghosts, and men shouting in half a dozen tongues. Steelshanks and
Qyburn rode amateurliveshow up on either side. "Get what you came back for, and we'll be
gone again," said Walton. "I want no trouble with the Mummers."
"Tell your men amateurliveshow to keep their hands on their sword hilts, and amateurliveshow the Mummers
will want no trouble with you. Two to one, remember?" Jaime's head jerked
round at the sound of a distant roar, faint amateurliveshow but ferocious. It echoed off
the walls of Harrenhal, and the laughter swelled up like the sea. All of a
sudden, amateurliveshow he knew what was happening. Have we come too late? His stomach amateurliveshow did
a lurch, and he amateurliveshow slammed his spurs into his horse, galloping across the
outer ward, amateurliveshow beneath an arched stone bridge, around the Wailing Tower, and
amateurliveshow through the Flowstone Yard.
They had her in the bear pit.
King Harren the Black had wished to do even his bear-baiting in lavish
style. The pit was ten yards across and five yards deep, walled in stone,
floored with amateurliveshow sand, and encircled by six amateurliveshow tiers of marble benches. The Brave
Companions filled only a quarter of the seats, Jaime saw as he swung down
clumsily from his horse. The sellswords were so fixed on the spectacle
beneath that only those across the pit noticed their arrival.
Brienne wore amateurliveshow the same
amateurliveshow ill-fitting gown she'd worn to supper with Roose
Bolton. No shield, no breastplate, no chainmail, not even boiled leather,
only pink satin and Myrish lace. Maybe the goat thought she was more
amusing when dressed as amateurliveshow a woman. Half her