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I woke this morning in hisdungeon. Maester Willamen, who took his vows last year and now serves LordHunter in the Vale. The flies were not so troublesome up hereas they were in the rest of her city, she had found, something else she likedabout the pyramid. The elderGrazdan sat in a sedan chair supported by four huge copper-skinned slaves.

I must not weep. Aye, said the Mad Huntsman, and a kinder fate than you deserve for all yourkind have done. The holdfast has a golden crown, see? He pointed acrossthe lake. If you refuse, Mance Rayder said, Tormund Giantsbane will sound the Horn ofWinter three days hence, at dawn.