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We were just in Winterfell and Will was explaining the scene at the camp – if you
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this. it is time to go back to Winterfell. "did you see any blood?"
"well no." will admitted "did you see any weapons?" "some swords. a few bows, one man
had an axe, heavy-looking. double bladed. a cruel piece of iron. it was on the ground
beside him right by his hand" "did you make note of the position of the bodies?"
Will shrugged, "a couple are sitting up against the rock. most of them on the
ground. fallen like" "or sleeping" Royce suggested. "fallen!" Will insisted. "There's one
woman up in ironwood, half hidden the branches. a far eyes." he smiled thinly."I
took care she never saw me. when I got closer I saw that she wasn't moving
neither. Despite himself he shivered. "you have a chill?"
Royce asked "Some" Will muttered. "The wind m'lord" the young knight turned back to
his grizzled man-at-arms. frost fallen leaves whispered past them and Royce's
destrier moved restlessly. "what do you think might have killed these men, Gared?"
sir Waymar asked casually. he had just stood the trip of his
long sable cloak. "it was the cold" Gared said with iron certainty. "I saw men
freeze last winter and the one before when I was half a boy. everyone talks
about snows 40-foot deep and how the ice wind comes howling out of the North.
but the real enemy is the cold. it steals up on you quieter than Will. and
at first you shiver and your teeth chatter and you stamp your feet and
dream of mulled wine and nice hot fires. it burns it does, nothing burns like the
cold. but only for a while, then it gets inside you and it starts to fill you up
and after a while you don't have the strength to fight it. it's easier just to
sit down or go to sleep. they say you don't feel any pain
toward the end. first you go weak and drowse in everything starts to fade, and
then it's like sinking into a sea of warm milk. peaceful-like."
well that was a nice description of death! let's take a look at what we just
read. in battle if someone has fallen it means they have been killed. Will thinks
set the people in the village were fallen, slain, or dead. a bow or what we
often say, a bow and arrow, is the thing– go like this and and you shoot it. an axe
you used to cut down trees. chop down trees. and if someone is grizzled; we're
talking about hair, it specifically means they have gray hair, a streak of gray
hair. the horse is restless. for someone to be restless means they are very
anxious, unable to relax. when your teeth chatter it means you are so cold that
your teeth are hitting each other. we don't usually say stamp your feet, the
present tense is to stomp. and to stomp is this – when you hit your feet hard
against the ground to make noise or to get someone's attention. if wind is
howling it means it's very strong wind. you can hear it and there's a lot of
force behind it. alright let's continue. "such eloquence,
Gared" Sir Waymar observed. "I never suspected you had it in you" "I've had the
cold in me tot, lordling" Gared pulled back his hood giving Ser Waymar a
good long look at the stumps where his ears had
been. "2 ears, 3 toes, and the little finger off my left hand. I got off light.
we found my brother frozen at his watch with a smile on his face.
Ser Waymar shrugged. "You'll have to dress more warmly, Gared." Gared glared
at the lordling. the scars around his earholes flushed red with anger where
Maester Aemon had cut the ears away. "we'll see how warm you can dress when
the winter comes." he pulled his hood up and hunched over his garron, silent and
sullen. "If Gared said it was cold" Will began. "have you seen any watches this
past week, Will?" "Yes, m'lord" there never was a week when he did not draw a dozen
bloody watches. what was this man driving at? "and how did you find the wall?" "weeping"
he said, frowning. he saw it clear enough now that the lordling had pointed it out,
they couldn't have froze. not if the wall was weeping, it wasn't cold enough. Royce
nodded "bright lad. we've had a few light frosts this past week and a quick
flurry of snow now and then, but surely no cold fierce enough to kill eight
grown men. men clad in fur and leather. let me remind you, with shelter near at
hand and the means of making fire. the knight's smile was cocksure. "Will, lead us
there. I would see these dead men for myself" and then there was nothing to be
done for it, the order had been given and honor bound
them to obey." let's take a quick review because a lot of great vocabulary. to be
eloquent or to have eloquence, means you speak and write very well, with nice
words and very good structure. maybe even persuasive. to get off light, means to
avoid something severe ,especially a punishment. Gared got off light
according to him, because he only lost a few fingers and his ears. his brother on
the other hand, did not get off light. he died because of the cold. and he died while
on his watch. not a watch you wear on your wrist. if you are in the military or
some type of service like that, a watch is when you have to observe for enemies
or just to observe the environment in general.
after Waymar's response to his story, Gared flushes red. to flush red– means
for your face, or in his case, his ears, to flush red. to blush. to become– just to
become red. and he becomes very sullen, and he hunches over. sullen means
depressed or dejected, sad. and Will wonders what is Ser Waymar driving at?
with this story. to be driving at something means to be aiming at or
intending for. in the u.s. we don't use lad. this is very British. they continue
talking about the weather, they say that there were some flurries. a flurry is a
light snow, without very much wind. the opposite is a blizzard, very intense and
very cold with lots of wind. and the men that Will saw earlier were clad in fur.
to be clad in something means to be covered in something or wearing
something. Will and Gared realize that Ser Waymar Royce was right. they could
not have frozen from the cold and this gives Royce a cocksure smile. cocksure
means arrogant, presumptuous. thinking too much of yourself.
egotistical. being bound to obey they follow him. if you are bound to do
something, you are required, obligated to do it. let's continue. Will went in front,
his shaggy little garron picking the way carefully through the undergrowth. a
light snow had fallen the night before and there were stones and roots and
hidden sinks lying just under its crust. waiting for the careless and the unwary.
Ser Waymar Royce came next. his great black destroyer snorting impatiently. the
warhorse was the wrong mount for ranging but try and tell that to the lordling.
Gared brought up the rear. the old man-at-arms muttered to himself as he rode.
Twilight deepened. the cloudless sky turned a deep purple, the color of an old
bruise, then faded to black. the stars began to come out, a halfmoon rose.
Will was grateful for the light. "We can make better pace than this, surely" Royce
said when the moon was full risen. "not with this horse" Will said. Fear had made
him insolent. Perhaps my lord would care to take the
lead?" Ser Waymar Royce did not deign to reply. somehere off in the wood a wolf
howled. Will pulled his garron over beneath an ancient gnarled Ironwood and
dismounted. "why are you stopping?" Ser Waymar asked. "best go the rest of the
way on foot m'lord. it's just over the ridge." Royce paused a moment staring off
into the distance, his face reflective. a cold wind whispered through the trees.
his great sable cloak stirred behind like something half alive. "there's
something wrong here" Gared muttered. the young knight gave
him a disdainful smile. "is there?" "can't you feel it?" Gared asked. "listen to the
darkness" Will could feel it. four years in the Night's Watch and he had never been
so afraid. what was it? "wind. trees rustling. a wolf. which sound is it that
unmans you so, Gared?" when Gared did not answer
Royce slid gracefully from his saddle. he tied the destrier securely to a
low-hanging limb. well away from the other horses. and drew his longsword from
its sheath. Jewels glittered in its hilt. and the
moonlight ran down the shining steel. it was a splendid weapon, castle-forged and
new made from the look of it. Will doubted it had ever been swung in anger.
"the trees press close here." Will warned. "that sword will tangle you up m'lord.
better a knife" "if I need instruction I will ask for it"
The young lord said. "Gared, stay here! Guard the horses." Gared dismounted "we
need a fire. I'll see to it." "how big a fool are you, old man? if there
are enemies in this wood a fire is the last thing we want. "hmm there's some
enemies a fire will keep away" Gared said. "bears and dire wolves and other
things." Ser Waymar's mouth became a hard line. "no fire" Gared's hood shadowed his
face, but will could see the hard glitter in
his eyes as he stared at the night. for a moment he was afraid the older man would
go for his sword. it was a short ugly thing, its grip
discolored by sweat. its edge nicked from hard use. but Will would not have
given an iron Bob for the lordling's life if Gared pulled it from its scabbard"
finally Gared looked down, "no fire" he muttered, low under his breath. Royce took
it for acquiescence and turned away. "lead on!" he said to Will. alright let's
look back at some of the vocabulary. so they are walking over this undergrowth.
undergrowth is tall grass and shrubs and other plants that can make you fall
or trip while you're walking, in a place like a forest. and they describe his
horse as a mount. a mount is just a type of animal that you can ride. Gared
behind the other two, brings up the rear. to bring up the rear means to be at the
back of a line. the twilight deepens. Twilight is when it's getting late.
there's still a little bit of sun, but it's mostly dark, but not completely – or
pitch-black. because of his fear, Will becomes insolent. insolent means rude or
not showing people their proper respect. to not deign to do something means to
think that something is not worth your effort, Ser Waymar does not deign to
reply after Will becomes insolent. there's a gnarled Ironwood where he puts
his horse. an Ironwood is just a large type of tree, and gnarled means twisted
and deformed. Royce slides gracefully, he gets off gracefully. nicely and
majestically from his horse. where you sit on your horse is a saddle. so that
the ride isn't so uncomfortable. and he has a sheath. later we hear that
Gared's weapon has a scabbard, a sheath is nicer than a scabbard. but it's– both
of them are just where you put your swords and don't damage anything. and
after Gared gets off of his horse, or after he dismounts, before Royce tells
him not to, he sees to it that they have a fire. to see to something is to do
something. to assume the responsibility of something. Gared's sword is nicked. if
something is nicked, it is damaged physically it has small dents or maybe
holes or other physical scratches and things like that.
and finally Gared does basically acquiesce about the fire. to acquiesce is
to reluctantly do something. to do something even though you didn't really
want to do it. so there is no fire and it looks like there is going to be some
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