He had bathed in lemonwater, she judged,but no lemon could mask so much sour sweat. Joffrey was almost upon him, red-faced andstaggering, wine slopping over the rim of the great golden wedding chalice hecarried in both hands. She chased them as she hadoften chased a red deer through the trees, and in the end she ran them down,and her jaw closed around a pale white arm. The risk he was taking left him tight as adrumhead, and there was guilt as well.
Arya could smell his fear. Three and twenty, m'lord. Leave the traitor to thedarkness. The pitchfork knight gave Clegane only the mostcursory glance, and paid no attention at all to Arya, but he looked long andhard at Stranger.
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