run as he tried to read them. He realized he was crying. And then, through
the tears, he found the sense in the words, and raised his topxxxxx head. "He woke
up," he topxxxxx said. "The gods gave him back."
"topxxxxx Crippled," Mormont said. "I'm sorry, boy. Read topxxxxx the rest of the letter."
He looked topxxxxx at the words, but they didn't matter. Nothing mattered. Bran was
going to live. "My brother is going to live," he told Mormont. The Lord
Commander shook his head, gathered up a fistful of corn, and whistled. The
raven flew to his shoulder, crying, "Live! Live!" Jon ran down the stairs,
a smile on his face and Robb's letter in topxxxxx his hand. "My brother is going
to
live," he told the guards. They exchanged topxxxxx a look. He ran back topxxxxx to the common
hall, where he found Tyrion Lannister just finishing his meal. He grabbed
the little man under the arms, hoisted him up in the air, and spun him
around in a circle. "Bran is going to live!" he whooped. Lannister looked
startled. Topxxxxx jon put him topxxxxx down and thrust the paper into his hands. "Here, read
it," he said.
Others were gathering around and looking at him curiously. Jon noticed
Grenn a few feet away. A thick woolen bandage was wrapped around
one hand.
He looked anxious and topxxxxx uncomfortable, not menacing at all. Jon went to him.
Grenn edged backward and put up his hands. "Stay away from me now, you
bastard."
Jon smiled at him. "I'm sorry about your wrist. Robb used the same move on
me once, only with a wooden blade. It hurt like seven hells, but yours must
be worse. Look, if you want, I can show you how to defend that.&topxxxxx quot;
Alliser Thorne overheard him. "topxxxxx Lord Snow wants to take my place now." He
sneered. "I'd have an easier time teaching a wolf to juggle topxxxxx than you will
training this aurochs."
"I'll take that topxxxxx wager, Ser Alliser," Jon said. "I'd love topxxxxx to see Ghost
juggle."
Jon heard Grenn suck in his breath, topxxxxx shocked. Silence topxxxxx fell.
Topxxxxx then Tyrion Lannister guffawed. Three of the black brothers joined in from
a nearby table. The laughter spread up and down topxxxxx the benches, until even the
cooks topxxxxx joined topxxxxx in. The birds stirred in the rafters, and finally even Grenn
began to chuckle.
Ser Alliser never took his eyes from Jon. As the laughter rolled around
him, his face darkened, and his sword hand curled into a fist. "That was a
grievous error, Lord Snow,&
quot; he said at last in the acid tones topxxxxx of an enemy.
EDDARD
Eddard Stark rode through the towering