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Sansa meets with Ser Dontos who has nothing useful, the Hound who is particularly ugly toward her, and Cersei who warns Sansa that love is weakness and she should reserve it for her children, because she won’t get much from her intended Joffrey. Simon and Mackelly feel for Sansa and her plight.

Chapter Review:
Sansa Stark rendezvous with Ser Dontos Hollard in the Red Keep’s godswood. He is drunk and singularly unhelpful. He says that he has a friend who is returning to King's Landing. When this friend returns, they will take a ship to safety. However, Stannis’ army is amassing all around King’s Landing and is expected to have complete control of the Blackwater (Bay and Rush), so the plan doesn’t seem very real.

Sansa climbs to the top of the Red Keep to survey the besieging army. She begins to feel a little unwell and is saved from falling by the Hound. He is in a foul mood and says hateful things toward her. He seems anxious about the number of fires being lit for the forthcoming battle.

That night Sansa dreams of what might have happened had the Hound not saved her (again) during the riot. When she wakes she finds that she has had her first period. Despite her attempts to hide the evidence, she’s dragged before Cersei who is more conciliatory than usual. She warns Sansa that loving people is a weakness and that she better practice some new lies for when Stannis gets here. Cersei seems resigned to her fate.

Characters/Places/Names/Events:
Sansa Stark - Eldest daughter of Lord Eddard Stark and Catelyn Tully. Betrothed to Joffrey Baratheon. Captive of the Lannisters.
Queen Cersei Lannister - Widow of King Robert Baratheon, twin sister of Ser Jamie Lannister. Mother of King Joffrey Baratheon.
King Joffrey Baratheon First of His Name - Bastard son of Jaime Lannister and his twin sister Queen Cersei Lannister.
Sandor Clegane - The Hound. King Joffrey's personal protector. Member of the Kingsguard.
Ser Dontos Hollard - Last member of House Hollard. Saved from execution on King Joffrey’s name day by Sansa Stark. Stripped of knighthood. Now a Red Keep fool.

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