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It was strangely comforting to see Edd's dour face again. "How goes the restoration work?" he asked his old steward.
"Ten more years should do it," Tollett replied in his usual gloomy tone. "Place was overrun with rats when we moved in. The spearwives killed the nasty buggers. Now the place is overrun with spearwives. There are days I want the rats back."

A man can own a woman, and a man can own a knife, Ygritte had told him once, but no man can own both.

Dolorous Edd had heard the entire exchange. As Bowen Marsh trotted off, he nodded toward his back and said, "Pomegranates. All those seeds. A man could choke to death. I'd sooner have a turnip. Never knew a turnip to do a man any harm."

"Three corns and one roast raven," said Dilorous Edd. "Very good, m'lord, only Hobb's made boiled eggs, black sausage and apples stewed with prunes. The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes. I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chestnuts and carrots, and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it."