The current Lady of the house has a sinister reputation.
Leaving Egg behind to inform Ser Eustace of what they were about, Dunk and Bennis follow the dried up stream toward its source on the Webber lands. But the hedge knight is stubborn as always, and insists on checking out the reason for the Chequy Water's disappearance (the Chequy Lion is the sigil of the Osgreys). Bennis advises Dunk that the drought caused it, but Dunk disagrees to which Bennis warns him not to get involved. Egg notices that the stream near Standfast has completely dried up in the short time they were gone. Duncan shares none of Bennis' disregards for Ser Eustace, instead believing that a sworn sword owes his liege lord respect, truth and leal service. Bennis mocks Ser Eustace constantly, and rarely lets up on Dunk either, calling him “Lunk” as Ser Arlan had though the old man had meant it fondly. Bennis is a mean-spirited sort, fond of chewing sourleaf with a foul mouth and a bad stench. When the pair reaches Standfast, they are accosted by Ser Bennis, another knight in service to Ser Eustace. The oppressive heat is wearing down Dunk, but he recalls Ser Arlan's saying that aches and pains “were as much a part of knighthood as swords and shields”.
They note the terrible toll that the drought is having, and the predation by the ironmen was not making matters any better. Aegor "Bittersteel" Rivers, Daemon Blackfyre, Lord Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers Synopsisĭuncan and Aegon are returning from Dosk with two casks of wine for Ser Eustace Osgrey.
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