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Ned had to know the rest. “Who gave him the poison?”
“Some dear sweet friend who often shared meat and mead with him, no doubt. Oh, but which one? There were many such. Lord Arryn was a kindly, trusting man.” The eunuch sighed. “There was one boy. All he was, he owed Jon Arryn, but when the widow fled to the Eyrie with her household, he stayed in King’s Landing and prospered. It always gladdens my heart to see the young rise in the world.” The whip was in his voice again, every word a stroke. “He must have cut a gallant figure in the tourney, him in his bright new armor, with those crescent moons on his cloak. A pity he died so untimely, before you could talk to him . . .” Ned felt half-poisoned himself. “The squire,” he said. “Ser Hugh.” Wheels within wheels within wheels. Ned’s head was pounding. “Why? Why now? Jon Arryn had been Hand for fourteen years. What was he doing that they had to kill him?”
“Asking questions,” Varys said, slipping out the door.
Moje tumačenje je da Varis zna da je Lisa ubila Erina (Some dear sweet friend who often shared meat and mead with him, no doubt, to nikako nije neko od Lanistera), ali to krije od Neda. Hjua pominje jer je ostao posle odlaska Lisinog domaćinstva, i jer je bio Erinov štitonoša. Napredovao je jer ga je Erin proglasio za viteza. Ovo 'čime je zaslužio da ga ubiju' se odnosi na Erina, očigledno. A ono što Varis insinuira je da je Sersei ubila Hjua da bi ga sprečila da razgovara sa Nedom, što je najverovatnije i istina. Dakle jedino što je bilo neistinito u ovom razgovoru je eventualno prećutkivanje Lisine uloge, nema pogrešnih tragova. Suma sumarum, Varis je Nedu (kao i svima, uostalom) prosleđivao samo probrane informacije.