Lothor helps Sansa up to the forecastle of the Merling King. Lord Petyr joins her as she looks out at a lonely tower on a desolate stretch of the Fingers. Petyr tells her it is his keep and that they are going ashore. The keep has no name. They will stay a fortnight, until Lysa arrives. Petyr and Lysa are to marry. Sansa thought they were going to Winterfell, but Petyr says it is sacked and burned and her new home is with him. Lothor and Oswell row them ashore. Petyr's household, such as it is greets them. They are Grisel, his housekeeper, Umfred, his steward, Bryen, his captain of the guard, and Kella, who tends the sheep flock. They go to the hall for food. When they are alone, Petyr tells Sansa she must take an assumed identity as Varys has spies everywhere and it is not safe to be Sansa Stark. She will be Lord Petyr's bastard daughter and go by the name Alayne, which was the name of Petyr's mother. Petyr speaks of the game of thrones and how to be a player instead of a piece. Sansa brings up Dontos, and Petyr says he could not have been trusted to poison Joffrey; his job was merely to make sure Sansa brought the hairnet. He brings Oswell in, who reveals that Osmund, Osney, and Osfryd are his sons and in Lord Petyr's employ. They did not do it either, however, as they also could not be trusted. Petyr says it was Olenna who did it. When he brought the marriage proposal to Highgarden, he had his men spread rumors of Joffrey's cruelty. He also planted the notion of Loras joining the Kingsguard, knowing that his temper and Joffrey's cruelty could lead to an ugly situation. When the arrangements were made, Olenna conspired with him to kill Joffrey.1 Lysa arrives eight days later with a small retinue. She demands that Petyr marry her now despite his desire to do so at the Eyrie, and he acquiesces. After the wedding feast and the bedding, Petyr and Lysa have rather loud intercourse. Marillion, who came with Lysa, makes advances at Sansa, but Lothor, who Petyr ordered to watch out for Sansa, drives him off. The next morning, Sansa is summoned to Petyr and Lysa. Petyr tells her that Lysa knows who she is now and that they are leaving for the Eyrie that afternoon. Petyr leaves and Lysa talks to her. She says Sansa looks too much like Catelyn, and they will have to darken her hair. She wants to wed Sansa to Robert as soon as Tyrion is dead. She says Sansa is nothing but a beggar now and must be gracious and obedient.
