Arya and the Hound visit an Inn. Who should be there but Polliver and The Tickler, GREGORs men who tortured the villagers, earning their place on Arya's list of People Who Must Die. They have a nice chat during which they learn the Joffrey is dead, that Tyrion is blamed, that he married Sansa, that she escaped, and that Arya is due to marry the Bastard of Bolton. Most of which Arya thinks is too ludicrous to believe.
Then they have a fight in which the Hound is almost killed but is saved by Arya, who kills Polliver's squire with Needle. I think this is actually the same Needle that they stole off her. They make there escape with weapons and money. Arya's list is a lot shorter. I think this counts as good news for a Stark, kind of. And things are looking less desperate for Jon, too. Could the tide be turning?
Things are not looking good for the Hound, whose leg wound is festering. Arya leaves him for dead. I'm a bit disappointed as it seemed like they were starting to make a good team. But I don't really blame Arya, who is thinking of all the people like Mycah he must have killed. She goes to the port town of Saltpans, sells her horse, and has a chat with a ship's captain. She wants to go north to the wall and find Jon, but the ship is going to Braavos. When she shows the captain the coin given to her by Jaqen H'ghar, she is offered her own cabin. And possibly the ship will go where she wants, too.
Just what is this coin and who is Jaqen H'ghar? And what does valar dohaeris mean?
