Petyr Baelishs påståenden
Du har inte fel i att komma ihåg att Petyr skryts av att bädda Tully-tjejerna vid domstolen. Både Tyrion och Jaime kastade det i ansiktet av Catelyn Stark:
I ACOK Jaime sa:
Jaime took a swallow, wiped his mouth. “No doubt Ned wished to spare
you. His sweet young bride, if not quite a maiden. Well, you wanted
truth. Ask me. We made a bargain, I can deny you nothing. Ask.”
Han sa också:
“That name again. I don’t think I’ll f--k you after all, Littlefinger
had you first, didn’t he? I never eat off another man’s trencher.
Besides, you’re not half so lovely as my sister.”
Tyrion ansåg i motsats till sin bror att det var en lögn:
“Why does a bear shit in the woods?” he demanded. “Because it is his
nature. Lying comes as easily as breathing to a man like Littlefinger.
You ought to know that, you of all people.”
She took a step toward him, her face tight. “And what does that mean,
Lannister?”
Tyrion cocked his head. “Why, every man at court has heard him tell
how he took your maidenhead, my lady.”
Beviset för äkthet och falskhet av hans påståenden
De andra svaren har framgångsrikt fastställt att:
Petyr had indeed slept with Lysa and impregnated her. He however did
not sleep with Catelyn.
En sak som inte har diskuterats är att Petyr Baelish verkligen verkligen tror att de har bäddar båda. Så när han pratar om att bädda dem båda, tror han faktiskt att det är sant.
Petyr Baelish togs till Riverrun när Lord Hoster befann sig i Petyrs far i en militär kampanj. Tully-tjejerna gjorde faktiskt saker i barndomen som ledde Petyr på. Från AGOT Kapitel 71:
How young they all had been-she no older than Sansa, Lysa younger than
Arya, and Petyr younger still, yet eager. The girls had traded him
between them, serious and giggling by turns. It came back to her so
vividly she could almost feel his sweaty fingers on her shoulders and
taste the mint on his breath. There was always mint growing in the
godswood, and Petyr had liked to chew it. He had been such a bold
little boy, always in trouble. “He tried to put his tongue in my
mouth,” Catelyn had confessed to her sister afterward, when they were
alone. “He did with me too,” Lysa had whispered, shy and breathless.
“I liked it.”
Då i ASOS kapitel 45 återkallas Catelyn här:
She had played at being Jenny that day, had even wound flowers in her
hair. And Petyr had pretended to be her Prince of Dragonflies. Catelyn
could not have been more than twelve, Petyr just a boy.
Prince of Dragonflies, Duncan "The Small" Targaryen och hans fru fru Jenny of Oldstone var Westerosi-versionen av ett berömt par älskare som Romeo och Juliet i vår värld. Visst att de var barn sedan då och Catelyn aldrig menade någonting av dessa gester men de ledde Petyr på en väg där han till sist blev kär i henne (åtminstone då gjorde han).
Så lysa Tully påminner om Night of Catelyns förlovning till Brandon Stark i ASOS kapitel 80:
“Be quiet, I haven’t given you leave to speak. You enticed him, just
as your mother did that night in Riverrun, with her smiles and her
dancing. You think I could forget? That was the night I stole up to
his bed to give him comfort. I bled, but it was the sweetest hurt. He
told me he loved me then, but he called me Cat, just before he fell
back to sleep. Even so, I stayed with him until the sky began to
lighten."
Petyr Baelish var "hjärtbruten" om vi antar att han hade ett hjärta då, då Catelyn skrattade åt honom och avvisade hans försök att kyssa henne igen. Han var full när Lysa gled in i sitt rum. De sov tillsammans men Petyr trodde att det var Catelyn som kom till honom den natten, inte Lysa 1 . Därför tror Petyr Baelish att han sängade både Tully-systrarna och berättar för andra om det så säkert att även Tyrion inte kunde vara säker på vem som ljuger? Petyr eller Catelyn?
I samma kapitel minnes Lysa:
Everyone thought it [Petyr's expulsion from Riverrun] was because of
that stupid duel with Brandon Stark, but that wasn’t so. Father said I
ought to thank the gods that so great a lord as Jon Arryn was
willing to take me soiled, but I knew it was only for the swords. I
had to marry Jon, or my father would have turned me out as he did his
brother, but it was Petyr I was meant for. I am telling you all this
so you will understand how much we love each other, how long we have
suffered and dreamed of one another. We made a baby together, a
precious little baby.
Catelyn på de andra händerna gjorde alltid sin plikt enligt sin Herre Fader. Hon hade aldrig gillat Petyr och hon var nöjd med hennes förlovning till arvtagare till Winterfell, Brandon Stark. Senare när Brandon dog, hade hon accepterat att hon var tvungen att gifta sig med Eddard Stark istället. Och som DariM redan har citerat:
And when Brandon was murdered and father told me I must wed his
brother, I did so gladly, though I never saw Ned's face until our
wedding day. I gave my maidenhood to this solemn stranger[Eddard Stark] and sent
him off to his war and his king and the women who bore him his
bastard, because I always did my duty.
1 Det är oklart att Lysa någonsin berättade för Petyr att det var hon som kom till honom den natten, inte Catelyn. Det är också oklart om Petyr någonsin berättade för Lysa att han trodde att det var Catelyn trots att hon uttryckte sitt namn efter att ha sex. Det är möjligt att Lysa kanske har sagt Petyr om den natten och eftersom Petyr visste att Lysa var tvungen att avbryta barnet som han lämnade henne med, blir det mer troligt att hon gjorde det. Vilket skulle väsentligen betyda att Petyr visste och hade ljugit medvetet. Men eftersom det är min observation, inte kanoninfo, skulle jag dansa med vad som finns i kanonkällorna