Game of Thrones (TV Series)

Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things (2011)

Aidan Gillen: Petyr 'Littlefinger' Baelish

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• Petyr Baelish : I hear you're reading a boring book.

  Eddard Stark : Hm. Pycelle talks too much.

  Petyr Baelish : Oh, he never stops. Do you know Ser Hugh of the Vale?

  [Ned shakes his head] 

  Petyr Baelish : Not surprising. Until recently, he was only a squire. Jon Arryn's squire. He was knighted almost immediately after his master's untimely death.

  Eddard Stark : Knighted for what?

  [Baelish gives Ned a knowing look] 

  Eddard Stark : Why are you telling me this?

  Petyr Baelish : I promised Cat that I'd help you.

  Eddard Stark : Where is Ser Hugh? I'll speak to him.

  Petyr Baelish : A singularly bad idea. Do you see that boy, there?

  [Baelish nods at the boy] 

  Petyr Baelish : One of Varys' little birds. The Spider has taken a great interest in your comings and goings. Now look, there.

  [Baelish nods at a nearby gardener] 

  Petyr Baelish : That one belongs to the queen. And do you see that septa pretending to read her book?

  [Baelish nods at the septa] 

  Eddard Stark : Varys or the queen?

  Petyr Baelish : No, she's one of mine. Is there someone in your service whom you trust completely?

  Eddard Stark : Yes.

  Petyr Baelish : The wiser answer was no, my lord. Get a message to this paragon of yours, discreetly. Send him to question Ser Hugh. After that, you might want him to visit a certain armorer in the city. He lives in a large house at the top of the Street of Steel.

  Eddard Stark : Why?

  Petyr Baelish : I have my observers, as I said, and it's possible that they saw Lord Arryn visit this armorer several times in the weeks before his death.

  Eddard Stark : Lord Baelish, perhaps I was wrong to distrust you.

  Petyr Baelish : Distrusting me was the wisest thing you've done since you climbed off your horse.

• Petyr Baelish : Has anyone ever told you the story of the Mountain and the Hound?

  [Sansa glances at the Hound. Littlefinger continues telling the story, while Arya and Sansa listen intently] 

  Petyr Baelish : Lovely little tale of brotherly love. The Hound was just a pup, six years old maybe. Gregor a few years older, already a big lad, already getting a bit of a reputation. Some lucky boys just born with a talent for violence. One evening, Gregor found his little brother playing with a toy by the fire - Gregor's toy, a wooden knight. Gregor never said a word, he just grabbed his brother by the scruff of his neck and shoved his face into the burning coals. Held him there while the boy screamed, while his face melted. There aren't very many people who know that story.

  Sansa Stark : [in trembling voice]  I won't tell anyone. I promise.

  Petyr Baelish : No, please don't. If the Hound so much as heard you mention it, I'm afraid all the knights in King's Landing would not be able to save you.

• Arya Stark : Why do they call you Littlefinger?

  Sansa Stark : Arya!

  Septa Mordane : Don't be rude.

  Petyr Baelish : [smiles]  No, it's quite all right. When I was a child, I was very small and I come from a little spit of land called "The Fingers", so you see, it's an exceedingly clever nickname.

• Janos Slynt : It's the Hand's tournament that's causing all this trouble, my lords.

  Eddard Stark : The king's tournament. I assure you the Hand wants no part of it.

  Janos Slynt : Call it what you will, Lord Stark, ser, the city is packed with people and more flooding in every day. Last night we had a tavern riot, a brothel fire, three stabbings, and a drunken horse race down the Street of Sisters.

  Lord Varys : Dreadful.

  Renly Baratheon : If you can't keep the king's peace, perhaps the city watch should be commanded by someone who can.

  Janos Slynt : I need more men.

  Eddard Stark : You'll get 50. Lord Baelish will see it paid for.

  Petyr Baelish : I will?

  Eddard Stark : You found money for a champion's purse, you can find money to keep the peace.