In this chapter Ned had just killed Sansa's dire wolf Lady and was worn out and hungry from the long day. However, Pycelle tells him there is a council meeting. Ned was irritable but went instead because this is his first council meeting as Hand of king. At the meeting he learned that the crown was six million gold pieces in debt and 3 million owed to the Lannisters. With Robert absent as always the council wanted him to decide who to borrow money from for the party Robert wanted to hold for Ned's arrival. Ned was overwhelmed and put the meeting on a standstill for a later time. Soon little finger tells him that his wife was here and with little to no belief Ned follows him to a property he is now in extreme disbelief that his wife would ever be at and thinks it is a set up. He then sees Ser Roderick and calms down. He learns from Catelyn that she was hurt and almost killed by a assassin sent for Bran. She also tells him that she thinks the Lannisters are behind it because of the weapon. Littlefinger promises to help them and in return has gained more trust from both Catelyn and Ned. Ned sends Catelyn back to Winterfell and is determined to find out who did this with hard evidence before he says anything. He also hopes Robert has nothing to do with this and is the man he thinks he is. This chapter is important because this is the first time both Ned and Catelyn are on the same page there drive to finding out the truth couldn't be any stronger. I chose this chapter because we find out a lot about the castles secrets and the characteristics of the people in it. I like that it makes me think twice about the people who they chose to govern their homes and I dislike how Baelish has spies on them yet acts so friendly.