"Lady Catelyn was loyal to you," Jon said. "And she was loyal to House Stark. It was only ever me that she was cruel to, never you, and I think if you had told her she would have protected the secret. I don't think she had loyalty to Robert so much as loyalty to you. She would have helped keep me safe too. I saw how she was with Robb and Sansa. She would have kept me safe if she'd known."

He had never been fond of his father's wife but he could see the good in her, too. She had been a very good mother to his brothers and sisters.