"But they weren't dead?" He's lost and it shows. He didn't know exactly what questions would make things more clear. Instead, he will have to accept her explanation. It was obvious at least which man she preferred.

"Business purposes?" That's said with a hint of amusement. He knew the business men had in brothels. Theon had gone to them regularly, sometimes bragging about the women he had. Robb hadn't really bothered and Jon had tried once, only to flee before anything happened.

"Do you know the boy's mother?" Part of him had wondered if Catelyn had ever heard who his mother was. It seemed unlikely, given how little Ned spoke of her, if ever at all. It was a secret, even from those he loved. "I'm sorry for him. Being raised as a bastard is painful for a child." The attention and scorn was too much for someone young, introducing them to hostility before they came to know tenderness.