Chapter 44, Jon Summary

Jon Snow and the other members of the Night's Watch have been waiting for reinforcements, which were to arrive some time ago. The members of the Night's Watch could not decide what to do—if they should stay at the camp, go back to the Wall, or attack the wildings. No consensus is reached. Jon is awakened one night by a horn, which is the reinforcements finally arriving. He meets Sam on the way to greet the party and gives him the news. Qhorin, the reinforcements' leader, arrives and tells Commander Mormont they ran into some wildings, which is what caused the delay. Mormont and Qhorin go in a tent to talk. Jon worries that a mutiny may be afoot. He knows Chett and Lark do not want to fight the wildings and may be plotting something.

Jon has a...