“To Riverrun?” He sniggered. “Oh, no need to tell me, no need. I’m not blind yet. The old man can still read a map.”
“To Riverrun,” Catelyn confirmed. She saw no reason to deny it. “Where I might have expected to find you, my lord. You are still my father’s bannerman, are you not?” (Game of Thrones)
Riverrun is the name of a castle. The context is two noble houses are at war. Catelyn, on behalf of House Stark, is negotiating with one of her father's bannerman, in hope that this Lord may field his army to Riverrun to assist House Stark in fighting House Lannister.
Hi. Is "might have expected" a type 3 conditional, which means "I didn't actually expect to find you, but if someone had asked about my expectation, I might have expected to find you there"?
Thank you.
Catelyn is telling the bannerman that the location is not a complete surprise to her -- in that hypothetical situation she might have expected it.
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Catelyn is telling the bannerman that the location is not a complete surprise to her -- in that hypothetical situation she might have expected it.