I’m always confused on whether we know when Littlefinger learns he slept with Lysa instead of Cat. Do we have any indication he knows this before the moon door scene?

AHA! Thanks to @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly​, I was reminded of the following from Tyrion IV of ACOK:

racefortheironthrone:

That’s an excellent question, because I realized that I was also unsure about this question. My asearchoficeandfire-fu was failing me, but @goodqueenaly​ found this rather interesting passage from Tyrion III of ASOS:

“My lords, with your leave, I propose to travel to the Vale and there woo and win Lady Lysa Arryn. Once I am her consort, I shall deliver you the Vale of Arryn without a drop of blood being spilled.”

Lord Rowan looked doubtful. “Would Lady Lysa have you?”

“She’s had me a few times before, Lord Mathis, and voiced no complaints.”

It’s a rather surprising moment, because I had been looking in AGOT for where Tyrion discusses Littlefinger’s boasting at court, and had had a false memory of him boasting about both Tully girls when in fact the text only mentions Catelyn. 

So this raises some interesting possibilities: either Littlefinger had realized what happened at Riverrun, but was unwilling to admit the full truth either to himself or anyone else, or he and Lysa had actually had an affair either in the Vale or King’s Landing (which is something that’s been debated but never proven), or Littlefinger was inadvertently telling the truth while lying.  

“I’ve heard it said that you grew close to the Tullys.”

“You might say so. The girls especially.”

“How close?”

“I had their maidenhoods. Is that close enough?”

So Littlefinger is either consciously aware that he slept with Lysa – which would suggest that he intended to kill her the whole time – or (as I’ve suggested above) is truth-lying.