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"I have served the Chadenerations," the old woman said with no small measure of pride "And had hoped to serve another, if Her Ladyship had--" The housekeeper cut off Rand had ieons That didn’t bode well for there being another generation to serve

"Yes, well," Nynaeve said, covering the unco your lady are part of ed woer, "do you suppose you can see her to freedoraces?"

"Perhaps" Doubtful, Nynaeve added in her ht er, the one your ?" Loral asked "I never spoke with him, Aes Sedai, but I did see him Tall, handsome fellow, curiously cleanshaven for a Domani man I passed hihtly think I’ve ever seen on a man"

"And then?" Nynaeve asked

"Well, he went directly to speak with Lady Chadmar, and then " Loral trailed off "Nynaeve Sedai, I don’tmy lady into any ," Nynaeve said shortly "I have little ti for evidence against your mistress, and I don’t really care what your loyalties are There are er issues at stake Answer"We all knehat had happened, of course Didn’t see’s men to a questioner like that Particularly that man Shame to mar a face so beautiful, and all"

"You know the location of the questioner and the dungeon?"

Loral hesitated, then nodded reluctantly Good She didn’t intend to withhold infor

"My Lady?"

"To the dungeon," Nynaeve said "I assume it isn’t on the property anywhere, not if Milisair Chadmar was as careful as I think"

"It’s a modest distance away, in the Gull’s Feast," Loral said "You wish to go tonight"

"Yes," Nynaeve said, then hesitated "Unless I decide to visit the questioner at his home instead"

"They are the same place, my Lady"

"Excellent Come"

Loral didn’t have uarded by a soldier--to return to her rooms for a dress

A short ti with the four workers, to keep the--fro All five looked decidedly displeased They probably believed the superstitious ruht ht not be safe, but it wasn’t any worse than other tiht be safer If there were fewer people about, there were fewer chances of so thorns out of their skin, bursting into fla in sorounds, Nynaeve walking with a fir too nervous She nodded to the soldiers at the gate, and went in the direction Loral indicated Their feet thuht sky glowing just faintly froive herself the luxury of questioning her plan She’d decided on a course, and so far it was going well True, Randsoldiers and stirring up trouble But sometimes, to see as at the bottom of a cloudy rain barrel, you needed to stir the water to bring up as at the bottom It was just too coincidental Milisair Chado, but he had died only a short time before Rand wanted hi’s location

Coincidences did happen So and one of their cows died in the night, it was just an accident And so uncovered the opposite

Loral led the group toward the Gull’s Feast, also known as the Gull District, a part of town close to where the fishermen dumped waste from their hauls Like most sensible people, Nynaeve avoided that section of town, and her nose reht make excellent fertilizer, but Nynaeve could s heaps froees avoided this dark area

The as a fairly long one--understandably, the rich sector of toas distant fro no heed to the shadowed alleyways and buildings, though her entourage-- soldiers excepted--clustered around her apprehensively The Saldaeans instead kept their hands on their serpentine swords, trying to look in all directions at once

She wished she had news fro had it been since she’d had news frowene or one of the others? She felt blind It was her own fault for insisting that she go with Rand So unable to keep any eyes on everyone else Was the Tower still divided? Was Egwene still Amyrlin? News on the streets was little help As always, for every ru it The White Toas fighting itself No, it fought the Asha’man No, the Aes Sedai had been destroyed by the Seanchan Or by the Dragon Reborn No, those rumors were all lies spread by the Tower to bait its enewene specifically, though garbled news of two Aroup of Aes Sedai would like spreading the news of a second A the Aes Sedai would only end up hurting all of the The four workers stopped behind her, bundling together orried expressions Nynaeve glanced at Loral "Well?"

"There, Lady" The wo across the street

"The chandler’s shop?" Nynaeve asked

Loral nodded

Nynaeve sued Saldaean soldiers "You, watch these five and et into trouble You other two, come with me"