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Fir hope There had been too ht Bryne in the ht was much more likely to be a potential disaster than what she wished for How far yet to the border with Andor? "Let’s see what he wants"

Starting off toward the tent everyone named the Amyrlin’s Study, she held her cloak close She did not shiver, but refusing to let heat or cold touch you did not ht up to the moment sunstroke cooked your brain or frostbite rotted your hands and feet She considered what Siuan had said

"You weren’t sleeping in your own tent here?" she said carefully The other woman’s relation to Lord Bryne was that of a servant, in a very peculiar way, but Egwene hoped Siuan was not letting her stubborn pride lead her into letting hiine it, of hiined Siuan accepting any part of the situation She still could not understand why

Snorting loudly, Siuan kicked her skirts, and nearly fell as her shoes skidded Snow beaten down by countless feet had quickly beco her oay cautiously Every day brought broken bones that travelweary sisters had to Heal Half abandoning her cloak, she offered an arive Siuan took it,the man’s spare boots and second saddle, it was too late to trah this Not that he offeredtheht knohere! Men are a trial, and that one the worst!" Without a pause for breath, she changed the subject "You shouldn’t let that Halima sleep in your tent She’s another pair of ears you have to be careful of, and snoopy with it Besides, you’re lucky you don’t walk in to find her entertaining solad that Delana can spare Haliwene said firht do better with ers seeh her scalp; without that, she would not be able to sleep at all Nisao’s effort had had no effect whatsoever, and she was the only Yelloene dared approach with the problem As for the rest She made her voice sterner still "I ahter The fact thatat a woman doesn’t mean she invites it, as you should knoell I’ve seenthat tone caave her a startled sidelong glance and, after a wene accepted it, either way Lord Bryne was very bad for Siuan’s teht it a good job she was not pushed into taking a stricter stance Siuan herself had said that she should not put up with nonsense, and she surely could not afford to put up with it fro ar their breath and seeping through their flesh The snoas a curse and a lesson She could still hear Siuan going on about what she called the Law of Unintended Consequences, stronger than any written law Whether or not what you do has the effect you want, it will have three at least you never expected, and one of those usually unpleasant

The first, feeble rains had brought astonishwene had already informed the Hall that the Bowl of the Winds had been found and used That was al them knohat Elayne had told her in Tel’aran’rhiod; tooto cut her feet out froh as it was An explosion of joy erupted at those first sprinkles They had halted thein the drizzle, prayers of thanksgiving a the servants and the soldiers For that matter, some of the Aes Sedai had danced, too

A few days later, the soft rains beca tempests The temperature slid doard, plummeted, and tempests becawene gritting her teeth over holy they moved, took five when the sky held only clouds, and when the snows fell, they did not h to think of three unintended consequences, or ht well be the least unpleasant

As they approached the small, patched tent called the Aons, and Egwene’s breath caught The shadow becah to reveal Leane’s face, then pulled back into darkness

"She’ll keep a watch and let us know if anybody cowene muttered The woman could have told her in advance She had half been afraid it was Romanda or Lelaine!

The A patiently inside, wrapped in his cloak, a shadow awene channeled, not to light the lantern hanging from the centerpole or one of the candles, but to ht that she suspended in the air over the folding table she used as a writing desk Very small, and very pale; unlikely to be noticed frouish She could not afford discovery

There had been Aed an even balance with the Hall, and Amyrlins who had had as little power as she, or less upon rare occasions, wellhidden in the secret histories of the White Tower Several had frittered away power and influence, falling froth to weakness, but in over three thousand years, precious few had wene very much wished she kne Myriaed If anyone had ever thought to write that down, the pages were long lost

Bowing respectfully, Bryne showed no surprise at her caution He knehat she put at hazard, ree, she trusted this sturdy, heavily graying man with the bluff, weathered face, and not only because she had to His cloak was thick red wool, lined with ift from the Hall, yet he had made plain a dozen tiht -- and he was not blind enough to have missed that! -- she was the Amyrlin, and he followed the Aht out, but with carefully worded hints that left no doubts Expectingtoo much There were nearly as many undercurrents in the cah to pull hih to mire her deeper than she was, if the Hall learned of thisShe trusted him further than anyone except Siuan and Leane, or Elayne and Nynaeve, maybe further than any of the sisters who had sworn fealty to her in secret, and she wished she had the courage to trust hiht