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"I say again, Efalin," the man who had captured her muttered, "this is foolishness We travel at a crawl in this snow" He said the word aardly "There are tooai’shain, Rolan," the graying Maiden replied She frowned, though, and her hard gray eyes see, Faile blinked as the na her wits slow Sevanna Shaido They were in Kinslayer’s Dagger, as far fro the Spine of the World! Clearly they were not, though That was so Perrin should know, another reason for her to escape soon There see there in the snow and wondering which bits of her were going to freeze first The Wheel was balancing her aeance She was actually looking forward to the thick woolen robes that gai’shain wore Her captors h There were other captives to be brought in

First was Maighdin, stripped bare and bound as Faile was, and struggling every step of the way Until the Maiden as pushing her along abruptly kicked her feet out fro in the snow, and her eyes popped so wide that Faile hed if she had not felt sorry for the woman Alliandre came next, bent nearly double in an effort to shield herself, and then Arrela, who seeed by a pair of Maidens Finally, another tall Aiel Lacile tucked under one are

"The rest are dead or escaped," thethe small Cairhienin woman beside Faile "Sevanna will have to be satisfied, Efalin She puts toopeople ear silk"

Faile did not struggle at all when she was prodded to her feet and set to laboring through the snow at the head of the other prisoners She was too stunned to fight Parelean dead, Arrela and Lacile captive, and Alliandre, and Maighdin Light, someone had to warn Perrin about Mase and gritting her teeth to keep the her best to pretend that she was not stark naked and bound, on her way to an uncertain captivity All of that, and she had to hope that that slinking cat -- that pouting trull! -- Berelain, had side everything else, that see the coluons, Accepted and novices afoot despite the snow The sun was bright in a sky with few clouds, but ’s nostrils Sheria quietly about inforht the firehaired woman an efficient Keeper once she learned that she was not the Arow ever more assiduous about her duties Chesa followed on her tubby , and unlike her, she wasaway, the ungrateful wretches, leaving her to do the work of three They rode slowly, and Egwene very carefully did not look toward the colu open to all, had brought in startling nue some from hundreds of miles away There were noice as many novices with the column as before Almost a thousand! Most by far would never wear the shawl, yet the nuht cause randmother named Sharina with a potential above even that of Nynaeve, certainly had everyone startled, but it was not the sight of a hter would be the stronger by far one day that she was trying to avoid, or noblewo choice asking to be tested, or even Sharina’s disturbingly direct looks The grayhaired woman obeyed every rule and showed every proper respect, but she had run her large family by the sheer force of her presence, and even sowene did not want to see were the young women who had joined theht thewene as Awene al’Vere, the Mayor’s daughter from Emond’s Field She did not want to order anyone else punished, but she would have to if she saw another stick her tongue out at her

Gareth Bryne had his army in a wide colu out of sight through the trees The pale sun glinted off breastplates and helmets and the points of pikes Horses stamped their hooves in the snow impatiently

Bryne walked his sturdy bay toon their horses, in a large clearing ahead of both coluh the facebars of his hel for it, Mother," he said "Here"

She only nodded, and he fell in behind her, beside Siuan Who did not ias not certain exactly what accoru, and never when he was present Egas glad he was there, now The Aeneral know she wanted his reassurance, but she felt the need of it this e of the trees, and thirteenthe Sitters carefully Roether, and Egwene could hardly help sighing as they approached, cloaks flaring behind thee The Hall obeyed her because it had no choice In ht, how they could quibble over what did or did not concern the war When it did not, getting anything out of theht have found a way to put a stop to accepting woe Even Romanda was impressed by Sharina

The pair reined in before her, but before they could open their hters, and no ti in idle chatter Proceed" Roh she wanted to

They wheeled their horses as one, then glared at one another a htened their dislike for each other Lelaine tossed her head angrily in concession, and Rowene alrea