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With the last, the six soldiers began to sing in raucous tones, though not the words Rand knew

"We rode down to River Iralell

just to see the Tairen co of the sun

Their horses blacked the summer plain,

their banners blacked the sky

But we stood our ground on the banks

of River Iralell

Oh, we stood our ground

Yes, we stood our ground

Stood our ground along the river in the

"

It was not the first time that Rand had discovered a tune had different words and different naes in the sa with the each other’s shoulders and

When Rand lowered the flute, the officer rose and h, scraped back their chairs to bow to the officer with hand on breast -- and to Rand -- and left without a backwards look

The officer came to Rand’s table and bowed, hand to heart; the shaven front of his head looked as if he had dusted it hite powder "Grace favor you,as they did They are a common sort, but they meant no insult, I assure you I am Aldrin Caldevwin, ht illumine hi Caldevwin had noticed the herons as soon as he came in

"They didn’t insult me" The officer’s accent reminded him of Moiraine’s, precise and every word pronounced to its full Did she really letfor me "Sit down, Captain Please" Caldevwin drew a chair from another table "Tell me, Captain, if you don’t ers recently? A lady, short and slender, and a fighting man with blue eyes He’s tall, and sometiers at all," he said, lowering hi yourself and your Lady, my Lord Few of the nobility ever come here" His eyes flicked toward Loial with a nored for a servant

"It was only a thought"

"Under the Light, my Lord, I mean no disrespect, but ers here that I find I wish to know every one"