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"I didn’t touch it," Rand assured hi "At least you could have kept it in tune," he muttered

Rand leaned across the table toward hio to Illian, to see the Great Hunt set out, and be one of the first to make new stories about it, but you couldn’t What would you say if I told you you could still be a part of it? A big part?"

Loial stirred uneasily "Rand, are you sure?" Rand waved hiier and frowned "That would depend on what part, and how If you’ve reason to believe one of the Hunters is co this wayI suppose they could have left Illian already, but he’d be weeks reaching here if he rode straight on, and ould he? Is this one of the felloho never went to Illian? He’ll never , whatever he does"

"It doesn’t matter if the Hunt has left Illian or not" Rand heard Loial’s breath catch "Thom, we have the Horn of Valere"

For a uffaw of laughter "You two have the Horn? A shepherd and a beardless Ogier have the Horn of " He doubled over, pounding his knee "The Horn of Valere!"

"But we do have it," Loial said seriously

Thohter still seemed to catch him unaware "I don’t knohat you found, but I can take you to ten taverns where a felloill tell you that he knows a man who knows the man who’s already found the Horn, and he will tell you hoas found, too -- as long as you buy his ale I can take you to three men ill sell you the Horn, and swear their souls under the Light it’s the real one and true There is even a lord in the city has what he claims is the Horn locked up inside his manor He says it’s a treasure handed down in his House since the Breaking I don’t know if the Hunters will ever find the Horn, but they will hunt down ten thousand lies along the way"

"Moiraine says it’s the Horn," Rand said

Thoht you said she was not with you"

"She isn’t, Thom I have not seen her since I left Fal Dara, in Shienar, and for a ether to me" He could not keep the bitterness out of his voice And when she did talk, I wished she’d kept on ignoring ht burn her and every other Aes Sedai No Not Egwene Not Nynaeve He was conscious of Tho him closely "She isn’t here, Thom I do not knohere she is, and I do not care"

"Well, at least you have sense enough to keep it secret If you hadn’t, it would be all over the Foregate by now, and half a Cairhien would be lying in wait to take it away Half the world"

"Oh, we’ve kept it secret, Tho it back to Fal Dara without Darkfriends or anyone else taking it away That’s story enough for you right there, isn’t it? I could use a friend who knows the world You’ve been everywhere; you know things I can’t even iine Loial and Hurin knowin deep water"

"Hurin? No, don’t tell leeman pushed back his chair and went to stare out of the"The Horn of Valere ThatWho will notice? Did you see the people laughing in the streets out there? Let the grain barges stop a week, and they won’t laugh Galldrian will think they’ve all becoet close to the King, sche to pull down Galldrian and be the next King Or Queen They will think Tarmon Gai’don is only a ploy in the Game" He turned away fro about si the Horn to -- who? -- the King? Why Shienar? The legends all tie the Horn to Illian"

Rand looked at Loial The Ogier’s ears were sagging "Shienar, because I knoho to give it to, there And there are Trollocs and Darkfriends after us"