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Ingtar motioned Mat to lead, and they crept by the door Rand watched the narrowing opening until they were around the next corner

A slender young wo a tray with one cup They all froze She turned the other ithout looking in their direction Rand’s eyes widened Her long white robe was all but transparent She vanished around another corner

"Did you see that?" Mat said hoarsely "You could see right through --"

Ingtar clapped a hand over Mat’s mouth and whispered, "Keep your mind on e are here Now find it Find the Horn forstairs They cliht, and he led thes in the hallere sparse, and see on a wall, or a folding screen stood against it, each painted with a few birds on branches, or a flower or two A river flowed across one screen, but aside fro water and narrow strips of riverbank, the rest of it was blank

All around the, slippers scuffing on the floor, soft ine it all too well, soan alar pair of sliding doors ahead, carved handholds their only ornatar looked at Hurin; the sniffer slid the doors open, and Ingtar leaped through with his sword ready There was no one there Rand and the others hurried inside, and Hurin quickly closed the doors behind them

Painted screens hid all the walls and any other doors, and veiled the light coh s that had to overlook the street At one end of the big room stood a tall, circular cabinet At the other was a small table, the lone chair on the carpet turned to face it Rand heard Ingtar gasp, but he only felt like heaving a sigh of relief The curling golden Horn of Valere sat on a stand on the table Below it, the ruby in the hilt of the ornate dagger caught the light

Mat darted to the table, snatching Horn and dagger "We have it," he crowed, shaking the dagger in his fist "We have both of them"

"Not so loud," Perrin said with a wince "We don’t have them out of here, yet" His hands were busy on the haft of his axe; they see else

"The Horn of Valere" There was sheer awe in Ingtar’s voice He touched the Horn hesitantly, tracing a finger along the silver script inlaid around the bell andthe translation, then pulled his hand back with a shiver of exciteht, it is! I a the screens that hid the s He shoved the last out of his way and peered into the street below "Those soldiers are all still there, looking like they’ve took root" He shuddered "Thosethings, too"

Rand went to join hi it "How did they " As he lifted his eyes fro over a wall into the garden of the big house across the street He could see where further walls had been torn down, joining other gardens to it Wo the walks, always in pairs Women linked, neck to wrist, by silver leashes One of the women with a collar around her neck looked up He was too far to make out her face clearly, but for an instant it seemed that their eyes wene," he breathed

"What are you talking about?" Mat said "Egwene is safe in Tar Va