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"We could carry him as far as the next far the cart horse as if afraid the placid aniround, and she frowned "He never had that falling off the cart I don’t see root or rock here to cause it" She started studying the wood around them, and athree y and two hands shorter than the others

He was a tall man in a blue silk coat, with a sword at his side, his hair curling to broad shoulders, darkly handsoh misfortune had marked him deeply And he was the last man Min expected to see

"Is this your work?" Siuan deain sh there was little a, Mara You are lucky I ae for some hours yet, and barely able to walk then The local lord was indulgent, it seems" Abruptly his face went even darker, and his voice was rough stone "Did you think I would leave you to your fate? Maybe I should have You e you promised I’ve followed you halfway to the Sea of Storh you won’t tell me what for I’ve asked no questions as to how you plan to give me what you pro short End your search soon, and deliver your promises, or I will leave you to find your oay You’ll quickly find ers Three pretty woht of this," he touched the sword at his hip, "has kept you safesoon, Mara"

He had not been so arrogant at the beginning of their journey Then he had been huain could e, anyway It seeratitude

Siuan did not flinch away from his stare "I hope to," she said firo! If you won’t row, get out of the boat and swie alone"

Logain’s big hands tightened on his reins until Min heard his knuckles crack He shivered with eer, Mara," he said finally "A little while longer"

For an instant, to Min’s eyes, a halo flared around his head, a radiant crown of gold and blue Siuan and Leane saw nothing, of course, though they knehat she could do Sos, she called thees or auras Sometimes she knehat they meant That worand events, joyous or bleak, there was never any rhyme or reason to who or where or when Aes Sedai and Warders always had auras;

She had seen Logain’s halo before, and she knehat it meant Glory to come But for him, perhaps above all men, surely that made no sense at all His horse and his sword and his coat had coh Min was not certain how fair the ga else, and no prospects except Siuan’s promises, and how could Siuan ever keep them? His very naain’s huhly woven purse froled it at them "I’ve come by a few coins We won’t have to sleep in another barn for a while"

"We heard of it," Siuan said dryly "I suppose I should have expected no better from you"

"Think of it as a contribution to your search" She stretched out her hand, but he tied the purse back to his belt with a faintly rin "I would not want to taint your hand with stolen coin, Mara Besides, this way perhaps I can be sure you won’t run off and leave me" Siuan looked as if she could have bitten a nail in two, but she said nothing Standing in his stirrups, Logain peered down the road toward Kore Springs "I see a flock of sheep co this way, and a pair of boys Time for us to ride They’ll carry word of this as fast as they can run" Settling back down, he glanced at Joni, still lying there unconscious "And they’ll fetch help for that fellow I don’t think I hit hih to hurt him badly"

Min shook her head; the ht he would spare a second thought for a man whose head he had just cracked

Siuan and Leane wasted no tiray y mare It was more of a scramble for Siuan She was no horsewoman; after weeks in the saddle she still treated sedate Bela like a fieryeyed warhorse Leane handled Moonfloith effortless ease Min knew she was somewhere in between; she clirace than Siuan, considerably less than Leane

"Do you think he will come after us?" Min asked as they started south, away fros, at a trot She ain who answered

"The local lord? I doubt he thinks you ih Of course, he may send a man, and he’ll certainly spread your descriptions We will ride as far as we can ain toe

"We aren’t i aardly in her saddle She ain’s back said his challenge to her authority would not last long

For herself, Min hoped Bryne considered the as he never learned their real naain quickened the stallion’s pace, and she heeled Wildrose to keep up, putting her thoughts ahead, not behind

Tucking his leather gauntlets behind his sword belt, Gareth Bryne picked up the curlbri table The hat was the latest fashion from Caemlyn Caralin had seen to that; he had no care for fashion, but she thought he should dress suitably for his position, and it was the silks and velvets she laid out for hihcrowned hat on his head, he caught sight of his shadowy reflection in one of the study s Fitting that it was so wavery and thin Squint as ray silk coat, embroidered with silver scrolls down the sleeves and collar, looked nothing like the helmet and armor he was used to That was over and done And this This was so to fill