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"No," Birgitte sighed, "but not for lack of trying In the usual course I can find anyone who knows they are in the World of Dreah the air from them Or perhaps from their awareness; I do not know, really I am a soldier, not a scholar Either she has not come into Tel’aran’rhiod since you defeated her, or" She hesitated, and Nynaeve wanted to stop her froitte was too strong to dodge unpalatable possibilities "Or else she knows I have been looking for her She can hide, that one She is not called the Spider for nothing" That hat a ends; a tiny spider that spun its webs in secret places, its bite poisonous enough to kill in heartbeats

Suddenly veryunseen eyes, Nynaeve shivered heavily It was not tre Still, she kept the sleek Taraboner gown fir ar happened when she was alone, even h to be a match for Gaidal Cain

"Can you find her even when she wants to rereat deal to ask, if Moghedien knew she was being hunted; like searching for a lion in high grass armed only with a stick

The other wo her bow, she added, "Iseen by the others when they come"

Nynaeve put a hand on her arm to stop her "It would be a help if you let me tell them That way I could share what you’ve told wene and the Wise Ones, and they could tell Rand Birgitte, he needs to know --"

"You pro as ice "The prescripts say that we must not let anyone know that we reside in Tel’aran’rhiod I have brokenaid, because I cannot stand by and watch you battle the Shadow -- I have fought that battle in more lifetimes than I can remember -- but I will keep as many of the prescripts as I can You must hold to your pronantly, "unless you release itte was gone One moment Nynaeve’s hand rested on a white coatsleeve, the next on eh a few curses she had overheard from Thom and Juilin, the sort she would have scolded Elayne for listening to, itte’s naain She probably would not come Nynaeve only hoped she responded the next tiitte! I will keep itte!"

She would have heard that Perhaps by their next hedien’s activities Nynaeve alhedien really was stalking Tel’aran’rhiod

Fool woman! "If you don’t look for snakes, you cannot complain when one bites you" She really did want to meet Elayne’s Lini one day

The ereat polished colu watched froitte would have known

She realized that she was sown over her hips, and, to take her mind off eyes that were not there, she concentrated on the dress It had been in good Two Rivers woolens that Lan had first seen her, and a si when he professed his love, but she wanted hiowns like this It would not be indecent if he was the one seeing her

A tall standingher reflection as she turned this way and that, even peering back over her shoulder The yellow folds sheathed her closely, suggesting everything they hid The Women’s Circle in E to in private, Wisdom or no Wisdom Yet it was quite beautiful Here, alone, she could ad so like this in public You enjoyed it, she scolded herself You are every bit asinto! But it was beautiful And maybe not as immodest as she had always said Not a neckline cut halfway to her knees, like the First of Mayene, for instance Well, perhaps Berelain’s were not that low, but they were still far deeper than respectability required

She had heard about what Domani women often wore; even Taraboners called those indecent With the thought, the yellow silk folds becaold And thin Her face colored Very thin Barely opaque at all, in fact The gown certainly did abble that his love for her was hopeless and that he would not give her ’s weeds for a bridal gift One glimpse, and his blood would catch fire He would --

"What under the Light is that you have on, Nynaeve?" Egwene asked in scandalized tones

Nynaeve leaped straight up, spinning, and when she cawene and Melaine -- it would be Melaine, though none of the Wise Ones would have been any better -- thea dark woolen Two Rivers dress thick enough for the depths of winter Mortified at being startled asstartled -- she changed the dress instantly, without thinking, flashing back into the gossamer Domani and just as quickly to the yellow Taraboner folds

Her face flaht her a complete fool And in front of Melaine, at that The Wise One was beautiful, with her long redgold hair and clear green eyes Not that she cared a whit how the wo here with Egwene, too, and taunted her about Lan Nynaeve had lost her te Aiel women, but Melaine had complimented Lan’s shoulders, and his hands, and his eyes What right did that greeneyed cat have to look at Lan’s shoulders? Not that she had any doubts of his faithfulness But he was a ht there, and Fir

"Is Lan --?" She thought her face was going to burn off Can’t you control your own tongue, woman? But she would not -- could not -- back away, not with Melaine there Egwene’s beh, but Melaine dared to put on a look of understanding "Is he well?" She tried for cool composure,