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He looked around before answering Not that he had need; there was little traffic on the path -- an occasional oxdrawn cart, a few folk in farher, here and there ato come any closer to hiht cut soave us a name in Jehannah, and said ere to wait there until she sent instructions, but the woman in Jehannah was dead and buried e arrived An old woman Died in her sleep, and none of her relatives had ever heard the blue wo to people, and Well, there was no point staying there for orders we’d never hear if they did coh to live on, though none except Bartu and Nengar listen to his trash" The grizzled topknot swung as he shook his head in irritation
Suddenly Nynaeve realized that there had not been a single obscene word in that He looked about to s his tongue "Perhaps if you cursed only occasionally?" She sighed "Maybe once every other sentence?" The ratefully that she wanted to throw up her hands in exasperation "How is it that Masema has money when the rest of you do not?" She re
"Why, he’s the bloody Prophet they’ve all coave the i his sentences Nynaeve breathed deeply; the ht find you a fla boat, if you want one In Ghealdan, what the Prophet wants, the Prophet usually gets No, he always flaood soldier, but who’d have ever thought he would turn out like this?" His frown took in all the rude villages and the people, even the shows and the city ahead
Nynaeve hesitated The dreaded Prophet, rousingof the Dragon Reborn They were alate, and there was tiitte shoot arrows at her Luca had beencalled Maerion If Mase downriver Today, maybe On the other hand, there were the riots If rumor inflated them tenfold, then only hundreds had died in towns and cities farther north Only hundreds
"Just don’t re to do with that bloody island," Uno went on, eyeing her thoughtfully Now that she thought of it, she realized that he very likely did not knohat her connection to Tar Valon actually was Wo Aes Sedai, after all, to seek help or answers He are that she was involved in some way, but no more than that "He isn’t much friendlier to women from there than the Whitecloaks are If you just keep your mouth bloody well shut about it, he’ll likely pass it over For soon, Mase boat built"
The croere thicker at the city gates, flanked by squat gray towers,in and out, afoot and s to eates theuard of a dozen spearmen in scaled tunics and round steel caps with flat riuards paidnearby than to anything else It was the men in snowy cloaks and burnished mail atched the flow of people
"Do the Whitecloaks cause much trouble?" she asked quietly
Uno pursed his lips as if to spit, glanced at her, and did not "Where do they bloody not? There was a woht of hand Four days ago a flautted sheepheads tore the show apart" Valan Luca had certainly never mentioned that! "Peace! What they wanted was the wo by, and lowered his voice --"Aes Sedai And a Darkfriend Broke her bloody neck getting her to a rope, so I hear, but they hung her corpse anyway Maseleaders beheaded, but it was Whitecloaks whipped up the bloody mob" His scowl matched thered eye painted on his patch "There’s been too s, if you bloody well ask me Bloody Masema’s as bad as the bloody Whitecloaks when it co rock"
"Once every other sentence," she murmured, and the ," he gru to a stop "Can’t take you in there It’s half festival and half riot, with a cutpurse every third step and a woman not safe outofdoors after dark" He sounded more scandalized about the last than the rest; in Shienar, a woman was safe anywhere, any time -- except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course -- and any man would die to see it so "Not safe I’ll take you back When I find a way, I’ll co her arrip on it, she quickened her pace toward the gates "Co, Uno, and do not dawdle If you dawdle, I will leave you behind" He caught up to her, gru under his breath about the stubbornness of women Once she understood that that was his subject, and that apparently he did not think her injunction against cursing held when talking to hion)
Encounters in Saave Uno and Nynaeve no , which was to say a cold suspicious stare, searching yet quick Tooelse iuards did, too Not that there was any reason forand Lan’s heavy gold ring both nestled in her pouch -- the dress’s low neckline-- but soht to pick out a Towertrained woman by instinct Her relief was palpable when those icy, unfeeling eyes swept past her
The soldiers paid the two of theain Uno’s scowl ht have helped send their eyes back to the Whitecloaks, but the ht to scowl in the first place It was her business
Rewrapping the folded length of gray wool one more time, she tied the ends around her waist The shawl defined her bosoe, yet it was a considerable improvement on the dress alone At least she would not have to worry about the shawl slipping again If only the thing were not so hot The weather really should be turning soon They were not that fa