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"Nynaeve badly needed to be snatched down a peg or six, and Elayne even more, but he was not about to stand by and listen to this woman talk Nynaeve down."
   — Mat Cauthon when confronted by Joline Maza and Teslyn Baradon


Book Index

0 I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV

Chapters
Lightnings
1 High Chasaline
2 The Butcher's Yard
3 Hill of the Golden Dawn
4 Into Cairhien
5 A Broken Crown
6 Old Fear, and New Fear
7 Pitfalls and Tripwires
8 The Figurehead
9 A Pair of Silverpike
10 Unseen Eyes
11 An Oath
12 A Morning of Victory
13 The Bowl of the Winds
14 White Plumes
15 Insects
16 A Touch on the Cheek
17 The Triumph of Logic
18 As the Plow Breaks the Earth
19 Diamonds and Stars
20 Patterns Within Patterns
21 Swovan Night
22 Small Sacrifices
23 Next Door to a Weaver
24 The Kin
25 Mindtrap
26 The Irrevocable Words
27 To Be Alone
28 Bread and Cheese
29 The Festival of Birds
30 The First Cup
31 Mashiara
32 Sealed to the Flame
33 A Bath
34 Ta'veren
35 Into the Woods
36 Blades
37 A Note from the Palace
38 Six Stories
39 Promises to Keep
40 Spears
41 A Crown of Swords


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Setting: Tarasin Palace in Ebou Dar

Point of view: Matrim Cauthon

Mat decides to visit Elayne and Nynaeve, so he goes to the front entrance of the Tarasin Palace. The dice are rolling in Mat's head. After a long trek through many corridors and stairways, being handed off to one servant after another, Mat stumbles across Joline Maza and Teslyn Baradon of the White Tower Aes Sedai. Then Adeleas Namelle, Sareitha Tomares, and Merilille Ceandevin of the Rebel Aes Sedai arrive. The two groups of Aes Sedai start a tug-of-war with Mat's coat as the rope. The servant Laren returns to summon Mat to see Queen Tylin, which ends the Aes Sedai confrontation in a stalemate.

Mat gives a flowery greeting to Tylin without realizing that he is speaking the Old Tongue. Tylin allows him to compose a message to Elayne and Nynaeve which he seals with the signet ring he hastily bought when he was following the Darkfriend Mili Skane.[1] He notices that it is a fox startling two birds into flight. He decides to tell the queen that Carridin, the Whitecloak emissary, is entertaining Darkfriends, which she accepts. Tylin tries seducing Mat, gently touching his checks until her son, Beslan, enters. He announces that he's won another duel, but accidentally killed the man and owes condolences to his widow. Tylin introduces Beslan to Mat and suggests they become friends.

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