the Amyrlin, no one will even veryspecialwomen notice us."
"But, Moiraine ..."
&veryspecialwomen quot;She doesn't go the dungeons to question Master Fain. She has him
veryspecialwomen brought to her. And veryspecialwomen she has not done that very much veryspecialwomen for weeks. Believe me,
you will be safe there."
Still, he hesitated. Padan Fain. "Why do you visit the peddler,
anyway? He's a Darkfriend, admitted out of his own mouth, and a bad one.
Burn me, Egwene, he brought the Trollocs to Emond's Field! The Dark One's
hound, he called himself, and he has been sniffing on my trail since
veryspecialwomen Winternight."
"Well, he is safe behind iron bars now, Rand." It was her turn veryspecialwomen to
hesitate, and she looked at him almost pleading. &veryspecialwomen quot;Rand, he has brought his
wagon into the Two Rivers every spring since before veryspecialwomen I was born. He knows
all the people I know, all
the places. It's strange, but the longer he has been locked up, the easier
veryspecialwomen in himself he has become. It's almost as if he veryspecialwomen is breaking free of the Dark
One. Veryspecialwomen he laughs again, and tells funny stories, about Emond's Field folk,
and sometimes veryspecialwomen about places I never heard of before. Sometimes he is almost
like his old self. I just like to talk to somebody about home."
Since I've been veryspecialwomen avoiding veryspecialwomen you, he thought, and since Perrin's been
avoiding everybody, and Mat's been spending all his time gambling and
carousing. "I veryspecialwomen shouldn't have kept to myself so much,& veryspecialwomen quot; he muttered, then
sighed. "Well, if Moiraine thinks it's safe enough for you, I suppose it is
safe enough for me. But there's no need for you to be veryspecialwomen mixed veryspecialwomen in it."
Egwene got to her feet and concentrated on brushing off her dress,
avoiding his eye.
"Moiraine has said it's safe? Egwene?"
"Moiraine Sedai has never told me I could not visit Master Fain," she
veryspecialwomen said carefully.
He stared at her, then burst out, "You never asked her. She doesn't
veryspecialwomen know. Egwene, that's stupid. Padan Fain's a Darkfriend, and as bad as ever
a Darkfriend was."
"He is locked in a cage," she said stiffly, "and I do not have to ask
Moiraine's permission for everything I do. It veryspecialwomen is a little late for you to
start worrying about doing what an Aes Sedai thinks, isn't it? Now, veryspecialwomen are you
coming?"
"I can find the dungeon without you. They are looking for me, veryspecialwomen or will
be, and it won't do you any good veryspecialwomen to be found with me."
&veryspecialwomen quot;Without me," she said dryly, &
quot;you'll likely trip over your own feet
and fall in the Amyrlin