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Mesaana had a hand in it, though. The Lady Caraline did not look half as displeased as she sounded. Maidens lugged in the big copper tub themselves, flashing handtalk once they set it down, laughing and too excit Most of the sisters tried to pretend they were unaffected by dozens of men who could channel gathering in one spot—the worst of the

The thought that he might have to protect the Aes Sedai prisoners was not pleasant, but he did not shirk it. She was at the writing table in the sitting room when Joline entered, her pen making an awful scritch-scritch. She would take back what she had given, if she could. A horrendous thought.