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Hands hovering762A CROWN OF SWORDSnear those knives, they stared as though daring someone to give the wrong twist to a look. Elayne had no right to make her suffer this way. Men! Some wetlander men wore rings in their ears, true—most Ebou Dari men seemed to—but so many! And necklaces! Wetlanders did have strange ways. All you need do is have your Aes Sedai —walking easily beside her on his long legs, he grinned suddenly, toothily, at Rhiale and Therav

bout it—it was very hard not to drop back into behaving, even thinking, as the Aiel did when she was around t That is very close to treason, Lord Bryne. What secrets do I have? Those women know my toenails and dreams. A queen with an army at her back might not.