She seemed to think Egwene would be all aglow at the expectation of seeing faces from home. We must overwhelm them immediately! Efalin and most of the others schooled their faces to stillness, but Bendhuin and Maeric frowned, ready to argue. Only a small portion of what had once been a vast roof remained, at one corner. Bera and Kiruna would obey a simple order to go, and if Corele and Samitsu had helped keep him alive, he owed them more than pain.
The woman marched them out of the room doing a fine imitation of a guard on prisoners* her stony impatience undented by the wary look she cast at Mat's door. She did not know how many days she had been there, only that tasteless food appeared at irregular intervals, that the single bucket serving Taller than most, he was fanning himself with a broad-brimmed black hat and adjusting his neck scarf as he spoke to a stooped, white-haired man. Bryne acted as though they had, though, and so far he had managed to get away with it.
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