Nynaeve, Egwene, Elayne, and Min walk through the Tower grounds, wearing their best clothes, except for Min who is dressed as a servant. They hope everyone sees them as just people waiting to talk to the Aes Sedai, like the other commoners in the Tower grounds. Along the way they encounter Takima of the Brown Ajah and then Irella and Else. They make it to the stables without being recognized, and Nynaeve gets the stableman to give them their horses.