Mat and Noal Charin cross the Mol Hara square together, noticing the statue of long-dead Queen Nariene. They return to the Tarasin Palace, and in order to avoid being questioned, they head in through a stable gate. The Palace that was once Tylin's is now only hers in name. The High Lady Suroth Sabelle Meldarath has taken residence there, as well as several other high Seanchan of the High Blood. In a yard they pass while headed into the palace, several sul'dam are exercising their damane, one of them is Teslyn Baradon. It has been a month and a half, Mat recalls, since the Seanchan took Ebou Dar. Mat takes the strange old man to the surviving Redarms, and they welcome him to stay with them for as long as he likes - at least after they discover he saved Mat's life. Mat orders his men to find