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! __Mat__ POV

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] is at the [Silver Circuit] horse races. [Ebou Dar] inns tend to have grand names such as [The Queen's Glory in Radiance|The Queens Glory in Radiance] or [The Golden Crown of Heaven] even if they are filthy holes. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers when wagers were really written in a book centuries ago. He is with [Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya]. [Olver] is riding [Wind|Wind (Horse)]. [Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya] took [Olver] and [Wind|Wind (Horse)] to their first race. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] worries that if [Olver] gets hurt he will catch it from Mistress [Anan|Setalle Anan], [Aviendha], [Elayne|Elayne Trakand], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion]. [Abell Cauthon] taught [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] about horses. 

[Juilin|Juilin Sandar] arrives and reports that the girls left the palace again and that they hired a boat. [Thom|Thom Merrilin] hired a man to follow them. They have been in [Ebou Dar] over a month, yet [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] still does not know what they are doing here. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] promised [Rand|Rand alThor] to bring [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] to [Caemlyn] with [Egwene|Egwene alVere] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara], then promised [Egwene|Egwene alVere] to keep [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] safe in [Ebou Dar]. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] sees some [Tarabon] and says, "[Tarabon] must be terrible now for a woman not used to taking care of herself."[1] 

[Mat|Matrim Cauthon] eyes the crowd and sees a bent, white haired old man with hooked nose,[2] a sharp faced woman with plumed hat about [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara]'s age and a tall fellow like a stork in green silk and gold braid. The woman looks familiar. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] thinks [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] is a [Hunters of the Horn|Horn of Valere]. He remembers leaving [Two Rivers], but then almost nothing till [Caemlyn]. There are gaps before and after as well. As the race starts, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] remembers who the woman is; she was the one who tried to kill [Rand|Rand alThor] and him on their way to [Caemlyn].[3] [Wind|Wind (Horse)] wins the race. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] sends [Nalesean|Nalesean Aldiaya] and [Olver] home and follows the woman. The [Silver Circuit] is south of the city through the [Moldine Gate|Ebou Dar]. The woman stops at a goldsmith's shop, so [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] stops at a ring shop next to it and picks a ring at random. It gets stuck so he buys it. It immediately comes loose so he puts it in his pocket.[4] The guard at the ring shop is a large, one-eyed man named [Deryl]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] follows the woman to a small palace and asks to himself who lives there. A scrawny white haired guy with missing teeth and a hook nose,[2] but fine gray coat, says, "[Chelsaine Palace] is let to [Jaichim Carridin]." It is the same old guy from the races. Dice start tumbling in [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s head.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] He is thinking of [Amathera|Amathera Aelfdene Casmir Lounault].
\\[#2] He turns out to be [Noal|Noal Charin]. ([ACoS,Ch17], [WH,Ch16])
\\[#3] [Mili Skane] also known as Lady [Shiaine|Mili Skane].
\\[#4] The image on the ring, a fox startling ravens among nine crescent moons, it a key component of [Lidya|lidya]'s [Foretelling|Weaves]. ([WH,Ch14], [KoD,Ch36])
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