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! __Elayne__ POV

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Birgitte|Birgitte Trahelion] go to meet with the mercenary leaders in the Blue Reception Room. [Deni Colford] leads a new contingent of Guardswomen having replaced [Devore Zarbayan] and her crew. Mistress [Harfor|Reene Harfor] is there with a couple of maids and [Halwin Norry], [Careane|Careane Fransi], [Sareitha|Sareitha Tomares] and [Doilin Mellar|Daved Hanlon]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] no longer feels the need to protect [Rand|Rand alThor]'s babes but she still allows the rumor that they are [Mellar|Daved Hanlon]'s. She is now sure he is a villain.[1] The mercenaries are [Evard Cordwyn], [Aldred Gomaisen], and [Hafeen Bakuvun]. 

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] sends [Mellar|Daved Hanlon] away, clearly annoying him. [Bakuvun|Hafeen Bakuvun] acknowledges that he knew [Mellar|Daved Hanlon] years ago.[2] The mercenaries wish the [Aes Sedai] would leave; they have been badgering the mercenaries about the power of the [White Tower]. The mercenaries requested the audience because they have been losing men and want more money. [Cordwyn|Evard Cordwyn] pinches the maids. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] still needs them even with the men [Guybon|Charlz Guybon] brought. Even so, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] angrily refuses to give in. [Sareitha|Sareitha Tomares] and [Careane|Careane Fransi] remind them that the [White Tower] will back [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] over [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne]. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] has a hard time believing one of them or [Merilille|Merilille Ceandevin] is [Black Ajah]. The mercenaries leave and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] asks the [Aes Sedai] and Guardswomen to leave also. 

[Elayne|Elayne Trakand] weaves [Fire|One Power], [Air|One Power], and a trace of [Water|One Power] to ward against eavesdropping. Mistress [Harfor|Reene Harfor] has a report from [Jon Skellit]. He was a spy for [Naean Arawn]. [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne] and the other High Seats plan to ride into [Caemlyn] soon. [Elenia|Elenia Sarand] and [Naean|Naean Arawn] have pledged to [Arymilla|Arymilla Marne]. Master [Norry|Halwin Norry] has found an accomplished cutpurse to try to follow [Mellar|Daved Hanlon]. The first five died.[3] 

Guardsman [Afrim Hansard] enters bringing [Samwil Hark]. [Hark|Samwil Hark] claims he inherited his money from an aunt in [Four Kings] and that he clerked for a recently deceased merchant, [Wilbin Saems], but [Norry|Halwin Norry] has evidence that he lies. [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] tries to emulate [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] as an implacable judge. Instead of hanging, [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] offers him the job of tailing [Mellar|Daved Hanlon] then exile to [Baerlon]. He accepts. She weaves [Spirit|One Power] and lays a [Finder|Weaves#fi][4] on his clothing then sends him away. She is certain [Mellar|Daved Hanlon] was put in place to either spy on her or arrange her kidnapping and she is determined to get his master. She knows he faked the kidnap attempt that brought him to her attention.[5] [Deni Colford] returns with news that Lady [Dyelin|Dyelin Taravin] is back. When she is refreshed [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] will meet her in the Map Room.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] It is not clear why, though. The last we heard, [CoT,Ch11], she disliked him but did not seriously mistrust him.
\\[#2] But he does not divulge that [Mellar|Daved Hanlon] is a bad seed and that he is using a false name.
\\[#3] One of them died in [CoT,Ch15].
\\[#4] We finally learn more about the weave that [Moiraine|Moiraine Damodred] used on the coins she gave [Rand|Rand alThor], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] and [Perrin|Perrin Aybara] in [TEotW,Ch2].
\\[#5] But it is not clear how she figured that out.
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