[{Table style='width:100%' | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_lft.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TFoH,Ch9'}] | %%(display:block; text-align:center;) [{Image src='Chapter Icons/harp_bw.gif' align='center' link='Wiki.jsp?page=Gleeman Chapter Icon'}] ''[TFoH|The Fires of Heaven]: Figs and Mice'' %% | [{Image src='Chapter Icons/btar_rgt.gif' link='Wiki.jsp?page=TFoH,Ch11' align='right'}] }] %%tabs ! __Elayne__ POV [Ronde Macura] and [Luci] carry [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] and [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] upstairs. [Ronde Macura] leaves to make arrangements while a panicky [Luci] stays behind to keep them drugged. Some time later, [Thom|Thom Merrilin] enters the room with a terrified [Luci] and frees them. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] followed them and reported back to [Thom|Thom Merrilin] that they were in trouble. Back downstairs, [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] enters with [Ronde Macura]. He caught her while he was tying [Skulker] out back. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] intimidates [Ronde Macura] and [Luci] into talking. [Ronde Macura] works as an eyes-and-ears agent for [Narenwin Barda]. She sends pigeons from [Avi Shendar]'s coop to an inn, [The Upriver Run], in [Tar Valon]. They indignantly deny being [Darkfriends]. She received orders to capture a woman of [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s description and return her to the [White Tower]. The order came directly from the [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai]. She already sent a pigeon with news of their capture.[1] She planned to have [Therin Lugay] take them to [Tar Valon]. The four of them tie up the two women, then go to the kitchen to talk things over. [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] actually thanks the men for rescuing them. They are confused by the message and the orders for their capture.[2] They plan to change their aliases to two ladies traveling with their servants. [Juilin|Juilin Sandar] will buy a coach. They will also dye [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s hair black. \\%%follow [Follow Elayne and Nynaeve|TFoH,Ch13] %% \\ \\ More [Elayne POV] ! __Omni__ POV [Noy Torvald]'s coach pulls up in front of [Ronde Macura]'s shop. He was glad to sell it, as he needs the money. His only work now is odd jobs for Widow [Teran]. Two ladies get into the coach and the coachman and footman drive it off in a hurry. A short time later, [Therin Lugay] arrives with his cart. He finds [Ronde Macura] and [Luci] drugged unconscious inside. Thinking things over, he decides to visit [Altara] or maybe [Murandy]. Quite some time later, [Ronde Macura] makes her way to [Avi Shendar]'s coops. She sends a pigeon northeast to [Tar Valon],[1] then another one west.[3] After she leaves, [Avi Shendar] reads the message off the parchment she used as a writing pad, then sends a third pigeon in yet another direction.[4] \\ \\ More [Omni POV] %% %%collapsebox-closed ! Notes (Possible Spoilers) [#1] [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan] will not be very forgiving when she learns of [Ronde Macura]'s failure. ([ACoS,Prologue]) \\[#2] They still believe [Siuan Sanche] is [Amyrlin|Aes Sedai], not [Elaida|Elaida do Avriny aRoihan]. \\[#3] West...to [Tanchico]? Who is the recipient? \\[#4] With no direction, one can only guess at the recipient. %% ---- More [Category Chapters|Category.Chapters], [Gleeman Chapter Icon]