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! __Mat__ POV

It is the morning after [TDR,Ch20]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] wakes and servants bring him another huge meal. His goal is still to escape, so instead of getting back into bed, he gets dressed and goes out to the [White Tower] grounds. He still wants to say goodbye to [Egwene|Egwene alVere], [Nynaeve|Nynaeve alMeara] and [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] before he leaves. He asks till he finds a bridge guard and sure enough the man recognizes him. As he walks along he sees [Else Grinwell] and tries to talk to her. She avoids his touch, coolly asks what he is doing out of bed, and hurries on.[1] 

Hearing the clacking of swords, he walks to the [Warder|Warders] training yard and watches the students practice. He recognizes [Galad|Galad Damodred] and [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] from [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]'s descriptions. They recognize him from [Egwene|Egwene alVere]'s descriptions and talk with him during a break. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] asks [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] about [Rand|Rand alThor]. Their talk develops into a wager, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] with a quarterstaff against both of them with their practice swords. Their trainer, [Hammar], watches closely. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] thumps both of them but nearly faints from hunger during the fight. After the fight, [Hammar] announces that [Jearom], the greatest swordsman ever, only lost once, to a farmer with a quarterstaff. [Gawyn|Gawyn Trakand] is impressed with [Mat|Matrim Cauthon]'s skill, but [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tells him that his father, [Abell|Abell Cauthon], is the best and [Rand|Rand alThor]'s father, [Tam|Tam alThor], is not far behind. When [Hammar] talks with [Mat|Matrim Cauthon], [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] slips and speaks in the [Old Tongue], then says he is from [Manetheren]. Confused and hungry, [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] heads back to the [White Tower]. But he keeps the quarterstaff.
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Clearly not the real [Else Grinwell]. She was sent home nine days ago. ([TDR,Ch29]) The odds on favorite is [Lanfear] in disguise.\\
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