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! __Mat__ POV

Mat returns to the [Royal Palace] and climbs the wall just as [Rand|Rand alThor] did. He hides under a window as some guards pass. He overhears two men talking, [Comar] and someone he refers to as Great Master. As [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] picks up the conversation, [Comar] tells him three girls are on their way to [Tear|Tear (Country)]. The Great Master says it would serve "him"[1] right if three girls ruin his plans. He asks if there is any word of the boy. He is the one who can destroy them. [Comar] tells him the boy has vanished,[2] but one of the girls is [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. The Great Master is concerned that the one in [Tear|Tear (Country)] is too impatient about getting %%ot [Callandor]%% and might try to use [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] for his own benefit. He orders [Comar] to kill her quietly. [Comar] is concerned about finding her. They traced her ship to [Aringill], but they had already left.[3] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] looks through the window and gets a good look at [Comar], but the Great Master has already left. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] approaches a guard who identifies himself as Guardsman-lieutenant [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] shows him the letter. [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] asks him how he got by the gate guard, [Elber], and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] tells him about climbing the wall. [Tallanvor|Martyn Tallanvor] agrees to take him to Queen [Morgase|Morgase Trakand]. [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] is holding court and is attended by a man she calls [Gaebril|Rahvin]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] gives her the letter and tells her [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] was still in [Tar Valon] when he left.[4] She seems alternately pleased and angry about the letter and finally says she wants to make amends with [Elayne|Elayne Trakand]. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] starts to tell her about the conversation he overheard, but Lord [Gaebril|Rahvin] speaks first and [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] recognizes his voice as that of the Great Master. [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says he is from [Comfrey] and was at the [White Tower] visiting his sister [Else Grinwell]. His name is [Thom Grinwell|Matrim Cauthon]. [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] tells him to deliver a message back to [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] that she misses her quiet talks with [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] in her study.[5] [Mat|Matrim Cauthon] says he is not going back to [Tar Valon], he is going home. They dismiss him and [Gaebril|Rahvin] gives him a fat purse. As he leaves, [Gaebril|Rahvin] begins pushing [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] to use her marriage to [Taringail Damodred] to claim the [Sun Throne|Sun Palace].
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! Notes (Possible Spoilers)

[#1] Referring to [Be'lal|BeLal].\\
[#2] It is not clear if he means [Rand|Rand alThor] or [Mat|Matrim Cauthon].\\
[#3] So the ''[Blue Crane]'' getting stranded and them taking the ''[Darter]'' probably saved their lives.\\
[#4] They actually left before him.\\
[#5] A joke on the punishment [Elayne|Elayne Trakand] surely received from the [Mistress of Novices|Aes Sedai] for running away. However, [Sheriam|Sheriam Bayanar] was probably still a [novices] when [Morgase|Morgase Trakand] was at the [White Tower]. Is this a slip or an attempt at a secret message?\\
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