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I have your Lady settled, my Lord. I will ride with you. Surely the faithful shall be exalted in the land, exalted above the unbelievers; exalted above thrones, yet do I serve humbly against the Day of his Return. That was how the land looked, as if someone had streaked it with a monstrous brush of fire.

Aye, an old fool, Zera said from the door. Snow would fall soon, again; the people in the village they had passed through said two snows had already come this year. Then he was bowing again, smiling and basking in the applause. Naked, Nynaeve staggered through the arch and fell to her knees, slack-mouthed and sobbing, tears streaming down her cheeks.