er until Hurin returned. "He may bring word that will mean we must move at once."
Mat returned to his juggling, and Loial to his reading. Rand asked the innkeeper if there were any more books, and she brought him The Travels of Jain Farstrider. Perrin liked that one, too,nike air max uk, with its stories of adventures among the Sea Folk and journeys to the lands beyond the Aiel Waste,Link, where silk came from. He did not feel like reading, though, so he set up a stones board on the table with Ingtar. The Shienaran played with a slashing, daring style. Perrin had always played doggedly, giving ground reluctantly, but he found himself placing the stones with as much recklessness as Ingtar,coach canada outlet. Most of the games ended in a draw, but he managed to win as many as Ingtar did. The Shienaran was eyeing him with a new respect by early evening, when the sniffer returned.
Hurin's grin was at the same time triumphant and perplexed. "I found them, Lord Ingtar. Lord Rand. I tracked them to their lair."
"Lair?" Ingtar said sharply. "You mean they're hiding somewhere close by?
"Aye, Lord Ingtar. The ones who took the Horn, I followed straight there, and there was Trolloc scent all around the place, though sneaking as if they didn't dare be seen, even there. And no wonder." The sniffer took a deep breath. "It's the great manor Lord Barthanes just finished building."
"Lord Barthanes!" Ingtar exclaimed. "But he . . . he's . . . he's. . . ."
"There are Darkfriends among the high as well as the low," Verin said smoothly. "The mighty give their souls to the Shadow as often as the weak." Ingtar scowled as if he did not want to think of that.
"There's guards," Hurin went on. "We'll not get in with twenty men, not and get out again,pink foamposites. A hundred could do it, but two would be better. That's what I think, my Lord."
"What about the King?" Mat demanded. "If this Barthanes is a Darkfriend, the King will help us."
"I am quite sure," Verin said dryly, "that Galldrian Riatin would move against Barthanes Damodred on the rumor that Barthanes is a Darkfriend, and gl
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