Remaining silent for a time did let her know we are no lapdogs, but remaining silent too long could be seen as treason. Apparently not sure herself whether she was commanding or begging, she led a very bemused Flinn over by the windows. He came no closer than three steps. Dobraine tells me he's already heard whispers in the palace that you betrayed Colavaere.
So many husbands abandon their wives, and wives their husbands, that no one even com-702A CROWN OF SWORDSments upon it now. Nynaeve was sort of a friend, in a way; if she could forget for one hour that she had switched his bottom more than once and remember he was not a boy anymore. Nynaeve lost count of the number of bridges they crossed, large and small, with barges poling beneath. For a moment she sat peering into her teacup, thinking about honey and tea and fine threads of saidar, but that was not what held her silent.
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