Chapters 51-53 Summary

Juilian Sandar quickly finds out that Liandrin and the other Aes Sedai are staying inside the Stone of Tear, as guests of the High Lord Samon. Nynaeve and Elayne return to Mother Guenna's after scouting the city and are ambushed by Liandrian, Rianna, Amico, and Joiya, who have already subdued Egwene. They are all taken prisoner, and as she is leading them away, Liandrin says that they were able to coerce Sandar into revealing his employer's whereabouts.

Thom has been coughing since Mat and he arrived in Tear, and Mat finally goes looking for a remedy for the old gleeman. They are directed to the house of Mother Guenna who gives Thom a concoction to help his cough. Mat spies Nynaeve, Egwene, and Elayne's horses outside the old woman's home and learns from her the fate of the girls. Mat leaves...