Chapters 11-12 Ideas of Improvement; A Lily in Winter Summary

In Chapter 11, Rand enters Elayne's palace disguised as an old man and accompanied by Min, an Aes Sedai. He is looking for Mat Cauthon and Nynaeve. His disguise is a use of the Power called the Mask of Mirrors, and since he is not accustomed to using the Power in this way, it makes him feel sick and dizzy. When Rand locates Nynaeve, he drops the disguise and asks her to keep two small statues for him until he asks for them at the right time. One statue is of a man and the other a woman. Nynaeve does not understand what he means by the right time, but she agrees to keep the statues until then. However, she insists on going along with Rand to deal...