Terisa finally starts opening up with Geraden, and tells him some of the secrets she’s been keeping since arriving in Orison. Finally, she makes the decision that he is a friend, even if nobody else is, and the sharing of her secrets allows them to grow as friends.As if he knew that any despondency in him could hurt her, he practiced good cheer. As if he knew that the sore places in her weren’t ready to be touched, he preserved a tactful emotional distance. As if he knew that she wasn’t strong enough to be pushed, he urged nothing.
Outside, the freeze lasts a few more days, and then it begins to thaw. Now, this is actually a bad thing, as it will allow the armies of Cadwal and Alend to advance sooner than Orison hoped for, but for Terisa and Geraden, they just cannot help but welcome the warmer weather. Just as Terisa and Geraden decide to go outdoors, Elega comes and asks them to join her as she goes shopping for new clothes at the bazaar in the courtyard. For a moment, Geraden suspects Elega has other motives than just plain shopping, but he casts his concerns aside and agrees to escort the ladies.
The mood in the courtyard is light, and all the people are merrily going about their varied business. One person in particular catches Terisa’s eye, even though he appears to be nothing more than an unlucky mountebank.
As they continue towards the fabric and tailor shops, Geraden suddenly notices his brother Nyle in the crowd, and excitedly goes to greet him. Strangely, Nyle does not seem to be very happy to have been discovered by Geraden. Though he looks like his brothers, clearly he is not very much like either Geraden or Artagel when it comes to behavior. After a few terse replies to Geraden and the ladies, Nyle dismisses himself. Elega follows to talk with Nyle further, and Geraden explains the source of Nyle’s discomfort around Elega, which is unrequited love.
Their conversation over, Elega returns to Terisa and takes her to her favourite fabric shop. Geraden takes off, presumably to talk to Nyle, even though Elega asks him not to. As they peruse the shop, Elega tells Terisa more about the mysterious Nyle.
Next, Elega takes Terisa to the tailor Mindlin, and leaves her with him, so she can do a few errands alone. After Terisa is done with Midlin, she goes out into the crowd again, spots Nyle, and follows him. She watches Nyle enter a tent, and a few minutes later, leave the same tent with the mountebank she noticed earlier following closely behind. Suddenly she recognizes the mountebank to be no other than Prince Kragen, the Alend contender! She now realizes what Geraden had suspected; Elega had other reasons than shopping to be here, and those reasons somehow involved both Nyle and Kragen. Before she can ponder this further, the High King’s Monomach Gart attacks her, himself disguised as a juggler.”I consider him a friend. And I respect him. He has a-a seriousness of mind?-no, a seriousness of desire which his brothers apparently lack. It is inconceivable, for instance, that he would spend Geraden’s years trying and failing to become an imager. And it also is inconceivable that he would learn Artagel’s skills and then refuse to use them-as Artagel has refused-to rise in command of the King’s guards. There was a time,” she admitted, “when if he had expressed an interest in my hand I would have taken him as seriously as he took me”
Just as Gart attacks, Geraden slams into him. Gart knocks Geraden down, but before he can kill Terisa, Artagel appears, and they begin to match swords. As the fight goes on, Terisa fears Artagel will lose, and be killed by Gart. Just when you think nobody else could possibly enter the fray; Argus and Ribuld show up and attack Gart. Unfortunately, Gart avoids their attack, draws Artagel into a move that puts him off-balance, stabs Artagel in his side, and escapes, leaving Artagel severely wounded.But the juggler had a nose like the blade of a hatchet; his teeth were bared in a feral grin. She had the indistinct impression that there were scars on his cheeks. His burning yellow eyes were fixed on her-
The chapter closes with an unsuccessful search for Gart, and a race to get Artagel to a physician to save his life.
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In-tense~ 
I don't have the book in front of me, but its happens in AMRT at Houseldon.
