Rowan caught one of the kids' eye--a young boy of perhaps 10.  She'd caught him in the act of trying to steal her coin purse only a few months before.  "I hope you're keeping out of trouble, Bren," she says, and then slyly tossed him a silver.  As she passed the children, she didn't seem to acknowledge that Hord was behind her.  Only when they reached the Coronet did she stop and wait for him to step even with her.<br/><br/>Then she opened the door and entered, her eyes scanning the crowd of ruffians and troublemkers for Jacquline.