Verin gives Egwene notes on Liandrin and her accomplices, and a ter’angreal that helps the user enter the World of Dreams.
Egwene goes to see Verin after receiving a summons. She navigates the passages near the library, noting the accumulation of dust on every surface, even the tapestries. The Brown sisters seem to wear this layer of grime like a badge of honor showing that they’re too busy to bother with such things, but to me it just sounds gross. I’ll bet their personal hygiene is terrible.
Verin gives Egwene a packet of papers containing information on Liandrin and the twelve women who fled the Tower with her, as well as details about the ter’angreal they stole. Verin doubts it will be useful, but she knows of Egwene and Nynaeve’s mission, she passes it on anyway.
Verin also gives Egwene something else — a ter’angreal that was used by Corianin Nedeal. She was an Aes Sedai who lived over 400 years ago, and was the last to have the Talent of Dreaming — foretelling the future through dreams. Some in the Tower suspect Egwene is a Dreamer because of the dreams she has had. Verin wants Egwene to have the ter’angreal because it “eases the passage to Tel’aran’rhiod,” but warns her to be cautious — she tried using it herself some years ago, and ended up with a nasty scar to prove it.
After Verin sends Egwene on her way, we learn that she has notes from Corianin about the ter’angreal, and held them back from Egwene on purpose! That’s like handing the keys to a motorcycle to a sixteen-year-old, purposely withholding the instruction manual, and then saying, “Let’s see if you can figure out how to work this thing!”