Eliot starts to invite the Orlesian women to the docks, but when one of them starts making noises about another engagement, the other follows suit. Eliot can read between the lines well enough: being seen in the company of a rifter is one thing, but walking arm-in-arm with one — as they would no doubt have to — is too dangerous for their reputation. He remains gracious in his farewells, and the two women take off in one direction just as the not-Amazon is taking off in the other.

Well. He has no intention of being a loiterer. Eliot follows after the Avaar, walking not so much with her as walking at the same time, in the same direction.

"You were on the caravan from Skyhold." Which explains how someone as incongruous as her got to this city. What it doesn't explain is why.