Thu,11 Jul 2002 14:57:38 Frank Mayhar Wrote: Better, Why don't you go back and reread..... Dear frank, I did go back and reread the opening chapter on the off chance that in my enfeebled old age, I had missed something. I did not read anything that led me to believe that Mr. Brust was fabricating when he wrote that we had never met Mario face to to face in any of the Taltos books. I did see references in chapter 1 to Mario in the third person, in regards to an assination. I must stand on my original reply which directed the quester to look at Mr. Brusts original reply to this question of whether or not we had met Mario. Sorry it took so long to reply. I'm only here 2 days out of the week. Thankyou, John D. Barbato,OD