Scott Ingram said:
> I think this whole Cawti came up once before (which is fine, membership
> changes, subjects slip and slide and are never really done with) but my
> opinion on Cawti's social activism hasn't really changed. You do
> realize, of course, that aside from the odd contract for Vlad, Cawti
> wasn't doing a bloody thing? I don't have the books in front of me yet I
> don't seem to recall her cooking or cleaning or doing anything to
> contribute to the household or bring money into it (and yes, there were
> examples of Vlad doing both).
We've read more than once that Vlad and Cawti took turns cooking and
cleaning for meals, and that Vlad owed Cawti some insane multiple of
17 times of doing either, because he'd either forgotten, or was just
recovering from another attempt on his life. :)
As for her not doing anything else... we really have no idea.
Just because you didn't read about it in one of the books doesn't
mean that she sits in the same exact spot on the couch, motionless,
for the entire time Vlad isn't in her presence. Keep in mind that
these books are told from Vlad's point of view, and it's unlikely,
with the intrigues he deals with on a daily basis, that he spends
a whole lot of time thinking about her taking a trip to the market
or emptying the chamberpots.
-Rick