> 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. :) Okay, I'll take that criticism. Obviously my memory of that book is faulty in places. > > 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. Obviously not, she's out changing society. > 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. Good point. And at this point I will concede the housework issue. -Scott