On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, Michelle Goepp wrote: #I beg to differ. I've finally tracked down the quote #(see, I *knew* I wasn't going crazy!) to page 197 of #my ACE paperback copy of Yendi, where Vlad comments: #"I helped myself to a large glass of brandy, which I #despise, but it's stronger than wine..." I would say #that's a pretty strong indication that he doesn't like #the stuff. What's the chronology of the textev? Is is possible that he learned to like brandy, or discovered that there are some good brandies and Morrolan (or whoever) was serving the second time had one? -- Mark A. Mandel http://world.std.com/~mam/Cracks-and-Shards/ a Steven Brust Dragaera fan website