>I'd disagree on the basis that I don't believe Teldra would want to follow >that particular breakup. I don't think she would believe it prudent to >dabble in the emotions involved, even after some years. He's living in the >woods after all, it's not likely that he's gotten everything straight and >"moved on" as they say since he hasn't come back to society yet. Well, the living in the woods bit is more of a reaction to the larger part of the Jhereg wanting him dead than from unresolved marital issues. If he wasn't on the lam, he'd be living in his county or duchy or whatever official sinecure it is that the Empress awarded to him. In a way, being on the run was probably a blessing in disguise. Vlad seems the sort who would likely have sunken into a (possibly drunken) depression given his sort of unresolvable problems and no particular vocation to keep him busy. One of the things I'm looking forward to when the story returns to the "present time" (I'm assuming the upcoming story is a "past" tale about the return of Savn to his family) is finding out how Noish-pa has been doing as a Count.