>Come to think of it, hasn't Vlad been to an upscale part of town in >order to meet someone fairly high up in the Jhereg? Once a Jhereg has >risen high enough, he can afford to live whereever he wants, but he >would still maintain his contacts with the lower-class Jhereg, if only >so they pay him. Deals could be made with the higher-ups, and then >passed down the social chain to actually be implemented. Yeah, the more I examine things the less likely it seems that there's some actual "non-Business" end of the House of any significance. Everything's Business in one way or another unless they are people, Eastern or Dragaeran, who happen through circumstance to be "noble" without ever being recruited into the Organization. Vlad's father was one of these, apparently. They took his money but otherwise ignored him, barring some revelation about Taltos Sr. that we haven't been given yet. I wonder if Taltos Sr. ever took it into his head to visit his baronetcy? The only question I've got left is where the Left Hand fits into the greater scheme of things. It seems _Dzur_ might shed some light on that topic.