Mr. Cornwell, All jests aside, your characters take on lives of their own…I shall reincarnate Isuelt (she will remember her last life), change her name, and let you know what she does in the 20-21st century. She gets a happy ending & true wisdom (which I’ll ask an old woman to inform me about). She gets a “Stairway to Heaven” ending ever after w/ not a trace of sarcasm. Ronald A Naccarella,