He certainly implies that he doesn't think much of her at one point, but as I recall it's largely, a matter of what he doesn't say. Rien is left to draw her conclusions, but you might say that she doesn't exactly need to draw them freehand... I don't recall an outright statement at the moment, but I'll look it up for you tonight and see what I can find.

I like my own books, which must prove they suck...Fun for the feeble minded.. lalalalalalalal

Don't thank me too soon; I checked last night, and it appears I misled you by getting Tristen confused with Benedick. He's the one who talks about Arianhrod, not Tristen...sorry. Tristen has nothing to say on the subject that I can find. ~winces~

I hear there are scholars who can read their PhD thesis without cringing, too. I suspect they're either superhuman, or lying.

It was mostly a case of not saying...beyond that, don't have the book with me right now. Sorry. Apparently I suck at the Helping People thing right now.

Rien said Benedick didn't like Arianrhod (because Arianrhod used the word contract) and he said something like "you're the reason Cat doesn't speak to me anymore" or "you're the reason Cat stopped speaking to me."

I agree with previous comments that Tristen has not offered an opinion on Arianrhod. He accepts everyone else's opinions/arrest warrant, and he may be in the discussion deciding that she is the traitor.

Not that I've found. He curls his lip at Ariane in a couple points, but never specifically mentions Arianrhod. Rien discovers all the various family ties on her own or through others.

Just skimmed it, didn't see anything. Hadn't remembered, but Tristen says very, very little.

El

I just finished reading the book a week ago, and that's about what I remember too.

I came so close to making at least a dozen posts like this while I was writing my crazy joint sequel. I couldn't stand to look stuff up and I couldn't remember it. I think you and I may be alike in this other thing, too, that we don't really put information into our books in ways that can easily be looked up; it's all twined up with other stuff and scattered about in bits. Argh. I cursed my writing methods even as I was replicating them in the new book.

P.