Lion Head Mesa jumentum

Toula would see both Swan and Taltos again. but first they must meet Senmut, and he could answer their questions at least. even before that, they would rest their weary heads and sleep. 
does this please you, my dear friend? perhaps he might not think of her the same way, but she remembered all of his kindness toward her in his visits. his lessons—and dancing! 
and she then says, I am sorry to hear of Mereo. how… how did its fall come to pass? is it your wish, to rule another place like it? it had its benefit, but had he been unhappy? 
she could see no other way in which he was no longer Imperator other than Mereo being no more, though belatedly she realized that this had been an assumption.