Lifespan of Hierodules

Peter Westlake wrote: <Isn't it only Baldanders who says they have short lives?> In the tenth year of his autarchy, in the chapter called "Ressurection," Severian writes, "old, twisted Father Inire, alive so long beyond the span of his short-lived kind." After ten years of working with Inire and the noble Hierodules O,B&F, I'm sure Severian knew what he was talking about, and that the Hierodules truly live merely a score of years. Christopher R. Culver <crculver at aol.com> http://members.aol.com/crculver/index.html ------------------------------------------------ "The darkest dreams are the ones that come true." -Warren Defever