Some things change: Christian marries Tom Erskine, because he was very nearly good enough for her, after all; and the year that Francis goes to France, Christian bears a daughter, who has all of her father's sense and her mother's insight.
But some things don't change: Tom Erskine still dies of the sweating sickness, and Philippa still carries the secret he knew.
Christian cannot, does not, travel to Istanbul; but she does travel to France with Sybilla, and understands Philippa better than Marthe can; and while Marthe and Jerott never fully reconcile, at least Marthe survives to return to the Levant, in occasional company with Danny Hislop.
Lymond Chronicles; Christian Lives
Some things change: Christian marries Tom Erskine, because he was very nearly good enough for her, after all; and the year that Francis goes to France, Christian bears a daughter, who has all of her father's sense and her mother's insight.
But some things don't change: Tom Erskine still dies of the sweating sickness, and Philippa still carries the secret he knew.
Christian cannot, does not, travel to Istanbul; but she does travel to France with Sybilla, and understands Philippa better than Marthe can; and while Marthe and Jerott never fully reconcile, at least Marthe survives to return to the Levant, in occasional company with Danny Hislop.