I think I'll have to look up his reaction to a certain passage in Maskerade - while there is a very strong implication that she was only wearing earrings when she answered the door, Colette was given the choice of working at Mrs Palm's or the Patrician's palace and I have met the earrings and they are fascinating.

Also, William de Worde is totally Gideon. The whole character is G bingo - and Terry knew us both. More embarassingly, there are bits of me in Sacharissa. They include the pedantry, the spike joke and the embonpoint.