X by an invitation from the Sisterhood knowing of his search for a suitable wife, they offered him the chance to examine some prospects among their students The Cornno found none of the women at the school to his liking, which did not trouble the B G in the least There was no place m their program limited as it was at this point by the God Emperor's rule for Mank He was already exhibiting the earliest symptoms of Yankovith's Syndrome, the degenerative nerve disease which would kill him at sixty seven (extremely early for one with Mank s access to melange) The Sisterhood was far more interested in obtaining a cross between one of their mem- CHENOEH 157 CHENOEH bers and Shimon Rasmc, Mank's secretary andscnbe A careful study of Rasmc's ances try revealed an unbroken line of exceptional ly intelligent men, most of whom had served House Cornno either as scribes or as tutors Many of them had exhibited mentat capabilities in spite of Leto II's injunction against the training of mentals and Rasmc appeared to be one of the most promising His talents- or more accurately, the possible talents of his offspring--were far too valuable for the B G to ignore Sister A G Chenoeh was considered the best choice available to provide the other half of the genetic material Her own lineage was recorded in the Wallach IX archives as far back as Margot Lady Fearing, and she was of a physical type especially appealing to Rasmc Her seduction of the Comne aide was accomplished as effortlessly as her hypnotic command that he immediately forget the encounter Although born in the school hospital, Quintmms Violet Chenoeh was not considered a Bene Gessent until she officially entered her training in the Sisterhood at five The young Sister, in addition to the usual course given to the B G pupils, was assigned special tutoring in the areas of mnemonics, history, and psychology The earliest reports on file from her teachers indicate mat she fulfilled and exceeded their expectations in every area Her removal from the school dormitories to private service with Reverend Mother Tertius Mane Hargus in her tenth year is a good indicator of her progress, such an assignment was most often made three to five years later to a student's career In 13686, Sister Chenoeh was taken on her first off world journey, a tnp to a Bene Gessent conclave on Grumman She served as personal aide to Reverend Mother Hargus, but her true function was mat of apprentice recorder (Another, more experienced sister was also part of the delegation and submitted her own report of events) Her report, reviewed by a committee of proctors on the Wallach IX delegation's return, was considered sans factory while the sixteen-year-old had allowed an unfortunate amount of excitement to color her evaluations, her reportage of facts was nearly flawless In those sections of the report in which R M Hargus had demanded she record speeches or papers verbatim, no error could be found Only emotional react