ty of this rumor Wensteia, with the rest of the household, followed her father into his exile on SaJusa Secundus When she was in her late twenties, her father arranged a liaison between her and Dalak Fennng second cousin to his close fheod Count Hasimir Fenring Though Wensicia and Dalak lived together for two years and though their liaison produced Farad'n and his sister Jeunne, die couple never married Irulan offers several theories about their separation First of all, she thought that Wensicia s long standing involvement with various Sardaukar Bashars intimidated Dalak She also notes that both Wensicia's temper and her hobbies upset Dalak particularly referring to an incident involving Harkonnen Roulette which deprived Dalak of his jewel collection and almost deprived him of his life The only direct comment she records from Wensicia however is that Dalak was a ' mealy mouthed historian who wanted to read about combat rather than participate in it From dl-Ada s comments, though, it seems that Dalak and Wensicia maintained a relatively amicable if distant relationship for the rest of their lives Wensicia apparently continued a far more active and intimate relationship with her Sardaukar commanders, never at a loss for companionship when she lived on Salusa Secundus Somewhat maliciously Irulan reports Wensicia's boast that she was never without one man m the shadow of another From al-Ada's notes however it seems that the Bashars view of his mother was not wholly favorable Her constant nagging at details while paying scant attention to the consequences of overall strategy annoyed her military and political advisors She had learned the Bene Gessent skill of data collection but she had never been able to master the com panion skills of analysis and synthesis neces sary for effective use of the data Her nick name among the Bashars was Lady Ghafla but her temper and her reputation for swift and vicious action forestalled the use of the title in her presence Obviouslv, Wensicia spent little time worrying about ethical conduct whether it was with her Sardaukars or with the world Her fabled attempt to assassinate me Atreides twins u^ing methods unsanctioned by the Dictum Familia is evidence of her disregard for other people s rules One thing that Wensicia did respect and even fear was the process ot aging She constantly complained that Irulan using the Bene Gessent rejuvenation techniques was becoming the younger sister to Wensicia Harq al-Ada remembers his mother s fury when she learned that Irulan had hed signifi cantly about her age CORRINO WENSICIA 180 CROMPTON RUINS Mother had just received a letter ftom the Lady Mobly (a member of the Atreides household in Arrakeen] descnbmg her introduction to the Pnncess Intkn Mother was livid She ranted on and on that Irulan had lied about her age We reckoned, Mother and I that Irulan had managed to rid herself of twenty years since we last saw her Mother was upset because with Bene Gesser