Why did Gallowglass not take Jack and Annie when Diana and Matthews left?

[Connie]

After reading this book again, it made me wonder why Gallowglass did not take Jack and Annie when Diana and Matthews left to go back to current time. Thoughts?

[Donna]

I wondered about some of the other characters not taking Jack and Annie. With all the titled characters, two more would have hardly hurt their households.

Gallowglass is a man of few things to tie him down. I can not see him taking them on.

[Rachael]

I hoped, even though I realised it would have probably changed far too many things in the future, that Jack would have been changed into a vampire by Gallowglass and was at the house waiting, when Matthew and Diana arrived back after their travels.

Obviously I know this hasn't happend because it would have just been too messy but I'm guessing that's why Gallowglass didn't take them. He knew Matthew wasn't his Matthew and knew he wouldn't have done anything to help Jack if it had been THAT times Matthew, which means it would have changed too much, Jack would have grown up differently and therefore done different things with his life.. Which is another thing that sort of confused me. They did things so differently, met so many people that they shouldn't have, helped Jack when they shouldn't have, wouldn't the world have been changed drastically? What happened to the butterfly effect?

Time travels a very messy business!

I read it and kept saying to myself "Oh, don't do that.""That's a very bad idea.""You're going to change too many things, you really need to stop talking now" and they didn't chnage anything. I was panicking for nothing!!

[Azb7145]

I do hope we get some information as to what happened to Jack and Annie in the last book, the family unit between those 4 was one of the great things about Book 2.

[Brizo]

Azb7145 wrote: "I do hope we get some information as to what happened to Jack and Annie in the last book, the family unit between those 4 was one of the great things about Book 2."

They didn't take them due to the potential for bad effects due to time anomalies in the future even the baby had that as a risk, which is why they had to leave before it was born. Last chapter she did give hints that Jack and Annie had grown up OK, in the artifacts that were found and the statement that because Annie could read she could assist Shakespeare in his work. So I think you get the feeling it was OK to leave them behind.

[Connie]

Did Shakespeare abused Annie? I got the impression that he did.

[Brizo]

Connie wrote: "Did Shakespeare abused Annie? I got the impression that he did."

No I think that was the priest/vampire Father Hubbard who she was with in the beginning that abused her.

[Sarah]

Actually, I think it was Kit Marlowe who abused her - she went to him after Diana and Matthew left, correct? And then when he died, Father Hubbard sent her to Shakespeare?

[Radhika]

Connie wrote: "After reading this book again, it made me wonder why Gallowglass did not take Jack and Annie when Diana and Matthews left to go back to current time. Thoughts?"

That is such a good point!

[Julie]

Radhika wrote: "Connie wrote: "After reading this book again, it made me wonder why Gallowglass did not take Jack and Annie when Diana and Matthews left to go back to current time. Thoughts?"

That is such a good ..."

I think it would have changed too much in the future. Maybe Jack and Annie have unfinished business in their own time. Can't help, but feel sympathy for the two young characters as Diana did. I guess we will find out in the Book Of Life. "Life is, but a journey". Happy reading.