Falling seriously ill, her final act is to give him her jewels to be used as his fare to Paris, on the condition that he write to her regularly to tell her of life in the city.
Lestat admires his mother's strength and loves her dearly, which is what makes it so difficult for him when he hears that she is finally dying.
His repayment for all his mother did for him is finally to give her eternity to live as she never had a chance to while mortal. Gabrielle as an imortal is urgent and excited. She is determined not to waste a moment of her time and is always busy. Nothing is beyond her simply because she won't let anything be beyond her. She is surely the strongest character in the Chronicles.
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