It wasn't until he married Sam that Saul realized how he had increasingly been headed down the path of being a recluse. Oddly enough, it was not his status as a Lord, but Sam's position as Commander of the Watch that brought him back out into the whirl of society.[1]

When Little Sam was born, Saul was determined that his girl would never go down the road of being a shut in , like he had been. He wanted her to see Ankh-Morpork and love it like her mother did. Saul wanted his girl to know and be friends with people (and dwarves and trolls and the undead and...) outside of her"class". He knew Sam would do the same as well, and probably better, but he wanted to have a go at it as well.

So until Little Sam was old enough to go to school, Saul took his daughter out everyday, and together they explored Ankh-Morpork.

They repeatedly went to the Royal Art Museum, becauseSaul rather liked art in all its forms and wanted Little Sam to get an appreciation for it as well.

"Besides, many of those used to hang up in here!" he told Sam one day which led to her giving him a rather funny look.

He probably shouldn't tell her about the da Quirm in the attic.

Invited by Nobby Nobbs [2], they went to Hide Park one day to see a historical reenactment by the Peeled Nuts of one of the great many battles of Morporkian history.

To the utter surprise of all but two people there, there was an unexpected addition of a auburn headed five year old, who proceeded to whack the soldiers with great anatomical accuracy with her wooden sword until Nobby got ahold of her.

As consolation though, he let her help him rob the 'corpses' until Saul caught up with the both of them.

They went to the embassy on the Maul when Diamond, King of Trolls was in town, and the king himself taught Little Sam the fundamentals of Thud.

Little Sam in turn was on her best manners, though unfortunately Little Sam got a poo question in before Saul could stop her.

Diamond, bless him, took it in stride and laughed.

Once a week they went to the Watch House to take Little Sam's mummy out to eat[4].

And once a month they went to the Palace to have lunch with Little Sam's godsfather, Lord Vetinari.

Sam had turned purple and red when Saul mentioned that he had asked Vetinari to be their child's godsfather and that he had accepted. Deep down though, Saul though that Sam was rather pleased. Sam respected the man.

And Vetinari lov-enjoyed the company of Little Sam, and showed her some[5] of the hidden passages, let her swivel in his chair behind his desk, and barely flinched when she called him "Uncle Haddock"

Saul knew Little Sam would love school, but my gods was he going to miss taking her out every day.

But as Little Sam told her own children many years later, "Your Gramps was my first teacher. Now go see where he's taking you today."

[1]Sam didn't find this as funny as Saul for some reason.

[2] with whom Saul got along wonderfully [3] to Sam's utter amazement. She had married a man who was second to Captain Carrot in both likeability and ability to get along with EVERYONE. It boggled her mind.

[3] on his part, Nobby never was tempted to pilfer anything from Saul. It would be akin to kicking a puppy. Not to mention that Vimes would go spare.

[4] this being Vimes, it could be breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

[5] not all, this IS Vetinari after all.