I did read about that in 'Memory', although it sounded like it had started beforehand (I've not got all of the books, so I'm reading them a little bit piecemeal). Yeah, it wasn't his noblest hour. But Ellie didn't seem especially heartbroken about it, OTOH.

I need to read the bits where he and Ellie get together, really, because I don't have much of a feel for their relationship.