Cassido sat on the sofa, reviewing papers. The little princess, whom he had met by chance half a year ago when the chamber of commerce was assisting in the preparation of her brother's wedding, had been on his mind lately. She was to be another concubine of the tyrant emperor and he had offered her an escape, but she had stayed anyway for reasons unknown to him. "Agr...Screw it! I can't concentrate!" growled Cassido throwing the papers away from him.