"It's not you, it's that damned pompous general out there. I served under him, and with men who served under him. He is not popular in many circles." The man's appearance how soured his mood for sex. He listened to her story, missing a few words here and there but being able to understand it for the most part. His heart went out to her. It was a true shame that such a beautiful woman should find herself in such straights. "You have my sympathies, you truly do." He put his hands on her shoulders and drew her into an embrace. Then he lifted her chin and gently kissed her. "A princess in such far away places deserves better hospitality than she has been given." Then he began to tell her of his travels. How as a young man he had gone across the Mediterranean, and how he had fallen in love with an Egyptian Nubian, the chiefs daughter only to be chased off. He laughed at the memory. "My father was furious for weeks." He told her of adventures he had and strange people he met. Finally he decided he had been gone for too long and he kissed her again. "Perhaps next time we can do less talking." He winked and then went back out to find his charge again.