katoda, her vassal, was bound to obey his mistress. anyhow, he saw that it would be the wisest plan to pretend obedience in the absence of the girl's father, so he placed hase-hime in a palanquin and accompanied her to the most solitary place he could find in the wild district. the poor child knew there was no good in protesting to her unkind step-mother at being sent away in this strange manner, so she went as she was told.