I saw him do it, and you set him there.

Wretch, I will pay you back for this evil trick," and springing at Kaku, she tore of his astrologer's cap, and the wig beneath it, and beat his bald head with them till he cried for mercy.
It was at this moment that the door opened, and through it, breathless, white with terror, half-clothed, appeared none other than the Prince Abi.
"What passes here ?" he gasped, sinking into a chair.

"Is this the way you conduct your midnight studies, Kaku ?" "Certainly not, most high Lord," replied the astrologer, trying to bow with his eye fixed on Merytra, who stood by him, the torn wig in her hand, in the act of striking.

"Certainly not, exalted Prince.

A domestic difference, that is all.