"The Emperor."
"The Emperor?" Joel felt a tingle of excitement. "Who's he?"
"He's the Emperor. That's all I know. I never saw him before today."
Joel shook his fist under the fellow's nose.
"So help me!" the man said in a scared voice, "that's all I know!"
"Where is this Emperor?"
"He's in his rooms on the top floor."
"What have they done with the governor and his daughter, the chief of police?"
"Don't hit me. I don't know. It's the gospel truth."
Joel said savagely, "Tie him up."