orphans into the Household where they were raised as members of his own family At times, there were up to a dozen children m Castle Caladan, who would stay at the castle until they were apprenticed off to a good master In 10175 one of the Duke's buyers, after careful investigation by the mental Thufir Hawat, brought the Duke a present from the Bene Gessent school on Caladan Her name was Jessica, and she had been offered by the headmistress at the school as a Bound Concubine for the duke's household The Duke had no concubine m Castle Caladan at the time (he had the habit of selling his concubines their own contracts after a short time, usual ty for a penny) The Duke also had a habit of dismissing his buyers with distressing regularity when they brought him a lady who eventually bored him It was thus with some trepidation that the latest buyer introduced Jessica to Leto and discreetly removed himself from their presence What took place between the Duke and the concubine during the next few hours is unknown but when the Duke arrived for his meal a few hours later, he did so with the new concubine on his arm (a privilege never granted any other concubine) and during the dinner, he included Jessica in the table conversation The next day, Leto summoned the buyer to him and announced that the buyer was dismissed The buyer was stunned, and began stammering his apologies to the Duke, only to fall into shocked silence as the Duke continued telling the buyer that he, the Duke no longer required the services of ATREIDBS LETO I ATREIDES LETO II a buyer at all, but that he did need a quartermaster-general to take charge of all trade to and from Caladan, and would the former buyer please consent to take the post1' It was announced five months later that the Lady Jessica (as she came to be known) was to bear the Duke's first child A boy was born four months later, and was named Paul The arrival of Paul and Leto s obvious love for Jessica led the Duke to adopt a more domestic lifestyle As he said, ' I have all that an honest man could want-the love of a woman, the loyalty of my subjects, the respect of my peers, and a son " TTiough he still went on campaign with his troops whenever the Levy was summoned, and fought bravely m then* front, he no longer paced the castle like a caged animal when there w