"They could not hit an elephant at the distance!"
- Famous last words, General John Sedgwick, then he got shot.
"I shaved my beard to keep the harm away from my daughter."
"What the…." The Sultan is caught speechless with Antonius' words.
"Come here, have a seat Orhan… Oh be careful not to step on that carpet or you need to wear shoes." Antonius ushered the Sultan in to his seat. "Hey! Yuri! Inform the kitchen to prepare us some tea, yes the Sultan don't drink wine, bring us tea!"
After a while the tea is served with some desserts and the two men had a good time chatting about the recent events greeting each other asking for one another's welfare, now Antonius decided to go on to the topic. "Ok now my friend, what brought you to me today? I bet that you did not arrive at my city because you suddenly melt a strong urge to meet me just to talk about these irrelevant things that only those daily dwellers chit chat about all day, am I right."