"It has got one already, got one already I tell you, my son. His name is Maurocordato. Bear it in mind—Mau-ro-cor-da-to."
"I don't mean to bother my tongue with it at all. As I pronounce it it is—Djihan."
"Djihan? Who is Djihan?"
"Djihan is the Voivode of Wallachia."
"Very well, you shall have it so. And what do you want for yourself, my son, eh?"
Musli was inscribed in the list as the Aga of the Janissaries, but he was too modest to speak of himself.
"Don't trouble your head about me, Kabakulak, while there are so many worthier men unprovided for. We want the Khan of the Crimea deposed and the banished Kaplan Giraj appointed in his stead."
"Very well, we will inform Kaplan Giraj of his promotion presently."
"Not presently, but instantly. Instantly, I say, without the least delay."
Musli accompanied his eloquence with such gesticulations that the Grand Vizier thought it prudent to fall back before him.