“Where are you headed?” I would be happy to stop walking and get off my feet for some time. A nice bath would also do me wonders.
“Straight to see the Tsar himself.” He walked onward with exaggerated purpose and whistled as he strode down the street.
“You’re just going to walk in on the emperor of Russia and pay him a visit?” I shook my head in disbelief. “You amaze me sometimes with how you have survived this long.”
He laughed and shook his head. “No, you’re going to walk in to the emperor’s spring home and demand to see him. I’ll be right behind you all the way.”
I started to protest but he turned away and pointed at a big building and said, “We have arrived.”
“You have forgotten that I don’t speak Russian. What am I to say?”
“We are here on a mission of diplomatic emergency. You w
