“This Sultan himself? Rumored to be somewhat eccentric and vain, particularly about his ears.”
“Is he as vain about his ears as I've heard?” Nadika asked.
“How would I know? He never speaks of his ears to hear of, but I've heard that he's so vain about them, he never lets anyone see them.”
“Anyone? No one has ever seen his ears?”
“He's so reclusive that no one hears hardly anything about him, except perhaps how vain he is about his ears. Won't even let his family see them. He's so vain about them that his oldest boy and heir, Mehmed, sea, triple-X, triple-I, is rumored to be developing quite an anxiety about his own ears and also won't let anyone see them. And he keeps the ears of his infant son Mehmed, sea, triple-X, vee eye, covered up all the time.
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