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Show The following story is told about Aristarchi Bey, the Turkish ambassador ambassa-dor in Berlin, who married a daughter of a Prussian general: The general was not blessed with much wealth, but with many marriageable daughters. daught-ers. One day the Turkish ambassador called upon him and asked if hy might hope to become the general's son-in-law. "With pleasure," replied General Bouin, delighted, "How many do you want?" Aristarchi, seeing that the general took him for a Mussulman, replied with some trepidation tre-pidation that he was a Christian and i wanted only one. "Wuatanuisaoce, ! grumbled the general. "Well, take i whichever you like." |