Of course the vaqueros do not help: because of his weight and his high voice they call him Don Castrado behind his back.

he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.

He was one power top that who was giving my ass a complete and thorough pummeling

The latter in particular was an unlikely candidate for what would turn out to be the most rocambolesque experiences in the entire history of the encounter.