Chapter 43 Get Far Away (2)

• The royal physician started his tale from when they had first found him. He told Jamal about how he had warned all the guards not to let the words out that the sultan was injured. The physician talked about how he had reached out to only the general, who had brought in more guards and made sure that they paraded the perimeters all the time. The physician also told Jamal how he hadn't left the room once to avoid being spotted by anyone. He also explained how he had made the guards turn away the messengers that the janissaries had sent and every other person who had come in search of the Sultan each time with the words that the Sultan was busy and couldn't attend to anyone.
• By the time he was done, Jamal had finished dressing up and turned his attention to the man. Jamal had only seen the young man a couple of times in recent times when he followed the leader of the royal physician about. Jamal thought about his bravery in the face of an emergency and the expertise he had used in controlling the situation. Not many people Jamal knew could do that, not that he was ready to tell the young man that. But Jamal admitted within himself that he was impressed with the man.
• But if the physician had turned away all the people, then Roksolana had no means to know if he was alright or not. That means she would be worried about him to the bone. And seeing as the security around the room had been tightened, she wouldn't have been able to come in by foul means. But then, she was his kitchen maid and she must have brought his meals for him. Or had they turned her away from doing so too? He has to confirm if she had been allowed access to come in.