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reached Bucharest, where
two people were
waiting for him: Maiorca
and Doicescu, two people
who had changed his life.
5. As the Wallachian set
off on his journey to the
promised land of Bucharest,
Dan Braşoveanu Doicescu
was just getting out of bed.
And in the Colţea mahala
where Doicescu was ruler,
everyone knew that the
boyar had awoken as his
young voice carried over all
the surrounding houses. Ali
the lemonade seller, with
his little tray hanging from
his neck and the lemonade
cauldron on his back, was
the first to know. He was the
one who let the grocers of
Cucului Market know, who
then ran for the back door,
burdened by first fruits for
breakfast. The middleman
from Colţea Tower saw
them thumping about like
a squad of bugs to spread
the word over the yards of
St. George Inn, where the
shop keepers sprang with
groceries, never missing out
on red olives, whey cheese
and roasted coffee on a bed
of sesame. Only afterwards
did the fishermen start off
with cod roe, followedby the
butchers and the rest of the