The French consul himself heard how the bashibazouks told their attentive audience with delight that, as they cut the heads off children, they watched with curiosity as their small bodies fell and rolled around like slaughtered chickens.'
Însuşi consulul francez a auzit cum başbuzucii povesteau cu plăcere audienţei lor atente că au decapitat copii şi au privit curioşi cum corpurile lor mici se rostogoleau precum nişte pui tăiaţi.”