The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith — Read

Now, when the voice of the Vizier had ceased, Shibli Bagarag exclaimed, "O Vizier, this night, no later, I'll surprise Shagpat, and shave him while he sleepeth: and he shall wake shorn beside his spouse. Wullahy! I'll delay no longer, I, Shibli Bagarag."

Said the Vizier, "Thou?"