Weeding Out the Posers

[forsyth]

The Grand Sultan's harem was nearly inaccessible. You get that a lot in a certain kind of aristocratic society. Of course, because the Grand Sultan was bogarting all the most beautiful women in the Sultanate, there was plenty of motivation for many a would-be Hero or horny teenager to break into the Harem to rescue one of the ladies (or just enjoy the hours before someone found out). But Sultans always have a use for Heroes and horny youngsters of a certain caliber. Thus the nearly.

For himself, of course, he kept the only key to the back door.