Spark:  Here comes Fantasio.

Hartman:  What ails him?....

Facio:  Well, old fellow, what shall we make of this fine night?

[Enter FANTASIO]

Fantasio: Make anything but a new novel.

Facio:  I was saying that we had better set upon this herd and amuse ourselves a little.

Fantasio:  Then we shall need pasteboard noses, and plenty of torpedoes.

Hartman:  Hug the girls, pull the men’s cues, and smash the lamps.  Come on.

Fantasio:  Once upon a time there was a king of Persia –

Hartman:  Come along, Fantasio.

~ excerpt from a comedy entitled “Fantasio” written in 1834 by French author and playwright Alfred de Musset… another example of how for Western psyche a Persian king is a magical and intriguing figure when framing a story…

[pic source @Freer & Sackler Gallery taken by S. Vasseghi:  A royal hunt from Iranian Sasanian Empire 224-650… for educational purpose only]