 Pertevniyal became outraged by the forwardness of Eugénie taking the arm of one of her sons while he gave a tour of the palace garden, and she gave the empress a slap on the stomach as a reminder that they were not in France.According to another account, Pertevniyal perceived the presence of a foreign woman within her quarters of the seraglio as an insult.She reportedly slapped Eugénie across the face, almost resulting in an international incident.