midnight
Nor less were they astonished at the wonderful intimacy which he displayed with even the minutest details of the machinery of the government ; in a word , his triumph was complete . Solyman the Magnificent broke up the divan in haste , ordering the members of the council to return each immediately to his own abode . In the evening a functionary of the imperial household was sent to the palace of the grand vizier to demand the seals of office ; and thus fell Piri Pasha . It was midnight when the sultan sent to order Ibrahim Pasha to wait upon him without delay . The conference that ensued was long and interesting , and it was already near daybreak when messengers were dispatched to the various members of the divan to summon them to the seraglio . Then , in the presence of all the rank and talent in the capital , the sultan demanded of Ibrahim whether he felt sufficient confidence in himself to undertake the weight and responsibility of office . All eyes were fixed earnestly upon that mere youth of scarcely twenty-three , who was thus solemnly adjured .