To be accosted in such a manner was unheard of.
He was an extremely important man and wasn’t accustomed to being approached by strangers. Nevertheless, this is what happened. The elderly citizen suddenly popped up out of nowhere. He boldly approached the eminent man and began babbling. This unexpected encounter with the old man, who was obviously a few cards short of a pack, annoyed the prominent leader in a big way. He was not at all used to lesser mortals being so bold. At first he tried to bat the man away, but the other persisted with his ramblings. He seemed to be in no way intimidated by the high-ranking man’s admonishments. He seemed to be warning him of some pending doom. He even heard the man utter the word ‘death’. This enraged him even further. To think that such a low-life could be as presumptuous as to use such threatening language, and in a public place such as this, it was completely unpardonable.
