she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she
had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a
hurry:  a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating
her violently with its wings.

  `Serpent!' screamed the Pigeon.

  `I'm NOT a serpent!' said Alice indignantly.  `Let me alone!'

  `Serpent, I say again!' repeated the Pigeon, but in a more

                logger.error(() -> "Failed to flush " + stream(indices).get(stream -> stream.collect(Collectors.joining(", "))), e);
            }
        });

    }

    /**
     * Pings the search engine cluster to check connectivity and health.
     *
     * @return the ping response with cluster information
     * @throws SearchEngineClientException if the ping fails
     */