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There was a general movement on the part of the assemblage a bending forward in salaam by the more aged, a rising-up by the more courtierly, followed by low genuflections, hands upon the beard or breast. His observations taken, Herod moved on until at the tripod opposite the venerable Hillel, who met his cold glance with an inclination of the head, and a slight lifting of the hands.
He was conscious also that the eyes were impressing him. Without distinct thought, certainly without the slightest courtierly design, he obeyed the impulse of the moment, and stooped and touched the extended hand with his lips. And before rising he heard the beginning of further speech: "I see the truth of my judgment.
In a few minutes a man, courtierly and well dressed, grasping a huge bunch of keys in his left hand, opened the door; and, judging from our countenances for I know not by what else he could judge the nature of our visit, requested, in Danish, that we would enter. Mr. C replied, and told him we were Englishmen. He bowed, and addressed us afterwards in our own language.
"Colonel Burr, this is my very dear friend, Miss Evaleen Hale." The American Chesterfield made a courtierly obeisance. "Permit me to introduce Mr. Arlington, of Richmond." "Miss Hale, gentlemen, like myself is a sojourner in a far country. She comes to us from Boston."
At the conclusion of the complex, though courtierly reply, the speaker walked two steps forward, faced the Emperor, and touched the ground with his palms, and rising, carried them to his forehead. The answer duly delivered, the Emperor responded to the salaam with a bow and another message. "His Imperial Majesty," the Acolyte said, "is pleased at meeting the Prince of India.
In a corner, at ease on the divan, Messala himself may be seen. Around him, sitting or standing, are his courtierly admirers, plying him with questions. There is, of course, but one topic. Enter Drusus and Cecilius. "Ah!" cries the young prince, throwing himself on the divan at Messala's feet, "Ah, by Bacchus, I am tired!" "Whither away?" asks Messala.
His grimaces and gesticulation kept the crowd in a roar; when addressing the Princess, his manner was respectful, even courtierly.
The courtierly turn of the reply did not escape the Emperor. It had been strange if he had not put the character of his guest to question; indeed, an investigation had proceeded by his order, with the invitation to audience as a result; and now the self-possession of the stranger, together with his answer, swept the last doubt from, the imperial mind.
On a similar occasion during the late King George IV.'s life, a wretched portrait of him having been placed in one of the most conspicuous situations in the room, the Duke of Wellington and sundry other distinguished cognoscenti complimented Sir Thomas Lawrence on it as his; this was rather a bitter pill, and must have been almost too much for Lawrence's courtierly equanimity.
At last the Emperor concluded to allow his mariners to go out and engage them. His indecision had been from a difficulty in naming a commander. The admiral proper was old and inexperienced, and his fighting impulses, admitting they had ever really existed, had been lost in the habitudes of courtierly life. He had become little more than a ceremonial marker.
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