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Updated: June 19, 2025
And he was serious because he could not answer. Taking the leading strap, when Joqard was brought, the hamari scrupled not to give the brute a hearty cuff, whereat the fishermen shook the sails of the pavilion with laughter; then, standing Joqard up, he placed one of the huge paws on his arm, and, with the mincing step of a lady's page, they disappeared.
Traversing the shelled roadway up to the portico of the palace, he looked back through the red pavilion, and caught a glimpse of Joqard performing before a merry group of boys and elders male and female. The love of all things living which was so positively a trait of character with the Princess Irene was never stinted in her dealings with her own country folk.
Where the roadway from the gate led up to the platform an opening had been made in the close wall of spectators attracted by the music and dancing. In the opening, the hamari was slowly coming forward, his turban awry, his brown face overrun and shining with perspiration, his sharp gypsy eyes full of merriment. With the leading strap over a shoulder, he tugged at Joqard.
A little further on the certainty of triumph inspired Joqard to fierce utterances; his growls were really terrible, and he hugged so mercilessly his opponent grew livid in the face. The women and children began to cry and scream, and many of the men shouted in genuine alarm: "See, see! The poor fellow is choking to death!"
There was quick turning from plate to plate, and the conclusion was as quick. "They are the same, but what of it?" "This Joqard and I went up one day and danced for the Prince, and at the end he dismissed us, giving me a red silk purse fat with gold pieces, and to Joqard this passport. Mark you now.
"Here," he said, "take care of Joqard for me. I will row in the sick man's place, and" The remainder of the sentence was lost in an outburst of gibing and laughter. Finally the Princess asked the rowers if they were satisfied with the volunteer. They surveyed him doubtfully. "Art thou an oarsman?" one of them asked. "There is not a better on the Bosphorus. And I will prove it.
And then in what he had seen of Demedes what courage, dash, and audacity what efficiency what store of resources! The last play of his attending the fete of the Princess Irene as a bear tender who but Demedes would have thought of such a role? Who else could have made himself the hero of the occasion, with none to divide honors with him except Joqard?
Round and about they were borne; now forward, then back; sometimes they were likely to tumble from the boards. The hamari's effort was to choke Joqard into submission; Joqard's was to squeeze the breath out of the hamari's body; and they both did their parts well. After some minutes the man's exertions became intermittent.
The Princess, for the time conquering her pain of heart, interceded for the brute; whereupon the hamari, like a philosopher used to making the best of surprises, joined in the sport until Joqard grew tired, and voluntarily returned to control. Word passed from the garden to the knots of people on the height: "Come down quickly. They are making ready for the boat race."
"A wonderful prince no doubt; but I asked not of him. The plate, man what of this plate? If nothing, then give way to Joqard." "There are fools and fools that is, there are plain fools and wise fools. The wise fool answering the plain fool, is always more particular with his premises than his argument."
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