It is to be remembered now, as very material to our story, that the day the Prince of India resolved on the excursion up the Bosphorus with Lael the exquisite1 stretch of water separated the territorial2 possessions of the Greek Emperor and the Sultan of the Turks.
In 1355 the utmost of the once vast Roman dominions3 was "a corner of Thrace between the Propontis (Marmora) and the Black Sea, about fifty miles in length and thirty in breadth." [Footnote: Gibbon.]
When Constantine Dragases--he of whom we are writing--ascended the throne, the realm was even more diminished.
Galata, just across the Golden Horn, had become a Genoese stronghold.
Scutari, on the Asiatic shore almost vis-a-vis with Constantinople, was held by a Turkish garrison4.
With small trouble the Sultan could have converted the pitiful margin5 between Galata and the Cyanean rocks on the Black Sea.
Once indeed he set siege to Constantinople, but was beaten off, it was said, by the Mother of God, who appeared upon the walls of the city, and in person took part in the combat. Thereafter he contented6 himself with a tribute from the Emperors Manuel and John Palaeologus.
The relations of the Christian7 and Moslem8 potentates9 being thus friendly, it can be seen how the Princess Irene could keep to her palace by Therapia and the Prince of India plan jaunts10 along the Bosphorus.
Still there is a point to be borne in mind. Ships under Christian flags seldom touched at a landing upon the Asiatic shore. Their captains preferred anchoring in the bays and close under the ivy-covered heights of Europe. This was not from detestation or religious intolerance; at bottom there was a doubt of the common honesty of the strong-handed Turk amounting to fear. The air was rife11 with stories of his treachery. The fishermen in the markets harrowed the feelings of their timid customers with tales of surprises, captures, and abductions. Occasionally couriers rushed through the gates of Constantinople to report red banners in motion, and the sound of clarions and drums, signifying armies of Moslems gathering12 for mysterious purposes.
The Moslems, on their part, it is but fair to say, were possessed13 of the same doubts of the Christians14, and had answers to accusations15 always ready. The surprises, captures, and abductions were the unlicensed savageries of brigands16, of whom they never knew one not a Greek; while the music and flags belonged to the militia17.
Six or seven miles above Scutari a small river, born in the adjacent highlands, runs merrily down to meet and mingle18 with the tideless Bosphorus. The water it yields is clear and fresh; whence the name of the stream, The Sweet Waters of Asia. On its south side there is a prairie-like stretch, narrow, but green and besprent with an orchard19 of sycamores old and gnarled, and now much frequented on Mohammedan Sundays by ladies of the harems, who contrive20 to make it very gay. No doubt the modest river, and the grass and great trees were just as attractive ages before the first Amurath, with an army at his heels, halted there for a night. From that time, however, it was banned by the Greeks; and for a reason.
On the north bank of the little river there was a fortress21 known as the White Castle. An irregular, many-angled pile of undressed stone heavily merloned on top, its remarkable22 feature was a tall donjon which a dingy23 white complexion24 made visible a great distance, despite its freckling25 of loopholes and apertures26 for machine artillery27. Seeing its military importance, the Sultan left a garrison to hold it. He was also pleased to change its name to Acce-Chisar.
The blood-red flag on this donjon was, at the era engaging us, the disenchanter of the Greeks; insomuch that in passing the Sweet Waters of Asia they hugged the opposite shore of the Bosphorus, crossing themselves and muttering prayers often of irreligious compound. A stork28 has a nest on the donjon now. As an apparition29 it is not nearly so suggestive as the turbaned sentinel who used to occupy its outlook.
The popular imagination located dungeons30 under the grim old Castle, whence, of the many Christian men and women immured31 there, it was said none ever came forth32 alive.
But for these things, whether true or false, the Prince of India cared little. He was not afraid of the Turks. If the Asiatic shore had been festooned with red flags from the City of the Blind down by the Isles33 of the Princes to the last of the gray fortresses34 overlooking the Symplegades, it would not have altered a plan of his jot35 or tittle. Enough that Lael wanted and needed an outing on the glorious Bosphorus.
Accordingly, shortly after noon two chairs were brought and set down in his house. That is to say, two upright boxes fixed36 centrally on poles, and differing in nowise from the sedans still the mode of carriage affected37 by ladies of Constantinople unless it might be in their richer appointments. Inside, all was silk, lace and cushions; outside, the inlaying of mother of pearl and vari-colored woods was suggestive of modern papier-mache. The entrance was by a door in the front. A window in the door, and lesser38 ones on the sides, afforded the inmate39 air and opportunity for speech. Not wanting to be seen, she had only to draw the curtains together. In this instance it must be said the decoration of the carriages had been carried to an extreme.
Soon as the chairs were set down in the house, the Prince and Lael descended40 the stairs. The latter was attired41 in a semi-Greek costume, very rich and becoming; to embroidery42 of gold, she added bracelets43, and a necklace of large pearls strung between spheres of gold equally large. A coronet graced her head, and it was so bejewelled that in bright light it seemed some one was sprinkling her with an incessant44 shower of sparkles.
The two took their seats. The carriers, two to each litter, stalwart men, uniformly clad in loose white garments, raised the poles on their shoulders. Syama threw the door of the house open, and at a signal from the Prince the procession sallied into the street. The crowd, in expectant waiting there, received it in silent wonder.
It is due the truth to say now that the common eye was attracted by the appearance of Nilo as much as by the rarities wrought45 in the panelling of the carriages. He strode ten or twelve feet in advance of Lael who, in the place of honor, was completely under the Prince's observation. The negro's costume was of a King of Kash-Cush. The hair stood on end in stiff cues, sharply pointed46, and held by a chain of silver medals; an immense ring of silver hung from the cartilage of his nose. The neck was defended by a gorget of leather bristling47 with the fangs48 and claws of tigers in alternating rows. A robe of scarlet49 cloth large enough to envelop50 the man was thrown behind the massive shoulders. The body, black as polished ebony, was naked to the waist, whence a white skirt fell to the knees. The arms and legs were adorned51 with bracelets and anklets of ivory, while the straps52 of the heavy sandals were bordered with snail-shells. On the left arm he bore a round shield of rhinoceros53 hide embossed in brass54; in the right hand, a pointless lance. Towering high above the heads of the crowd which opened before him with alacrity55, the admiration56 received by the Prince's ally and friend was but a well-deserved tribute.
"A tiger-hunter!" said one, to a friend at his elbow.
"I should call him king of the tiger-hunters," the friend replied.
"Only a Prince of India would carry such a pensioner57 with him," another remarked.
"What a man!" said a woman, half afraid.
"An infidel, no doubt," was the answer.
"It is not a Christian wish, I know," the first added; "still I should like to see him face a lion in the Cynegion."
"Ay, him they call Tamerlane, because he is shorn of two toes."
The Prince, casting a glance of scarce concealed58 contempt over the throng59, sighed, as he muttered, "If now I could meet the Emperor!"
The exclamation60 was from his heart.
We have seen the idea which lured61 him to Mecca, and brought him to Constantinople. In the years since flown, it was held subordinate to his love of Lael--subordinate merely. Latterly it had revived with much of its original force, and he was now for the first time seriously scheming for an interview with the Emperor. No doubt a formal request would have secured the honor; but it was in his view better policy to be sought than seek, and with all his wealth, there was nothing he could so well afford to pay for success as time. In his study, he was continually saying to himself:
"It cannot be that the extravagances to which I am going will fail. He will hear of me, or we may meet--then the invitation!--And then I will propose the Brotherhood--God help me! But it is for him to invite me. Patience, O my soul!"
Extravagances!
The exclamation helps us to an understanding of the style he was carrying before the public--the silvering on his own black velvet62 robe, the jewels in Lael's coronet bursting with light, the gorgeous finish of the sedans, the barbaric costuming of Nilo. They were not significant of his taste. Except for what they might bring him, he did not care for jewels. And as for Lael, he would have loved her for her name's sake, and her honest, untarnished Jewish blood. Let us believe so at least until we find otherwise.
Nilo, by this time familiar with every quarter of the city, was told the boat was in readiness for the party at a landing near the Grand Gate of Blacherne; to make which, it being on the Golden Horn well up in the northwest, he must turn the hill back of the Prince's residence, and pursue one of the streets running parallel with the wall. Thither63 he accordingly bent64 his steps, followed by the porters of the sedans, and an increasing but respectful assemblage of curious citizens.
Scarcely had the progress begun before the Prince, watching through his front window, saw a man approach the side of Lael's chair, and peer into it. His wit served him well and instantly.
"'Tis he--the insolent65!--Close up!" he cried, to his porters.
The intruder at the sound of his voice looked at him once, then disappeared in the throng. He was young, handsome, showily dressed, and beyond question the person of whom Lael had complained. Though smarting under the insult, and a suspicion, suddenly engendered66, of a watch kept over his house, the Prince concluded the stranger was of noble connection, and that the warrant for his boldness was referable to family influence. While his subtle mind was pothering with schemes of detection, the affair presented itself in another light, and he laughed at his own dulness.
"'Tis nothing," he reflected--"nothing! The boy is in love, and allowing his passion to make a fool of him. I have only to see my pretty Gul-Bahar does not return the madness."
Deciding then to make inquiry67 and satisfy himself who the young admirer was, he dismissed the subject.
Presently Nilo turned into a street of some width compared with the generality of thoroughfares in the city. On the left hand were shops and pretentious68 houses; on the right, towered the harbor wall. The people attending the procession increased instead of dispersing69; but as they continued in good nature, they gave him no concern. Their comments amongst themselves were about equally divided between Nilo and Lael.
"Beautiful, beautiful!" one said, catching70 sight of the latter through the windows of the chair.
"Who is she?"
"A daughter of a Prince of India."
"And the Prince--Who is he?"
"Ask some one who knows. There he is in the second chair."
Once a woman went close to Lael, snatched a look, and stepped back, with clasped hands, crying:
"'Tis the Sweet Mother herself!"
Without other incident, the procession passed the gate of St. Peter, and was nearing that of Blacherne, when a flourish of trumpets71 announced a counter pageant72 coming down the street from the opposite direction. A man near by shouted:
"The Emperor! The Emperor!"
Another seconded him.
"Long live the good Constantine!"
The words were hardly uttered before they were answered:
"The azymite! The azymite! Down with the betrayer of Christ!"
In less than a minute the Prince was being borne along in the midst of two howling factions73. Scarcely knowing whether to take Lael into a house or go on, he tried to communicate with Nilo; but in unconsciousness of the tempest so suddenly risen, that grandson of a king marched on in unremitted stateliness, until directly a band of trumpeters in magnificent livery confronted him.
The astonishment74 was mutual75. Nilo halted, dropping his headless lance in defence; the trumpeters quit blowing, and, opening order, filed hastily by him, their faces saying with a distinctness words could not have helped:
"A son of Satan! Beware!"
The chairs were also brought to a halt.
Thereupon the people, now a mob apparently76 ready to tear each other into bloody77 ribbons, refused to give way to the trumpeters. Nilo finally comprehending the situation returned to Lael just as the Prince on foot came up to her. She was pale and trembling with fear.
The deadlock78 between the musicians and the mob was brought to an end by the appearance of a detachment of the Imperial guard. A mounted officer, javelin79 in hand, rode up and shouted:
"The Emperor! Make way for the Emperor!"
While he was speaking, the horsemen behind him came on steadily80. There was irresistible81 persuasion82 in the glitter of their spears; besides it was matter of universal knowledge that the steel panoply83 of each rider concealed a mercenary foreigner who was never so happy as when riding over a Greek. One yell louder and more defiant84 than any yet uttered--"The azymite, the azymite!"--and the mob broke and fled. At a signal from the officer, the guards, as they came on, opened right and left of the chairs, and passed them with scarce notice.
A few words from the Prince to Lael dispelled85 her fears.
"It is an every-day affair," he said, lightly; "an amusement of the people, the Roman factionists against the Greek. Nobody is ever hurt, except in howling he opens his jaws86 too wide."
The levity87 was affected, but mastering the irritation88 he really felt, the Prince was about to make acknowledgment to the officer for his timely intervention89, when another personage appeared, claiming his attention. Indeed his heart began beating unusually fast, and in spite of himself his face flushed--he knew he had his wish--the meeting with Constantine was come!
The last Emperor of the Byzantines sat in an open chair borne upon the shoulders of eight carriers in striking livery--a handsome man in his forty-sixth year, though apparently not more than thirty-eight or forty. His costume was that of Basileus, which was a religious dignity.
A close-fitting cap of red velvet covered his head, with a knot of purple silk triply divided on the top; while a pliable90 circlet of golden scales, clearing the brows, held the cap securely in place. On each scale a ruby91 of great size sparkled in solitaire setting. The circlet was further provided with four strings92 of pearls, two by each ear, dangling93 well down below in front of the shoulders. A loose drab robe or gown, drawn94 close at the waist, clothed him, neck, arms, body and nether95 limbs, answering excellently as ground for a cope the color of the cap, divided before and behind into embroidered96 squares defined by rows of pearls. Boots of purple leather, also embroidered, gave finish to the costume. Instead of sword or truncheon, he carried a plain ivory crucifix. The people staring at him from the doors and windows knew he was going to Sancta Sophia intent on some religious service.
While the Emperor was thus borne down upon the Prince, his dark eyes, kindly97 looking, glanced from Nilo to Lael, and finally came to rest full upon the face of the master. The officer returned to him. A few paces off, the imperial chair stopped, and a conversation ensued, during which a number of high officials who were of the sovereign's suite98 on foot closed up in position to separate their Lord from a mounted rear guard.
The Prince of India kept his mind perfectly99. Having exchanged glances with the Emperor, he was satisfied an impression was made strong enough to pique100 curiosity, and at the same time fix him in the royal memory. With a quick sense of the proprieties101, he thereupon addressed himself to moving his carriages to the left, that when the conference with the officers was concluded the Emperor might have the right of way with the least possible obstruction102.
Presently the Acolyte103--such the officer proved to be--approached the Prince.
"His Imperial Majesty104," he said, courteously105, "would be pleased could I inform him the name and title of the stranger whose progress he has been so unfortunate as to interrupt."
The Prince answered with dignity:
"I thank you, noble sir, for the fair terms in which you couch the inquiry, not less than the rescue I and my daughter owe you from the mob."
The Acolyte bowed.
"And not to keep his Imperial Majesty waiting," the Prince continued, "return him the compliments of a Prince of India, at present a resident of this royal and ancient capital. Say also it will give me happiness far beyond the power of words when I am permitted to salute106 him, and render the veneration107 and court to which his character and place amongst the rulers of the earth entitle him."
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 salaam108 with a bow and another message.
"His Imperial Majesty," the Acolyte said, "is pleased at meeting the Prince of India. He was not aware he had a guest of such distinction in his capital. He desires to know the place of residence of his noble friend, that he may communicate with him, and make amends109 for the hindrance110 which has overtaken him to-day."
The Prince gave his address, and the interview ended.
It is of course the reader's privilege to pass judgment111 upon the incidents of this rencounter; at least one of the parties to it was greatly pleased, for he knew the coveted112 invitation would speedily follow.
While the Emperor was borne past, Lael received his notice more especially than her guardian113; when they were out of hearing, he called the Acolyte to his side.
"Didst thou observe the young person yonder?" he asked.
"The coronet she wears certifies114 the Prince of India to be vastly rich," the other answered.
"Yes, the Princes of India, if we may judge by common report, are all rich; wherefore I thought not of that, but rather of the beauty of his daughter. She reminded me of the Madonna on the Panagia in the transept of our church at Blacherne."
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