The great fire burned its way broadly over two hills of the city, stopping at the wall of the garden on the eastern front of Blacherne. How it originated, how many houses were destroyed, how many of the people perished in the flames and in the battle waged to extinguish them, were subjects of unavailing inquiry2 through many days.
For relief of the homeless, Constantine opened his private coffers. He also assumed personal direction of the removal of the debris3 cumbering the unsightly blackened districts, and, animated4 by his example, the whole population engaged zealously5 in the melancholy6 work. When Galata, laying her jealousies7 aside, contributed money and sent companies of laborers9 over to the assistance of her neighbor, it actually seemed as if the long-forgotten age of Christian10 brotherhood11 was to be renewed. But, alas12! This unity13, bred of so much suffering, so delightful14 as a rest from factious15 alarms, so suggestive of angelic society and heavenly conditions in general, disappeared--not slowly, but almost in a twinkling.
It was afternoon of the second day after the fire. Having been on horseback since early morning, the Emperor, in need of repose16, had returned to his palace; but met at the portal by an urgent request for audience from the Princess Irene, he received her forthwith. The reader can surmise17 the business she brought for consideration, and also the amazement18 with which her royal kinsman19 heard of the discovery and rescue of Lael. For a spell his self-possession forsook20 him. In anticipation21 of the popular excitement likely to be aroused by the news, he summoned his councillors, and after consultation22, appointed a commission to investigate the incident, first sending a guard to take possession of the cistern23.
Like their master, the commissioners24 had never heard of the first profanation25 of the ancient reservoir; as a crime, consequently, this repetition was to them original in all its aspects, and they addressed themselves to the inquiry incredulously; but after listening to Sergius, and to the details the little Jewess was able to give them, the occurrence forced itself on their comprehension as more than a crime at law--it took on the proportions and color of a conspiracy26 against society and religion. Then its relative consequences presented themselves. Who were concerned in it?
The name of Demedes startled them by suddenly opening a wide horizon of conjecture27. Some were primarily disposed to welcome the intelligence for the opportunity it offered His Majesty28 to crush the Academy of Epicurus, but a second thought cooled their ardor29; insomuch that they began drawing back in alarm. The Brotherhood of the St. James' was powerful, and it would certainly resent any humiliation30 their venerable Hegumen might sustain through the ignominious31 exposure of his son.
In great uncertainty32, and not a little confusion, the commissionate body hied from the Princess Irene to the cistern. While careful to hide it from his associates, each of them went with a scarce admitted hope that there would be a failure of the confirmations33 at least with respect to the misguided Demedes; and not to lose sight of Nilo, in whom they already discerned a serviceable scapegoat34, they required him to go with them.
The revelations call for a passing notice. In the court the body of the keeper was found upon the pavement. The countenance35 looked the terror of which the man died, and as a spectacle grimly prepared the beholders for the disclosures which were to follow.
There was need of resolution to make the dismal36 ferriage from the lower platform in the cistern, but it was done, Nilo at the oars37. When the visitors stepped on the landing of the "palace," their wonder was unbounded. When they passed through the battered38 doorway39, and standing40 under the circlet, in which the lights were dead, gazed about them, they knew not which was most astonishing, the courage of the majestic41 black or the audacity42 of the projector43 of the villanous scheme. But where was he? We may be sure there was no delay in the demand for him. While the fishing tongs44 were being brought, the apartments were inspected, and a list of their contents made. Then the party collected at the edge of the landing. The secret hope was faint within them, for the confirmations so far were positive, and the terrible negro, not in the least abashed45, was showing them where his enemy went down. They gave him the tongs, and at the first plunge46 he grappled the body, and commenced raising it. They crowded closer around him, awe-struck yet silently praying: Holy Mother, grant it be any but the Hegumen's son! A white hand, the fingers gay with rings, appeared above the water. The fisherman took hold of it, and with a triumphant47 smile, drew the corpse48 out, and laid it face up for better viewing. The garments were still bright, the gilded49 mail sparkled bravely. One stooped with the light, and said immediately:
"It is he--Demedes!"
Then the commissioners looked at each other--there was no need of speech--a fortunate thing, for at that instant there was nothing of which they were more afraid.
Avoidance of the dreaded50 complications was now impossible--so at least it seemed to them. Up in the keeper's room, whither they hurriedly adjourned51, it was resolved to despatch52 a messenger to His Majesty with an informal statement of the discoveries, and a request for orders. The unwillingness53 to assume responsibility was natural.
Constantine acted promptly54, and with sharp discernment of the opportunity afforded the mischief-makers. The offence was to the city, and it should see the contempt in which the conspirators55 held it, the danger escaped, and the provocation56 to the Most Righteous; if then there were seditions, his conscience was acquit57. He sent Phranza to break the news to the Hegumen, and went in person to the Monastery58, arriving barely in time to receive the blessings59 of his reverend friend, who, overcome by the shock, died in his arms. Returning sadly to Blacherne, he ordered the corpses60 of the guilty men to be exposed for two days before the door of the keeper's house, and the cistern thrown open for visitation by all who desired to inspect the Palace of Darkness, as he appropriately termed the floating tenement61 constructed with such wicked intents. He also issued a proclamation for the suppression of the Epicurean Academy, and appointed a day of Thanksgiving to God for the early exposure of the conspiracy. Nilo he sent to a cell in the Cynegion, ostensibly for future trial, but really to secure him from danger; in his heart he admired the King's spirit, and hoped a day would come when he could safely and suitably reward him.
On the part of the people the commotion62 which ensued was extraordinary. They left the fire to its smouldering, and in steady currents marched past the ghastly exhibits prepared for them in the street, looked at them, shuddered63, crossed themselves, and went their ways apparently64 thankful for the swiftness of the judgment65 which had befallen; nor was there one heard to criticise66 the Emperor's course. The malefactors were dropped, like unclean clods, into the earth at night, without ceremony or a mourner in attendance. Thus far all well.
At length the day of thanksgiving arrived. By general agreement, there was not a sign of dissatisfaction to be seen. The most timorous67 of the commissioners rested easy. Sancta Sophia was the place appointed for the services, and Constantine had published his intention to be present. He had donned the Basilean robes; his litter was at the door of the palace; his guard of horse and foot was formed, when the officer on duty at the gate down by the Port of Blacherne arrived with a startling report.
"Your Majesty," he said, unusually regardless of the ancient salutation, "there is a great tumult68 in the city."
The imperial countenance became stern.
"This is a day of thanks to God for a great mercy; who dares profane69 it by tumult?"
"I must speak from hearsay," the officer answered.... "The funeral of the Hegumen of the St. James took place at daylight this morning"--
"Yes," said Constantine, sighing at the sad reminder70, "I had intended to assist the Brotherhood. But proceed."
"The Brothers, with large delegations71 from the other Monasteries72, were assembled at the tomb, when Gennadius appeared, and began to preach, and he wrought73 upon his hearers until they pushed the coffin74 into the vault75, and dispersed76 through the streets, stirring up the people."
At this the Emperor yielded to his indignation.
"Now, by the trials and sufferings of the Most Christian Mother, are we beasts insensible to destruction? Or idiots exempt77 from the penalties of sin and impiety78? And he--that genius of unrest--that master of foment-- God o' Mercy, what has he laid hold of to lead so many better men to betray their vows79 and the beads80 at their belts? Tell me--speak--my patience is nearly gone."
For an instant, be it said, the much tried Sovereign beheld81 a strong hand move within reach, as offering itself for acceptance. No doubt he saw it as it was intended, the symbol and suggestion of a policy. Pity he did not take it! For then how much of mischance had been averted82 from himself--Constantinople might not have been lost to the Christian world--the Greek Church had saved its integrity by recognizing the union with the Latins consummated83 at the Council of Florence--Christianity had not been flung back for centuries in the East, its birthplace.
"Your Majesty," the officer returned, "I can report what I heard, leaving its truth to investigation84.... In his speech by the tomb Gennadius admitted the awfulness of the crime attempted by Demedes, and the justice of the punishment the young man suffered, its swiftness proving it to have been directed by Heaven; but he declared its conception was due to the Academy of Epicurus, and that there remained nothing deserving study and penance85 except the continued toleration without which the ungodly institution had passed quickly, as plagues fly over cities purified against them. The crime, he said, was ended. Let the dead bury the dead. But who were they responsible for grace to the Academy? And he answered himself, my Lord, by naming the Church and the State."
"Ah! He attacked the Church then?"
"No, my Lord, he excused it by saying it had been debauched by an azymite Patriarch, and while that servant of prostitution and heresy86 controlled it, wickedness would be protected and go on increasing."
"And the State--how dealt he with the State?"
"The Church he described as Samson; the Patriarch, as an uncomely Delilah who had speciously87 shorn it of its strength and beauty; the State, as a political prompter and coadjutor of the Delilah; and Rome, a false God seeking to promote worship unto itself through the debased Church and State."
"God o' Mercy!" Constantine exclaimed, involuntarily signing to the sword-bearer at his back; but recovering himself, he asked with forced moderation: "To the purpose of it all--the object. What did he propose to the Brothers?"
"He called them lovers of God in the livery of Christ, and implored88 them to gird up their loins, and stand for the religion of the Fathers, lest it perish entirely89."
"Did he tell them what to do?"
"Yes, my Lord."
A wistful, eager look appeared on the royal face, and behind it an expectation that now there would be something to justify90 arrest and exile at least--something politically treasonable.
"He referred next to the thanksgiving services appointed to-day in Sancta Sophia, and declared it an opportunity from Heaven, sent them and all the faithful in the city, to begin a crusade for reform; not by resort to sword and spear, for they were weapons of hell, but by refusing to assist the Patriarch with their presence. A vision had come to him in the night, he said--an angel of the Lord with the Madonna of Blacherne--advising him of the Divine will. Under his further urgency-- and my Lord knows his power of speech--the Brothers listening, the St. James' and all present from the other Orders, broke up and took to the streets, where they are now, exhorting91 the people not to go to the Church, and there is reason to believe they will"--
"Enough," said the Emperor, with sudden resolution. "The good Gregory shall not pray God singly and alone."
Turning to Phranza, he ordered him to summon the court for the occasion. "Let not one stay away," he continued; "and they shall put on their best robes and whole regalia; for, going in state myself, I have need of their utmost splendor92. It is my will, further, that the army be drawn93 from their quarters to the Church, men, music, and flags, and the navies from their ships. And give greeting to the Patriarch, and notify him, lest he make haste. Aside from these preparations, I desire the grumblers be left to pursue their course unmolested. The sincere and holy amongst them will presently have return of clear light."
This counter project was entered upon energetically.
Shortly after noon the military bore down to the old Church, braying94 the streets with horns, drums and cymbals95, and when they were at order in the immense auditorium96, their banners hanging unfurled from the galleries, the Emperor entered, with his court; in a word, the brave, honest, white-haired Patriarch had company multitudinous and noble as he could desire. None the less, however, Gennadius had his way also--the people took no part in the ceremony.
After the celebration, Constantine, in his chambers97 up in Blacherne, meditated98 upon the day and its outcome. Phranza was his sole attendant.
"My dear friend," the Emperor began, breaking a long silence, and much disquieted99, "was not my predecessor100, the first Constantine, beset101 with religious dissensions?"
"If we may credit history, my Lord, he certainly was."
"How did he manage them?"
"He called a Council."
"A Council truly--was that all?"
"I do not recollect102 anything more."
"It was this way, I think. He first settled the faith, and then provided against dispute."
"How, my Lord?"
"Well, there was one Arius, a Libyan, Presbyter of a little church in Alexandria called Baucalis, preacher of the Unity of God"--
"I remember him now."
"Of the Unity of God as opposed to the Trinity. Him the first Constantine sent to prison for life, did he not?"
Thereupon Phranza understood the subject of his master's meditation103; but being of a timid soul, emasculated by much practice of diplomacy104, usually a tedious, waiting occupation, he hastened to reply: "Even so, my Lord. Yet he could afford to be heroic. He had consolidated105 the Church, and was holding the world in the hollow of his hand."
Constantine allowed a sigh to escape him, and lapsed106 into silence; when next he spoke107, it was to say slowly:
"Alas, my dear friend! The people were not there"--meaning at Sancta Sophia. "I fear, I fear"--
"What, my Lord?"
Another sigh deeper than the first one: "I fear I am not a statesman, but only a soldier, with nothing to give God and my Empire except a sword and one poor life."
These details will help the reader to a fair understanding of the domestic involvements which overtook the Emperor about the time Mahommed ascended108 the Turkish throne, and they are to be considered in addition to the negotiations109 in progress with the Sultan. And as it is important to give an idea of their speeding, we remark further, that from the afternoon of the solemnity in Sancta Sophia the discussion then forced upon him went from bad to worse, until he was seriously deprived both of popular sympathy and the support of the organized religious orders. The success of the solemnity in point of display, and the measures resorted to, were not merely offensive to Gennadius and his ally, the Duke Notaras; they construed110 them as a challenge to a trial of strength, and so vigorously did they avail themselves of their advantages that, before the Emperor was aware of it, there were two distinct parties in the city, one headed by Gennadius, the other by himself and Gregory the Patriarch.
Month by month the bitterness intensified111; month by month the imperial party fell away until there was little of it left outside the court and the army and navy, and even they were subjected to incessant112 inroads-- until, finally, it came to pass that the Emperor was doubtful whom to trust. Thereupon, of course, the season for energetic repressive measures vanished, never to return.
Personalities113, abuse, denunciation, lying, and sometimes downright blows took the place of debate in the struggle. One day religion was an exciting cause; next day, politics. Throughout it all, however, Gennadius was obviously the master-spirit. His methods were consummately114 adapted to the genius of the Byzantines. By confining himself strictly115 to the Church wrangle116, he avoided furnishing the Emperor pretexts117 for legal prosecution118; at the same time he wrought with such cunning that in the monasteries the very High Residence of Blacherne was spoken of as a den1 of azymites, while Sancta Sophia was abandoned to the Patriarch. To be seen in the purlieus of the latter was a signal for vulgar anathemas119 and social ostracism120. His habits meantime were of a sort to make him a popular idol121. He grew, if possible, more severely122 penitential; he fasted and flagellated himself; he slept on the stony123 floor before his crucifix; he seldom issued from his cell, and when visited there, was always surprised at prayers, the burden of which was forgiveness for signing the detested124 Articles of Union with the Latins. The physical suffering he endured was not without solace125; he had heavenly visions and was attended by angels. If in his solitude126 he fainted, the Holy Virgin127 of Blacherne ministered to him, and brought him back to life and labor8. First an ascetic128, then a Prophet--such was his progression.
And Constantine was a witness to the imposture129, and smarted under it; still he held there was nothing for him but to temporize130, for if he ordered the seizure131 and banishment132 of the all-powerful hypocrite, he could trust no one with the order. The time was dark as a starless night to the high-spirited but too amiable133 monarch134, and he watched and waited, or rather watched and drifted, extending confidence to but two counsellors, Phranza and the Princess Irene. Even in their company he was not always comfortable, for, strange to say, the advice of the woman was invariably heroic, and that of the man invariably weak and accommodating.
From this sketch135 the tendencies of the government can be right plainly estimated, leaving the suspicion of a difference between the first Constantine and the last to grow as the evils grew.
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