The Blood of Alexandria by Blake Richard

Author:Blake, Richard [Blake, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Hewer Text UK Ltd
Publisher: Hachette Littlehampton
Published: 2010-06-09T16:00:00+00:00

‘Your bribe of oil has certainly lubricated the mob,’ Nicetas had said at dinner the previous evening. Everyone had laughed politely at the witticism. But he was right. For the moment, I had soothed things. My chair was carried through streets as crowded and apparently as cheerful as ever. The shops and exchanges had all reopened. I came across a couple of my Jews as I passed by the Law Courts. They touched their foreheads and bowed in their Eastern manner as I was carried past. Since we were in full public, I ignored them. I represented the Emperor himself, and there was nothing strange if people prostrated themselves in the dust before my chair.

There were still double guards on duty outside the Palace. But this was the result of orders given the previous day, not of present necessity. As usual, people were coming and going with minimal inspection of their documents.

Outside his office, the eunuchs tried to make a fuss about the book dust still clinging to me. But I was almost late, and the business I had with Nicetas was too important for delay.

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