To side like a lion's; his red eyes glared at the shouting crowd that honored him. Flowers were thrown into the ring and fell on his broad white back. He turned swiftly pawing at the dust of the arena trampling the flowers. Then lightly unostentatiously a slight stocky figure ap- peared dressed in a black cloak lined with scarlet silk tight black doublet and trousers decorated with gold knee-high boots of black leather embellished with silver. His face was swarthy young alert. He doffed his wide... read more
