And I learned the great man by heart from the stories on their faces.
When presently the retainers arrived, one above the other in a row, saying:
“The great man is ready,”
I had long been a greater than he.
This is the reason for myself:
When I used to go in the races, I had but one prayer,
And I went first before the judges, saying;
“Give everyone a distance, such as you consider best;
I will run scratch.”