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And Leka Kapetan came forth; 230
In the courtyard he met the three Vojvodas,
They halsed each other in arms and kissed each the other,
And each hero asked other how he did;
Each took other by the hand,
And went, brother, to the slender čardak.
And when they were gone up into the čardak,
Albeit Marko had gone to and fro in the earth,
Nor marvelled no more at anything,
Nor was never abashed,
Yet here Marko both marvelled and was abashed, 240
When he beheld Leka's čardak,
And saw the splendour thereof.
Wherewith, think ye, was the floor covered?
With fine cloth that reached to the door of the čardak;
And on the cloth was spread fair velvet.
And how, think ye, were the beds in Leka's manor?
How the pillows under the head?
All, all were wove in thread of purest gold.
Round the čardak were pegs a many,
Wherefrom hung knightly weapons,250
And the pegs were of white silver;
And the columns round about the čardak
Were all of white silver,
And the capitals thereof were of fine gold.
And on the left side of the čardak
Was the well-garnished sofra[1],
And along it wine had been poured out,
And brimmed in golden beakers;
And at the head thereof stood a goblet
That held full nine litres of wine,260
And was wrought of purest gold.
It was the goblet of Leka Kapetan,
And of that Marko had great marvel.
And now Leka bade them sit down,
He made place at the head of the sofra,
- ↑ Sofra: the low table round which the guests squatted on cushions on the floor.
