“A beer, that’s what I want!” the King’s partner said. “A beer! I’m thirsty after all that exercise.”
“That is what you shall have,” the King agreed. “Come on, Lakatos.”
He turned towards the bar and as he did so several of his other friends who had been in the box joined him.
“What are you doing, Gyo?” one of them asked. “There’s champagne upstairs.”
“Kata wants a beer,” the King answered, “and so do I.” “And so do we!” his friends chorused. “Beer! Beer! And mind we’re served first!”
“We will see to that,” the King said. “Come on, boys, clear a passage for me!”
They obliged, moving forward on each side of the King and deliberately knocking those who had been waiting out of their path.
Because the onslaught came from behind, most of the men did not realise what was happening until t
