Bertier, sitting opposite, pushed his "rook" forward three squares, hesitated, and then voiced the doubt in his heart:
"Your Highness, why do you care so much about the Bey of Tunisia? I mean, it might not be a bad choice to let the rioters vent their anger on him."
Joseph moved his "queen," saving his "knight":
"Haji has worked with us after all, even if it was for revenge and to reclaim his beloved. Morally speaking, we should not just ignore him like this. Besides, although he doesn't wield much actual power, he is still a symbolic figure in Tunisia. Various decrees are issued in his name from the Ksar Hellal Palace, and they are executed more swiftly. If he were to die, who knows how long it would take for the locals in Tunisia to balance the interests of all parties and produce a government."
