Now this morning my Lord told me of his dream of the night before. And he said, “My dear scribe, last night as I slept, I dreamt. And in this dream I listened to those wiser than myself, who had come here to the High Palace to impart to me their wisdom. But each time they spoke, I was forced to cut the tongues from their mouths, for the silence of these halls is sacrosanct, and without it I shall never have the solitude in which to meditate successfully upon their words.”