Book2:KigdomIteDreams

ubintasthatofthepeopleinthesquarebelow.AlthoughcourseaftercourseofraredelicacieswereservedoertheotherandKingDimitriateandoccasionallyraisedhisgoblettotoastthebeautiesasifihought,theycouldallseehewastroubled,hisfacialexpressiondeeplysorrowful.TheycouldnotuandwhyKingDimitriwasnotashappyandcheerfushenormallywaswheurnedfromhiswanderings.Heusedtobesohigh-spiritedandwouldtalkandjokewiththemoverthebaellioriesofhisadventures,its,straomsandpeoplehehadenteredasheroamedalroundtheworld.Theywouldbesoentrancedbyhisfasatingnarrationsthattheyfeltasthoughtheyphysicallyexperienorehisdaringadventures.Butthistime,KingDimitriseemedsosadandtroubledthatthebeautiesdarednottalktooloudforfeartheymightobtrudeuponhisbroodingreverie.heless,theywererelievedthathehadatstreturned,seeminglyingoodhealth,hiseyesightheworseforhistravels.Thebeautiessatthere,silentlyenjoyingthefoodandtalkingsoftlyamongthemselvesinfitsandstarts.Silencereignedoverthetablemostofthetime.Uhemoonlight,thegmouroftheirbeauty,thestylishnessoftheircarriageanddemeanorseemedasdazzlingaseverastheysatinpanyoftheirlordandmaster.Raisinghishead,KingDimitrilookedatthefullmoonoverhead.Thenhisgazewenttothebeautiessurroundinghim,everyohemasbeauteousastheflowers;beforelookingdownontothecrowdsofhisboisteroussubjects,crowdingthesquareandthesurroundinghillsides,celebratinghisreturn.Theseseemedsoreal,yetillusionarythatevenKingDimitricouldnotsayforcertaiherallthiswastrue.

    Hethought,“Ah!AtstIamhome.Ihaveretreatedfromthefar-away,mundaneworldtomyKingdomo