CHAPTER LXVIII King Media Dreams 

That afternoon was melting down to eve; all but Media broad awake; yet all motionless, as the slumberer upon the purple mat. Sailing on, with open eyes, we slept the wakeful sleep of those, who to the body only give repose, while the spirit still toils on, threading her mountain passes. 

King Media's slumbers were like the helmed sentry's in the saddle. From them, he started like an antlered deer, bursting from out a copse. Some said he never slept; that deep within himself he but intensified the hour; or, leaving his crowned brow in marble quiet, unseen, departed to far-off councils of the gods. Howbeit, his lids never closed; in the noonday sun, those crystal eyes, like diamonds, sparkled with a fixed light. 

As motionless we thus reclined, Media turned and muttered:--"Brother gods, and demi-gods, it is not well. These mortals should have less or more. Among my subjects is a man, whose genius scorns the common theories of things; but whose still mortal mind can not fathom the ocean at his feet. His soul's a hollow, wherein he raves." 

"List, list," whispered Yoomy--"our lord is dreaming; and what a royal dream." 

"A very royal and imperial dream," said Babbalanja--"he is arraigning me before high heaven;--ay, ay; in dreams, at least, he deems himself a demi-god." 

"Hist," said Mohi--"he speaks again." 

"Gods and demi-gods! With one gesture all abysses we may disclose; and before this Mardi's eyes, evoke the shrouded time to come. Were this well? Like lost children groping in the woods, they falter through their tangled paths; and at a thousand angles, baffled, start upon each other. And even when they make an onward move, 'tis but an endless vestibule, that leads to naught. In my own isle of Odo--Odo! Odo! How rules my viceroy there?--Down, down, ye madding mobs! Ho, spearmen, charge! By the firmament, but my halberdiers fly!"  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. Who was completely awake?
2. Who was zero percent asleep?
3. 
Q2:
1. Who could be compared to a deer?
2. Who resembled a deer?
3. 
Q3:
1. What comments were made about King Media's sleep?
2. What was said regarding King Media's rest?
3. 
Q4:
1. What was the king's statement?
2. What comment did the king make?
3. 
Q5:
1. Why did the king say things were not going bad?
2. What was the reason for the king's gloomy statement?
3. 
Q6:
1. Who spoke about the dream in hushed tones?
2. Who talked quietly about the dream?
3. 
Q7:
1. Who was present with Yoomy?
2. Who other than Yoomy was in the room?
3. 
Q8:
1. Who was present with Yoomy and Babbalanja?
2. Who other than Yoomy and Babbalanja was in the room?
3. 
Q9:
1. What sort of thing was Odo?
2. What kind of place was Odo?
3. 
Q10:
1. Whose island was Odo?
2. Who did the island of Odo belong to?
3. 
Q11:
1. Where was the king believed to travel in his sleep?
2. Where was it believed that the king went while he was sleeping?
3. 
