I dreamed two of my sisters, a beo r r ther- in-law and I were held prin s soner in the sumptuous palace of a sultan, for reasons unknown. We were going to be executed the next morning: dearh t r by drowning. We were all going to be ties d d into a sack together, and thrown into the river. Late afternoon the day before, I had the oppor- tunity to rescue us all , but it