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Book Three: The Prophet
Canyousayhedidthisoutofasenseofjustice?Whosejustice,then?
Remember,wespeaknowoftheMuad’Dibwhoorderedbattledrumsmadefromhisenemies‘skins,theMuad’Dibwhodeniedtheconventionsofhisducalpastwithawaveofthehand,sayingmerely:“IamtheKwisatzHaderach.Thatisreasonenough.”
—from“ArrakisAwakening”bythePrincessIrulan
ITWAStotheArrakeengovernor’smansion,theoldResidencytheAtreideshadfirstoccupiedonDune,thattheyescortedPaul-Muad’Dibontheeveningofhisvictory.ThebuildingstoodasRabbanhadrestoredit,virtuallyuntouchedbythefightingalthoughtherehadbeenlootingbytownspeople.Someofthefurnishingsinthemainhallhadbeenoverturnedorsmashed.
PaulstrodethroughthemainentrancewithGurneyHalleckandStilgarapacebehind.TheirescortfannedoutintotheGreatHall,straighteningtheplaceandclearinganareaforMuad’Dib.Onesquadbeganinvestigatingthatnoslytraphadbeenplantedhere.
“Irememberthedaywefirstcameherewithyourfather,”Gurneysaid.Heglancedaroundatthebeamsandthehigh,slittedwindows.“Ididn’tlikethisplacethenandIlikeitlessnow.Oneofourcaveswouldbesafer.”
“SpokenlikeatrueFremen,”Stilgarsaid,andhemarkedthecoldsmilethathiswordsbroughttoMuad‘Dib’slips.“Willyoureconsider,Muad’Dib?”
“Thisplaceisasymbol,”Paulsaid.“Rabbanlivedhere.ByoccupyingthisplaceIsealmyvictoryforalltounderstand.Sendmenthroughthebuilding.
Touchnothing.JustbecertainnoHarkonnenpeopleortoysremain.
