Status Updates From Lord Mountdrago

In the kingdom of the blind the one-eyed man is king: ...

He's seen me do things that no man with any self-respect would do, things for which men are driven out of the society of their fellows and sentenced to long terms of imprisonment; he's heard the foulness of my speech; he's seen me not only ridiculous, but revolting. He despises me and he no longer pretends to conceal it. I tell you that if you can't do something to help me I shall either kill myself or kill him.

The fact is I've been having some very tiresome dreams lately. I know it's silly to pay any attention to them, but--well, the honest truth is that I'm afraid they've got on my nerves."

He was surprised that his patient was late, for Lord Mountdrago prided himself on his punctuality; he had a sententious way of expressing himself which gave the air of an epigram to a commonplace remark, and he was in the habit of saying that punctuality is a compliment you pay to the intelligent and a rebuke you administer to the stupid.