[M&D p. 22] Spoiler -- Question

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> >> On page 22, the L.E.D. says:
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> >>  "[...] we go on as tail-wagging Scheherezades, ever a step away from
> >>   the dread Palm Leaf, nightly delaying the Blades of our Masters by
> >>   telling back to them tales of their humanity."
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> >> What does the Palm Leaf mean?  What is it?  I am guessing that
> >> Scheherezade must be the wife in "1001 Nights", am I correct?
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> >> Saludos, Juan.
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> >Scheherezade is the young woman in "1001 Nights" who tells the cuckolded
> king stories to prevent her death.  The story within a story format of
> "1001 Nights" should be familiar to all on this list.  She eventually
> becomes his wife (oops, should have put a spoiler warning!)
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> Hey, then there's our Scheherezadical Reverend.  This whole book is a tale
> he's telling to amuse the children, for fear of being turned out (Boppo!)
> to the "Winter's Block and Blade".
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> Tod
bravo! that's it! good show! (why do i sound the least sincere when i am
the most serious, at which point, the point of realization, that is, my
sincerity degrades itself into a mockery of the tone i feared
conveying--point is, good point.)
ray