From Ali Qapu...
"And you are now to see the Golden One."
"The Golden One?"
"We shall talk on the way," he observed leading the way towards a long colonnaded walk that bordered the edge of the garden and opened into a gateway guarded by an eunuch armed with a wide scimitar. The guard opened the gate and we followed into a marble hellway. "The Golden One is our absolute ruler. The first moment of your training is to begin. When we stop by a door you shall be required to enter alone. You will enter the room with head bowed and eyes downcast until you reach a strip of gold on the floor and then you will go to your knees and touch your forehead to the floor. You will do as you are told as if your very life depended upon it, it will. And when the interview is over you will back from the room"