In the huge newsroom with rows of desks branching out from a central Arthurian round table (the place for editorial conferences) there is a strangely silent atmosphere.
These and other works exemplify the expressive qualities of Pre-Raphaelite art brought to their zenith in Burne-Jones's Arthurian paintings and tapestries: the dreamlike sense of dim recollections viewed behind closed eyes, of erotic yearning conveyed through powerful silence.