Commentary Par XXII 31-36

Once again a personage of Paradise alludes to the fact that speech is here an unnecessary form of communication (to any understanding but that of mortal Dante).  The speaker assures him that, had he only known the inner dispositions of these 'globes,' he would have spoken up (even as we remind ourselves that there obviously was no need to, since they know his thoughts even as he suppresses his desire to give voice to them).