One other thing that came to me after posting my main comment, the lines "They stood around, outside the wall; but of course, there was nothing to be heard at all." May imply that the people knew a bit about what was going on, and knew that it was not something dangerous, or unwilling to compromise, but rather something that could be resolved. In addition, it could be implying that the people were offering their help. This applied to life as: You should be forgiving, and understand when people repress things, that their anger is not actually addressed to you, but rather their fear. You should help them despite how they may have treated you.
One other thing that came to me after posting my main comment, the lines "They stood around, outside the wall; but of course, there was nothing to be heard at all." May imply that the people knew a bit about what was going on, and knew that it was not something dangerous, or unwilling to compromise, but rather something that could be resolved. In addition, it could be implying that the people were offering their help. This applied to life as: You should be forgiving, and understand when people repress things, that their anger is not actually addressed to you, but rather their fear. You should help them despite how they may have treated you.