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| HAMLET |
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The body is safely hidden. |
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| | GENTLEMEN |
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(from within) Hamlet! Lord
Hamlet! |
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| GENTLEMEN |
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(from offstage) Hamlet, Lord
Hamlet! |
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| | HAMLET |
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But soft, what noise? Who calls on Hamlet? |
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Oh, here they come. |
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| HAMLET |
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What's that noise? Who's calling for Hamlet?
Oh, here they come. |
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| Enter ROSENCRANTZ,
GUILDENSTERN, and others |
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| ROSENCRANTZ and
GUILDENSTERN enter with others. |
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| | ROSENCRANTZ |
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What have you done, my lord, with the dead body? |
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| ROSENCRANTZ |
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What have you done with the corpse, my lord? |
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| | HAMLET |
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Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin. |
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| HAMLET |
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I've gotten it dirty—ashes to ashes, and
dust to dust. |
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| | ROSENCRANTZ |
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Tell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence |
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And bear it to the chapel. |
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| ROSENCRANTZ |
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But tell us where it is, so we can take it to the chapel. |
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| | HAMLET |
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Do not believe it. |
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| | ROSENCRANTZ |
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Believe what? |
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| ROSENCRANTZ |
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Believe what? |
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| | HAMLET |
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That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to |
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be demanded of a sponge! What replication should be made |
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by the son of a king? |
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| HAMLET |
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That I'd take your advice rather than keep my own
secret. Besides, you're a sponge! What is the son of a
king supposed to say to a sponge? |
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Take you me for a sponge, my lord? |
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| ROSENCRANTZ |
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You think I'm a sponge, my lord? |
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