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| Enter POLONIUS with his man
REYNALDO |
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| POLONIUS enters with his servant
REYNALDO. |
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Give him this money and these notes, Reynaldo. |
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| POLONIUS |
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Give him this money and these letters, Reynaldo. |
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I will, my lord. |
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You shall do marvelous wisely, good Reynaldo, |
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Before you visit him, to make inquire |
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Of his behavior. |
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| POLONIUS |
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It would be wonderfully wise of you, my dear Reynaldo, to ask
around about his behavior a little before you visit him. |
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| | REYNALDO |
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My lord, I did
intend it. |
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| REYNALDO |
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That's what I thought too, sir. |
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Marry, well said, very well said. Look you, sir, |
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Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris, |
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And how, and who, what means, and where they keep |
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What company at what expense; and finding |
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By this encompassment and drift of question |
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That they do know my son, come you more nearer |
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Than your particular demands will touch it. |
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Take you, as 'twere, some distant knowledge of him, |
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As thus: “I know his father and his friends, |
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And, in part, him.” Do you mark this, Reynaldo? |
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Excellent, very good. Ask around and find out what Danish people
are in Paris—who they are, where they live and how much
money they have, who their friends are. And if you find out in this
general sort of questioning that they happen to know my son,
you'll find out much more than if you asked specific
questions about him. Just tell them you vaguely know Laertes, say
something like, “I'm a friend of his father
and I sort of know him,” or whatever. Do you get what
I'm saying, Reynaldo? |
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Ay, very well, my lord. |
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| REYNALDO |
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Yes, very well, sir. |
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“And in part him, but,” you may say,
“not well. |
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But, if 't be he I mean, he's very wild. |
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Addicted so and so.—” And there put on him |
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What forgeries you please. Marry, none so rank |
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As may dishonor him. Take heed of that. |
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But, sir, such wanton, wild, and usual slips |
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You should say, “I sort of know him, but not well. Is
it the same Laertes who's a wild party animal?
Isn't he the one who's always,” and
so on. Then just make up whatever you want—of course,
nothing so bad that it would shame him. I mean make up any stories
that |
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