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Another Room in the Castle.
Enter HAMLET.
Hamlet Safely stowed.
Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern [Within.] Hamlet! Lord Hamlet!
Hamlet What noise? Who calls on Hamlet?
Enter ROSENCRANTZ and GUILDENSTERN.
O, here they come.
Rosencrantz What have you done, my lord, with the dead body?
Hamlet Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin.
Rosencrantz Tell us where 'tis, that we may take it thence
And bear it to the chapel.
Hamlet Do not believe it.
Rosencrantz Believe what?
Hamlet That I can keep your counsel and not mine own. Besides, to
be demanded of a sponge - what replication should be made
by the son of a king?
Rosencrantz Take you me for a sponge, my lord?
Hamlet Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards,
his authorities. But such officers do the king best service
in the end. He keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of
his jaw, first mouthed to be last swallowed. When he needs
what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and,
sponge, you shall be dry again.
Rosencrantz I understand you not, my lord.
Hamlet I am glad of it. A knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.
Rosencrantz My lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us
to the king.
Hamlet The body is with the king, but the king is not with the
body. The king is a thing-
Guildenstern A thing, my lord?
Hamlet Of nothing. Bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after.
[Exeunt.