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Scene IIAnother room in the castleEnter HamletHamletSafely stowed.Rosencrantz, GuildensternWithinHamlet! Lord Hamlet!HamletWhat noise? who calls on Hamlet? O, here they come.Enter Rosencrantz and GuildensternRosencrantzWhat have you done, my lord, with the dead body?HamletCompounded it with dust, whereto ’tis kin.RosencrantzTell us where ’tis, that we may take it thence And bear it to the chapel.HamletDo not believe it.RosencrantzBelieve what?HamletThat 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?RosencrantzTake you me for a sponge, my lord?HamletAy, 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.RosencrantzI understand you not, my lord.HamletI am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in a foolish ear.RosencrantzMy lord, you must tell us where the body is, and go with us to the king.HamletThe body is with the king, but the king is not with the body. The king is a thing—GuildensternA thing, my lord!HamletOf nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox, and all after.Exeunt
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