(Enter the King and two or three
Lords.)
CLAUDIUS
That he goes loose! We cannot charge him, the people love
him; if we charge him, they'll revolt--so we send him off
under careful cover. He's a threat we may not recover from
if things do not go as we manage.
(Claudius takes que from attendant.)
Send them in.
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern enter.)
CLAUDIUS
What then?
ROSENCRANTZ
We can't get it out of him.
CLAUDIUS
Where is he?
ROSENCRANTZ
Outside, my lord, guarded; at your pleasure.
CLAUDIUS
Bring the prince in.
(Hamlet enters under guard.)
CLAUDIUS
Where's Polonius?
HAMLET
At supper.
CLAUDIUS
Where?
HAMLET
Where does he eat? Or where is he eaten? Our emperors of
diet are busy with him. Right? If we fatten creatures to
fatten ourselves, only to fatten worms, then a king and a
beggar are but two courses served upon the same table. No?
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