[A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs]@TWC D-Link bookA House-Boat on the Styx CHAPTER IV: HAMLET MAKES A SUGGESTION 8/13
"I never entered the graveyard even, and I can prove an alibi." "And, what's more, he couldn't have made the remark the way Shakespeare has it, anyhow," said Yorick, "and for a very good reason.
I wasn't buried in that graveyard, and Hamlet and I can prove an alibi for the skull, too." "It was a good play, just the same," said Cicero. "Very," put in Doctor Johnson.
"It cured me of insomnia." "Well, if you don't talk in your sleep, the play did a Christian service to the world," retorted Shakespeare.
"But, really, Hamlet, I thought I did the square thing by you in that play.
I meant to, anyhow; and if it has made you unhappy, I'm honestly sorry." "Spoken like a man," said Yorick. "I don't mind the play so much," said Hamlet, "but the way I'm represented by these fellows who play it is the thing that rubs me the wrong way.
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