Hamlet

Act 3 Scene 2

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As Vulcan’s stithy. Give him heedful note. For I mine eyes will rivet to his face, And after we will both our judgments join 80In censure of his seeming.	Watch him closely. I’ll stare at him too, and afterward we’ll compare notes on him.
HORATIO Well, my lord. If he steal aught the whilst this play is playing, And ’scape detecting, I will pay the theft.	HORATIO My lord, I’ll watch him as closely as I would a thief. I won’t miss a trick.
Danish march. Sound a flourish. Enter King CLAUDIUS, Queen GERTRUDE, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN and other lords attendant with CLAUDIUS’s; guard carrying torches	Trumpets play. CLAUDIUS enters with GERTRUDE, POLONIUS, OPHELIA, ROSENCRANTZ, GUILDENSTERN, and other lords attendant with CLAUDIUS ’s guard carrying torches.
HAMLET They are coming to the play. I must be idle. Get you a place.	HAMLET They’re coming. I can’t talk now. Take your seat.
CLAUDIUS 85How fares our cousin Hamlet?	CLAUDIUS So how’s my nephew Hamlet doing?
HAMLET Excellent, i' faith, of the chameleon’s dish. I eat the air, promise-crammed. You cannot feed capons so.	HAMLET Wonderful! I eat the air, like chameleons do. I’m positively stuffed with air, I eat so much of it.
CLAUDIUS I have nothing with this answer, Hamlet. These words are not mine.	CLAUDIUS I have no idea what you’re talking about, Hamlet. You’re not answering my question.
HAMLET No, nor mine now. (to POLONIUS) My lord, you played once i' th' university, you say?	HAMLET Mine, neither. (to POLONIUS) My lord, you performed in amateur dramatic productions in college, right?
POLONIUS That did I, my lord, and was accounted a good actor.	POLONIUS Indeed I did, my lord. I was considered to be quite a good actor.
HAMLET What did you enact?	HAMLET What role did you play?
POLONIUS I did enact Julius Caesar. I was killed i' th' Capitol. Brutus killed me.	POLONIUS I played Julius Caesar. I was killed in the Capitol. Brutus killed me.