“Yes, but I should have liked to know what king, and what he did.”
“Well! There it is at the bottom. You can read it, can’t you?”
“Macbeth?”
“Certainly. It’s Macbeth, a famous king of ancient times.”
“And that one there with a sword in his hand?”
“Also a king, or a general, or a hero, or something of the kind—somebody that wants to fight. Perhaps David, or Saul, or Alexander the Great. That’s not to be taken so exactly.”
“And the lady with the flowers? She seems to be tearing them up.”
“That one? Show her to me: Ophelia. Yes, that’s Ophelia. Don’t you know?”
“Yes. Why does she throw the leaves on the ground?”
“Why? why? The questions you do ask!”