[Sits down resolutely with his back to the castle.

Fortinbras.

[Turning up his coat collar resignedly.] It’s perfect rot, you know,

To let yourself be frightened by a Ghost!

Horatio.

[Angrily.] A Ghost! You’re always so inaccurate!

Nobody minds a spectre at the feast

Less than Horatio, but a dozen spectres,

All sitting round your hospitable board

And clamouring for dinner, are a sight