[The clock begins to strike as they exeunt hastily. On the last stroke, Ghost enters.

Ghost.

I am Hamlet’s father’s spirit,

Doomed for a certain term to walk the night,

And for the day....

[Stops, seeing no one there.

What! Nobody about?

Why, this is positively disrespectful.

I’ll wait until Horatio returns

And, when I’ve got him quietly alone,