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           Intheintenseinstantofimagination,whenthemind,Shelleysays,isafadingcoal,thatwhichIwasisthatwhichIamandthatwhichinpossibilityImaycometobe.Sointhefuture,thesisterofthepast,ImayseemyselfasIsitherenowbutbyreflectionfromthatwhichthenIshallbe.

           DrummondofHawthorndenhelpedyouatthatstile.

           —Yes,MrBestsaidyoungly.IfeelHamletquiteyoung.ThebitternessmightbefromthefatherbutthepassageswithOpheliaaresurelyfromtheson.

           Hasthewrongsowbythelug.Heisinmyfather.Iaminhisson.

           —Thatmoleisthelasttogo,Stephensaid,laughing.

           JohnEglintonmadeanothingpleasingmow.

           —Ifthatwerethebirthmarkofgenius,hesaid,geniuswouldbeadruginthemarket.TheplaysofShakespeare’slateryearswhichRenanadmiredsomuchbreatheanotherspirit.

           —Thespiritofreconciliation,thequakerlibrarianbreathed.

           —Therecanbenoreconciliation,Stephensaid,iftherehasnotbeenasundering.

           Saidthat.

           —IfyouwanttoknowwhataretheeventswhichcasttheirshadowoverthehelloftimeofKingLear,Othello,Hamlet,TroilusandCressida,looktoseewhenandhowtheshadowlifts.Whatsoftenstheheartofaman,shipwreckedinstormsdire,Tried,likeanotherUlysses,Pericles,princeofTyre?

           Head,redconecapped,buffeted,brineblinded.

           —Achild,agirl,placedinhisarms,Marina.

           —Theleaningofsophiststowardsthebypathsofapocryphaisaconstantquantity,JohnEglintondetected.Thehighroadsaredrearybuttheyleadtothetown.

           GoodBacon:gonemusty.ShakespeareBacon’swildoats.