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Within his truncheon’s length, whilst they, distill’d
Almost to jelly with the act of fear, [205]
Stand dumb and speak not to him. This to me
In dreadful secrecy impart they did,

And I with them the third night kept the watch,
Where, as they had deliver’d, both in time,
Form of the thing, each word made true and good, [210]
The apparition comes. I knew your father;

These hands are not more like.

HAMLET
But where was this?

MARCELLUS
My lord, upon the platform where we watch.

HAMLET
Did you not speak to it?

HORATIO
My lord, I did,
But answer made it none. Yet once methought [215]

It lifted up it head and did address
Itself to motion like as it would speak.
But even then the morning cock crew loud,
And at the sound it shrunk in haste away

And vanish’d from our sight.

HAMLET
’Tis very strange. [220]

HORATIO
As I do live, my honour’d lord, ’tis true;
And we did think it writ down in our duty
To let you know of it.

HAMLET