Have you already forgotten what we told you? "The old man was reproachful. One cannot take vengeance on a madman; hamlet killed Polonius in his madness. As for the girl, she not only went mad, she was drowned. Only witches can make people drown. Water itself cant hurt anything. It is merely something one drinks and bathes in. I began to get cross. "If you dont like the story, I'll stop The old man made soothing noises and himself poured me some more beer. " You tell the story well, and we are listening. But it is clear that the elders of your country have never told you what the story really means. No dont interrupt! We believe you when you say your marriage customs are different, or your clothes and weapons. But people are the same everywhere; therefore, there are always witches and it is we, the elders who know how witches work. We told you it was the great chief who wished to kill Hamlet, and now your own words have proved us right Who were Ophelias male relatives? There were only her father and her brother Hamlet was clearly out of my hands There must have been many more; this also you must ask of your elders hen you get back to your country. From what you tell us, since Polonius was dead, it must have been Laertes who killed Ophelia, although i do not see the reason for it We had emptied one pot of beer and the old men argued the point with slightly tipsy interest. Finally one of them demanded of me, What did the servant of polonius say on his return? With difficulty i recollected Reynaldo and his mission "I don' t think he did return before Polonius was killed Listen, said the elder, and i will tell you how it was and how your story will go, then you may tell me if i am right. Polonius knew his son would ge into trouble, and so he did. He had many fines to pay for fighting, and debts from gambling But he had only two ways of getting money quickly One was to marry off his sister at once, but it is difficult to find a man who will marry a woman desired by the son of a chief. For if the chiefs heir commits adultery with your wife, what can you do? Only a fool calls a case against a man who will someday be his judge Therefore Laertes had to take“Have you already forgotten what we told you?” The old man was reproachful. “One cannot take vengeance on a madman; Hamlet killed Polonius in his madness. As for the girl, she not only went mad, she was drowned. Only witches can make people drown. Water itself can’t hurt anything. It is merely something one drinks and bathes in.” I began to get cross. “If you don’t like the story, I’ll stop.” The old man made soothing noises and himself poured me some more beer. “You tell the story well, and we are listening. But it is clear that the elders of your country have never told you what the story really means. No, don’t interrupt! We believe you when you say your marriage customs are different, or your clothes and weapons. But people are the same everywhere; therefore, there are always witches and it is we, the elders, who know how witches work. We told you it was the great chief who wished to kill Hamlet, and now your own words have proved us right. Who were Ophelia’s male relatives?” “There were only her father and her brother.” Hamlet was clearly out of my hands. “There must have been many more; this also you must ask of your elders when you get back to your country. From what you tell us, since Polonius was dead, it must have been Laertes who killed Ophelia, although I do not see the reason for it.” We had emptied one pot of beer, and the old men argued the point with slightly tipsy interest. Finally one of them demanded of me, “What did the servant of Polonius say on his return?” With difficulty I recollected Reynaldo and his mission. “I don’t think he did return before Polonius was killed.” “Listen,” said the elder, “and I will tell you how it was and how your story will go, then you may tell me if I am right. Polonius knew his son would get into trouble, and so he did. He had many fines to pay for fighting, and debts from gambling. But he had only two ways of getting money quickly. One was to marry off his sister at once, but it is difficult to find a man who will marry a woman desired by the son of a chief. For if the chief’s heir commits adultery with your wife, what can you do? Only a fool calls a case against a man who will someday be his judge. Therefore Laertes had to take