A Stretch In Siberia
April, 1958
A Stretch in SiberiaMr. Cutts, the English master, said: "We will now have Mr. Drake on the mystery of William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Mr. Drake, if you please."Drake came to the prescribed position of attention and marched to the side of the desk. He made a smart about-face. The paper trembled a little in his hand, but Drake was more exultant than nervous. This was showdown.He cleared his throat. "Dis Homlet," he read, "he don' make me sensible. Dot mon, he t'row away hee...