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SHERLOCK You seem to me to be deprecating fame itself.
MYSELF Holmes, you did not begrudge l'Estrade his need of fame. But who, think you, decided between you and your begetter? When was the award made? Who is more famous: Nelson, or his ‘blind eye’? Fame is no plant that grows in mortal soil.
MAN ‘Nor in broad rumour lies…’
MYSELF So, you've come to life have you?
MAN Not yet.
ALICE What do you mean – not yet?
MAN I live in the future. My memoirs are the shape of things to come.
MYSELF Are we to have a pre-view? I should be most interested.
MAN The Royal Court at Ur – did they drain their little cups for what dreams their contents would reveal, or to conceal them? I do not know.
MYSELF The past, like the future, is hidden from you.