The old King Hamlet. That can only be Claudius' brother, the cruel man who created a trembling shadow of a younger brother. The man Claudius killed. Lan Wangji says nothing about that, naturally1.
"If King Hamlet died in a manner conducive to the fomentation of resentful energy, a ghost or a fierce corpse may arise. I could suppress it." He pauses, then, and allows himself to succumb to the entertainment value of the story. "Crowley needles others at length. He has earned a needle or more in his own back."
1He has not been updated on the fact that Claudius burst out of the murder closet on laudanum and left the door wide open behind him.
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"If King Hamlet died in a manner conducive to the fomentation of resentful energy, a ghost or a fierce corpse may arise. I could suppress it." He pauses, then, and allows himself to succumb to the entertainment value of the story. "Crowley needles others at length. He has earned a needle or more in his own back."
1He has not been updated on the fact that Claudius burst out of the murder closet on laudanum and left the door wide open behind him.