Ruled Britannia (2002)
“Shakespeare’s eyes stung and watered. “What’s the utility of tobacco?” he asked the player beside him, who’d been drinking sack with singleminded dedication for some little while now. “What pleasure takes one from the smoking of it, besides the pleasure of setting fire to one’s purse?” The stuff was, among other things, devilishly expensive.The player blinked at him in owlish solemnity. “Why, to pass current, of course,” he answered. After a soft belch, he buried his nose in the mug of sack onc...e more.“It suffices not,” Shakespeare murmured.“Pay him no heed,” Christopher Marlowe said from across the table. Marlowe had a pipe. He paused to draw in smoke, then blew a perfect smoke ring. Shakespeare goggled. He’d never seen that before. It almost answered his question by itself. Laughing at his flabbergasted expression, Marlowe went on, “He is sensible in nothing but blows, and so is an ass.”“Is that so?” the player said. “Well, sirrah, you can kiss mine arse.”Marlowe rose from his stool in one smooth motion.MoreLess
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