He sat for a while contemplating the work he was about to embark on.
It was late evening and he was tired. Nevertheless, he had in mind a historical play about a wicked duke and it would require a strong opening. The first scene of this play needs to set the mood; needs to explain the present state of affairs through the words of, and as seen by, the main character, the duke himself. He stands in a city street, expressing this to the audience.
The bard whispers to himself as he sets the words down.
“Now, all are subject to this time of… of discontentment.”
He shook his head and murmurs, “No.”
He went on. “Now is the season that brings discontentment, made… No.”
He stretched a little and sighed. “Now doth ill contentment fill this time, this season when he of York brings… No, no!”
He yawns. “Tomorrow, and tomorrow… I shall sleep on it and return to it tomorrow.”
