“Ever been to a theater, sailor? Tragedy in Three Acts? That’s it! The curtain falls and the play’s over. The audience dries its eyes and goes home and gets on with real life.”
“I suppose.” Gathmor smiled to show his acceptance. “And I suppose I’m lucky to have you here to stop me doing something crazy. Just feels like there ought to be more, somehow.”
Tumult, and shouting:
The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart.
— Kipling, Recessional