Diego Velasquez, Portrait of Pedro de Barberana, 1631 No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use, Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse; At times, indeed, almost ridiculous— Almost, at times, the Fool. — T.S. Eliot, “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” So The Blackstone Group decided yest...
