OHYAT: Trying Again

When Cherry and Dimitri came back empty-handed, as it were, Atch decided another attempt should be made to assist the Polar Party. Cherry was eager to go, after a few days' rest, but on the 20th he fainted with a strained heart after a walk outside and Atch forbade him to come along.

( The situation, in a little more depth... )

After some discussion as to the Polar Party's estimated rate of progress and the degree to which two manhaulers could be of any assistance to them (the dogs were in no condition for further work), Atch and Pat Keohane set out ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TODAY with eighteen days' food for themselves and a week's ration for the men they aimed to meet.

Taking Leave

We defy augury. There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ’tis not to come. If it be not to come, it will be now. If it be not now, yet it will come — the readiness is all. Since no man knows of aught he leaves, what is ’t to leave betimes? Let be.

– Hamlet, Act 5 sc. 2

There are a lot of quotable quotes from Hamlet, to the point where we quote them all the time without knowing where they're from, but I'm surprised this one doesn't get more play.