Odd that Horatio should quibble
With Marcellus and Barnardo about the time. What does it matter what definition
of “long” they use? How much longer could Marcellus and Barnardo mean?
And why should it matter that Horatio felt the time to be shorter?
Is this just a quick reminder that Marcellus and Barnardo saw the ghost before and Horatio only this once?
It feels like a power struggle
For a point of view.