"See thou," says Laertes as they lift the cloth; "the fabric of the universe bends around the ham. And thence, all smaller objects tend toward it." With one hand, he lets the bowl of garlic slide down from the corner of the tablecloth until it comes to nestle against the ham. "And what, thinkest thou, would happen if I rolled a great ball of lead onto the fabric? For though its girth be not as great as the ham bowl, it's very dense--small, but massy. What then would the ham and the garlic do?"