Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Hamlet: Alas! poor ghost. Ghost: Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold. Hamlet: Speak; I am bound to hear.

The Ghost says, “lend thy serious hearing” before explaining that he will “unfold” something. This means Hamlet should listen carefully and seriously to what the Ghost is about to tell him. So the best choice is “but listen closely to what I am going to say.”

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