Useless, useless

[Laurie Verge]

Not sure how close Herold was to the dying assassin, but I certainly agree that Booth was talking about their undertaking being useless.

A thought: I am not a Shakespearean anything, but could there possibly be a tie-in to his raising his hands and declaring "useless, useless" to a line from Shakespeare? I happen to be one of those who believes John Andrews's thesis that "Shakespeare Killed Abraham Lincoln" from the standpoint that the Bard had a great influence on most of the Booths' upbringings.