"Well," this is careful, a little cautious. It's one thing to discuss this with Susan or Sagramore; with Laertes he sometimes feels he'll take a turn and there will be a cliff he was unaware of.

(It's not, he realizes, that he doesn't trust Laertes -- more than he doesn't trust himself to read the conversation correctly.)

"For one, the notion that men may marry, and love openly. For another, that one may be in a marriage and have other loves without causing hurt."