Now he's even more perplexed. He pauses, parsing this out, and then says, "I shall be frank with you. While, in my experience, few would claim the term with pride, I myself have never said it of anyone. You-- on that first day, you asked me about the Queen, yes? Do you think I judge the Queen for choosing and taking me into her bed? Or that I judge her for-- having another partner who is not me? Or..." He thinks of Susan, and the fact that they both feel free to pursue other people, but leaves that aside.

"I would agree that whoever and however many folk anyone might lie with is not my business. Did you think I disagreed with any of these points?"