Claudius laughs with appreciation. "Good for him. Thou needst no praise from me, but good for thee, too." He shakes his head, and explains, "I was loved not by queen mother or king father, and had a guide in the lord chamberlain of my court -- the one who attends to the domestic matters of Denmark. Laertes's father. When I was under the spell of honesty, I told Laertes his father was as good as mine, which was a troubling thing to confess. The lord chamberlain had a wife he lost, and the loss made him less generous, less forgiving. Thou art not such a man. Thou didst learn care, and raise a fine disciple."