Claudius glows with the praise. "Wouldst thou believe I've never been to a university? My brother believed I had a low cunning, and too much learning would only whet it to a blade I could bury in his back. Well, he was right, but I educated myself on that point. So much studying in secrecy. But here I've a fellow-student in Laertes, and many others have joined me. Mercutio, Magnus, Tress at times, and perhaps Gideon --" He counts them off on his fingers -- he has collected quite a bevy of young people around him. "Dost think others would be interested?"