In this scene, Claudius comes and talks to Gertrude and
finds out that Hamlet has just killed Polonius, who was behind the
arras.
Caludius's main concern is for himself. The first
thing he says is, essentially, "that could have been me." He is talking about what
would have happened if he would have been the one
hiding.
Then Claudius starts worrying about what the Danish
people will think of him now that this has happened. He worries that they will blame
him for not keeping better control over Hamlet when he is obviously a bit crazy. This
is why he decides to send Hamlet to England -- to get him out of sight and (we learn
later) to kill him on the way.
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