While nonmonogamy doesn't always mean having multiple partners, Ezra's polycule comprises multiple sexual partners.

The last line, adapted from Coleridge, reminds us that we are never such kleptomaniacs as in our juvenilia.

An hour before dinnertime, steam the mazarine in the usual way, and when done, turn it out of the mould on its dish […]

There was a considerable outhouse, which he unlocked and we entered.