That night we made love "the real way" which we had not yet attemptedalthough married six months. Big mystery. No one knew where to put their leg and to this day I'm not surewe got it right. He seemed happy. You're like Venice he said beautifully. Early next day I wrote a short talk ("On Defloration") which he stole and had publishedin a small quarterly magazine. Overall this was a characteristic interaction between us. Or should I say ideal. Neither of us had ever seen Venice. Anne Carson
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This is a very interesting story. This is a tale of two men who were in love, but who never told their wives about their affair. They were married to other people, but they kept the fact that they had made love in secret from them. That night they decided it was time to have an affair, so they went to Venice, where they could have sex the "real way," without being watched by their wives. Well, there are still some secrets that are best kept between lovers.

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