He should in humility have asked her why it was that he was naturally a cuckold, why two women of different temperaments and characters had been inspired to have lovers at his expense. He should be telling her, with the warmth of her body warming his, that his second wife had confessed to greater sexual pleasure when she remembered that she was deceiving him. William Trevor
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The idea of having two lovers who are married to each other is very often the subject of literature. It can be some kind of fantasy or even a reality for some people. The idea of having an affair with someone who is already married is just as common. It can be some kind of game or it can be some kind of way to relive the thrill that comes with hooking up with someone new.

In either case, people seem to have a fascination with this idea and it is one that will always draw attention. The idea of two people being in love and married at the same time has been a part of literature for centuries. In this passage from the novel, The House Of The Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne, we see a look into what might have happened if such a thing did actually come to pass.

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