The mysterious man from earlier in the day was no where to be seen as we finished unpacking and the sisters talked. Right before dinner though he arri...ed, came in through the front door carrying bags of groceries. Laura introduced him to us as Todd her boyfriend, apparently they'd been dating for quite a while.As he moved into the kitchen I could see my wife trying hard not to stare at him. This close I could see why Laura was so attracted to him, he was tall and athletic, with a well-built. "Oh honey, it might seem the end of the world to you at the moment, but you will find someone else," she said as she hugged the young man who let his half-smoked cigarette drop to the floor.For a moment they remained with Cornelia's arms around him and then they were looking into each other's eyes and after a further moment and with no words spoken, their lips came together. The kiss was gentle at first and then became more passionate before a slightly startled Cornelia broke away and said,. She was the youngest daughter of his neighbor and rumored to be in the market for a reasonably fertile bedfellow.Then, there was Lady Camille Simpson's younger sister Eugenia who was supposedly devastated after being left at the altar by that rogue, Captain Jack Finch.Sir Ralph had never liked that fellow Finch ever since the debacle in the Middle East and the Captain's debauchery with his Colonel's prim and proper wife Hortense.It was all too sordid even for Sir Ralph who was a notorious. Oh, sure, there were women at work, but they were married. Married women would be after replacing their husbands with new husbands. They would want a ring and a new marriage, which would be presumably happy enough to make leaving their husbands worth it. Besides, even if it was just a fling, an angry husband would be an enemy I didn’t need. I had enough problems with my own spouse without adding someone else’s. That didn’t change the fact that I had a strong impulse every time I saw my female.