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husband all the affectionu satisfaction and attention he de-
serves and desires, Ali this can and does actually happen. It
is not always the wife's fault; it may be nature itself. It may
be a long illness, or a period of confinement, or sorne of the
regular periods. Here, again, not all men can endure or exer-
cise self-control or adopt an angelic manner of behavior.
Some men do fail into the pit of immorality, deception, hy-
pocrisy and infidelity. There are actual cases where some
husbands fail in passionate love with their sisters-in-law or
their babysitters or housekeepers who come to look after the
family during the illness of the wife or the period of confine-
ment. It has happened many times that while the wives were
undergoing the difficult operations of delivery or surgery,
their husbands were experiencing fresh romance with other
women. The sister or friend of the sick lady i s the most fre-
quent character in such a play. With all noble intentions, per-
haps, she comes to help her sick sister or dear friend and
look after the children or just after the house temporarily,
and from thereon thmgs develop and get complicated. When
there is a sick wife at home or in the hospital, the husband
feels lonesome and depressed. The other woman around the
house- whether the wife's sister or friend or anybody else,
takes i t as part of her help to show the husband some sympa-
thy and a bit of understanding, which may be sincere and
honest or may be otherwise. Some men and women exploit
this simple start of sympathy and use it to the end. The result