George Louis is next in the queue after Sophie. Do you know what he did with his wife?” “Something horrible, I heard.” “Locked her up in a Schloß for the rest of her life, for bed-swerving.” “So clearly he has the upper hand, at least—” “’Tis the exception that proves the rule, Daniel. By taking such a measure, he confesses his helplessness to the world. She made him a cuckold. Cuckolds cannot be unmade.” “Still, she’s locked in a Schloß, and he isn’t.”
