Ribald Classic: All In The Family
July, 1980
In the time of Louis XII, there was a lady in Languedoc who had a fair face, a most shapely form, an income of more than 4000 ducats--and, alack, no urge whatever to enjoy them. She had married very young and her husband had died shortly after, leaving her one son. All of her waking hours were a long sorrow.She resolved never to marry again: in fact, never to allow the thought of it to cross her mind. She fully believed that desire creates opportunity for sin, and she did not know the other half...
