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This is the tale of two husbands – one who faithlessly abandoned his wife, leaving her to walk alone through the valley of the shadow of death; the other who was faithful to the vow he made before God and man to stand fast by his wife in sickness and in health. The first tale appeared in People magazine a fortnight ago. The second tale appeared in the book “Mortal Lessons: Notes on the Art of Surgery,” which was written in 1976 by Dr. Richard Selzer, a Christ follower who also happened to be a Yale-trained surgeon. People tells the...

He swore that he'd stay faithful. He said she was the one. She wasn't very grateful when she heard what he'd done. She met the other woman and asked if it were true. "Said he was a widower. I swear I never knew." "No, I don't blame you honey. You probably didn't know. And, after we confront him, he's yours; I've gotta go. You thought he was the rich one. He sponges off of me. My lawyer's going to blast him back into poverty." "You sleazy lyin' cheater. Can't keep it in your pants. You never guessed I'd meet her...