"On the one hand you want to keep the bastards honest, and when you're being a bastard, you want to be kept honest. On the other hand it does seem friendship involves keeping moral score of each other a little less than we ordinarily might."
"Any chance the good man was in fact a bad one? Something happened that you don't know about? The detestable replacement rubs you the wrong way but is in some way better to her than the husband?"
"If you're correct that she's suddenly turned cruel and stupid, something's wrong and whatever's wrong is unlikely to right itself without the support of the people who bring out her better angels."
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