Don Juan shrugged at that, his visible indifference disguising how eager he was to seize the opportunity she'd offered to lighten the mood somewhat. "I wouldn't call nothing a result. I think academia is on my side with that one," he joked. "Or at least the dictionary is." He couldn't really make any pretense towards academia of any variety, but as a Dempsey he had inherited a robust vocabulary if nothing else.

"If it's of any comfort," he said, swirling his drink pensively, "They probably didn't live happily ever after. Most married people don't." Himself included. Now that there was a court case involving Kaatjie the fact of his marriage was becoming more common knowledge than it had ever been before... but as he'd only lived with his wife a few months (and the second, bigamous wife not much longer), his practical experience in the matter mostly came from having seduced a wide array of unhappily married women.

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