Do you think he would have wanted you to commit suttee?”“What is that?”“A Hindu practice in which a widow is expected to throw herself on her husband’s burning funeral pyre. Her suicide is considered as proof of her devotion to him.”“What if the wife dies first? Does the husband do the same thing?”Shaw threw her a mildly taunting grin. “No, he re-marries.”“I should have known,” Livia said. “Men always manage to arrange things for their own benefit.
-Lisa Kleypas
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