The narrator laments the fact that his wife has been having an affair with her husband, who is also her husband's lover. He feels that he has been cheated on by his wife's husband and that he is not getting what he needs from her. When he sees her again, he is shocked to find that she has returned to her parents' house. He asks her to teach him how to make roast beef for a party, but she has gone back to her family's house so he does not know about the affair