DIMINISHED DIGITS PROVE TOO TITILLATING FOR FRISKY FRUMPS. ANNE WIMBLES, FLO WANGLES—YET CAN YOU BLAME THEM?
—Onehandled adulterer, he said smiling grimly. That tickles me, I must say. —Tickled the old ones too, Myles Crawford said, if the God Almighty’s truth was known.
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Lord Nelson’s mistress was Emma Hamilton a model and actress and the wife of Sir William Hamilton, the British Envoy to Naples. Admiral Nelson was also married at the time of the affair, but estranged from his wife. The affair was conducted under the roof of Sir William and by some accounts was not only tolerated but encouraged by him. (source)