Lagniappe: Faithful in their infidelity

The charming Genovese, Florentine, and Neapolitan countesses had chosen to stick, not with their husbands, but with their lovers, and Albert had come to the painful conclusion that Italian women at least have this over their French sisters — that they are faithful in their infidelity.

Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo

You expect adventure, swashbuckling, and revenge. You don't expect the humor. Or, at least I don't.