by
James Salter
— Pam doesn’t take all that and offer it to someone else. I don’t come back from a trip unexpectedly and find an unmade bed where you and some guy have been having a lovely time
— It wasn’t that lovely.
— That’s too bad.
— It was far from lovely.
— So, why did you do it, then?
— I don’t know. I just had the foolish impulse to try something different. I didn’t know that real happiness lies in having the same thing all the time.