What he found slightly amusing was that two of the three people just mentioned by Earl Melbourne had affairs with his wife. As for the remaining old cripple, only God knows.
However, based on Lady Melbourne's predilection for chasing notable personalities in Europe, if Talleyrand had a taste for that sort of thing, his chances were most likely not good.
If judged by conventional moral standards, it would be difficult to understand the extraordinary marital relationship of the Melbournes.
But, for the nobility, marital fidelity was only expected until an heir was produced.
Many couples, united through arranged marriages without much love, after securing an heir, largely did their own things. They also turned a blind eye to each other's infidelities, as long as things weren't too scandalous to damage their noble decorum. Such matters were usually ignored.
