"Mostly," Jacques said, crossing his arms. "And other affairs as well."
He fell silent a moment, trying to sort out a rational statement of opinion and feeling from behind the engrained disgust and dislike. "He- he always aspired to move from the third estate, and, though his predilictions would have suited him to the clergy very well, he took to the law instead." Jacques offered her a wan smile. "Believe me, citoyenne. I understand absent husbands."