That got a warm, easy chuckle out of Bill and he shook his head, "Jack and I have an understanding. Do you really think that a marriage could be functional if it were stifled to the spouse alone? Much less for two and a half centuries? I certainly can't imagine it. And I'd been sleepin' with him since 'fore my wife died. So I'm not particularly up on th'whole monogamy thing to begin with." He rubbed his fingers and thumb over his mustache and beard, smoothing it out a little, but only to hide the nearly bashful grin that came with admitting it.