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“I pursue, if his wife had a lover,
would he kill the man?” Seki
looks dismayed.
there’s passion involved!”
“But what if your mistress had
a lover?” I must know.
I must chuckle and start calculating
how a wife, besides serving,
cooking, and child-bearing, could
prove lucrative. Dispatch your wife
on amorous missions, keep earning
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marrying, keep up the amorous
dispatches until you’ve amassed
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that some naughty couples do
engage in this dubious business.
The mathematics of Masai marriage
is quite simple!
“Oh, then you kill the man!” Seki
declares emphatically, “because,
unlike with a wife, with a mistress
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“You don’t kill a man over a wife!
The mathematics is simple: you
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I enquire.
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“Yes,” Seki replies nonchalantly.
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