"Robert A. Heinlein - To Sail Beyond the Sunset" - читать интересную книгу автора (Heinlein Robert A)

you know all there is to know about the perils of sex... just as every girl your
age throughout history has thought. So go right ahead. Jump the fence with
your eyes closed. Break your husbandтАЩs heart and ruin his pride. Shame your
children. Be a scandal in the public square. Get your tubes filed with pus,
then let some butcher cut them out in some dirty back room with no ether. Go
right ahead, Maureen. Count the world well lost for love. For thatтАЩs what
sloppy adultery can get you: the world lost all right and an early grave and
children who will never speak your name.тАЩ
тАЪBut, Father, I was saying that I must shun adultery; itтАЩs too dangerous. I think
I can manage it.тАЩ I smiled at him and recited:
тАЪтАЬThere was a young lady named Wilde - тАЮтАЩ
Father picked it up:
тАЪ тАЮWho kept herself quite undefiled
By thinking of Jesus,
Contagious diseases,
And the dangers of having a child.тАЬ

тАЪYes, I know; I taught you that limerick. Maureen, you failed to mention the
safest route to prudent adultery. Yet I know that youтАЩve heard of it; I
mentioned it the day I tried to give you an estimate of the amount of fence
jumping going on in this county.тАЩ
тАЪI must have missed it, Father.тАЩ
тАЪI know I mentioned it. If youтАЩve just gotta - and the day might come - tell your
husband what is biting you, ask his permission, ask for his help, ask him to
stand jigger for you.тАЩ
тАЪOh! Yes, you did tell me about two couples like that here in our county... but I
could never figure out who they are.тАЩ
тАЪI didnтАЩt intend you to. So I threw in a few false clues.тАЩ
тАЪI discounted for that, sir, knowing you. But I still couldnтАЩt guess. Father, that
seems so undignified. And wouldnтАЩt, uh, my husband be terribly angry?тАЩ
тАЪHe might give you a fat lip; he wonтАЩt divorce you for asking. Then he might
help you anyhow, on the sound theory that you would get into worse trouble if
he says No. And -тАЪ Father gave a most evil grin,тАЪ - he might discover he
enjoys the role.тАЩ
тАЪFather, I find that IтАЩm shocked.тАЩ
тАЪThen, get over it. Complacent husbands are common throughout history;
there is a lot of voyeur in everyone... especially in males but females werenтАЩt
left out. He might jump at the chance to help you... because you helped him
just that way, six weeks earlier. Stood lookout for him and that young
schoolteacher, then you lied like a diploma to cover up for them. Next
commandment.тАЩ
тАЪWait a minute, please! I want to talk about this one some more. Adultery.тАЩ
тАЪAnd that is just what IтАЩm not going to let you do. You think about it but not a
word out of you on this subject for at least two weeks. Next.тАЩ
тАЪThou shalt not steal. I couldnтАЩt improve that one, Father.тАЩ
тАЪWould you steal to feed a baby?тАЩ
тАЪUh, yes.тАЩ
тАЪThink about other exceptions; weтАЩll discuss it in a year or two. But it is a good
general rule. But why wonтАЩt you steal? YouтАЩre smart; you can probably get
away with stealing all your life. Why wonтАЩt you do it?тАЩ