"I'm gaein' ower the water to speir efter Alec," was the excusatory rejoinder.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen"
George MacDonald
By adulterous love we do not mean fornicatory love, which precedes marriage, or which follows it after the death of a married partner; neither do we mean concubinage, which is engaged in from causes legitimate, just, and excusatory; nor do we mean either the mild or the grievous kinds of adultery, whereof a man actually repents; for the latter become not opposite, and the former are not opposite, to conjugial love, as will be seen in the following pages, where each is treated of.
"The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love"
Emanuel Swedenborg
V. Concubinage apart from a wife, when it is engaged in from causes legitimate, just, and truly excusatory, is not unlawful.
"The Delights of Wisdom Pertaining to Conjugial Love"
Emanuel Swedenborg