Summary

Greed:

Married to her husband for 40 years, Mrs. Greed indulged in many extramarital affairs without any sense of shame, even proudly exclaiming that she would never leave her husband. The husband's role was that of a cuckold, rich and unaware of her affairs, accompanying her on errands around town While holding only the traces of her beauty, Mrs. Greed began an affair with the narrator's husband, who even thought that Mrs. Greed had a resemblance to his mother. This comparison was meant as a compliment and further inflamed their passions, while Mrs. Greed said she felt a mix of tenderness and passion for him. Mrs. Greed would always bring a basket of green apples when visiting the husband, something he would say he had bought himself but the narrator knew to be otherwise. Though she...