about Lady Oisille's Christian faith, it is immediately dispelled when she answers that she herself has found "only one remedy" which is "capable of delivering [one] from [one's] boredom and [one's] sorrow," and that single remedy is "the reading of holy Scripture" (66). She says that all through her waking hours she finds sustenance in the Bible and in religious contemplation.
Hircan responds that the Bible and Christianity have their place, but that in between periods of spirituality a human being needs a more down-to-earth pastime. Oisille invites him to suggest a pastime, and he boldly alludes to sex. His wife thinks he means sex with her, although it is clear he already has his macho eye on another wom
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