As we were approaching the end of a marvellous summer holiday together, I felt that the time was right to bring up the subject of my husband’s mistress.

He couldn’t avoid the subject if I challenged him directly when we were both in the bath together. I complimented his lovely long dark locks and strong muscular body, then told him that I knew that he had a lover.

My husband realised immediately that it would be pointless to respond to my accusation with anything other than the truth. He admitted that he had been sleeping with Alice the vet for several months. They met for secret trysts whenever she had a moment between house calls.

I said that I was not prepared to share my husband any longer, and insisted that he end the affair as soon as we returned home.