"It was never my intention to accuse you of matrimony, My Lord. Who among us has bound himself to merely one wife, after all? And yet--yet--"

..."If it is any consultation, it was I" admitted Pazhuvettarayar he turned to Vanangamudiyaar. "Tell me--is it such a crime to take my lawfully wedded wife, who bears my thaali around her neck, wherever I go? It is true that I rarely stay away from her--but to accuse me of consulting her regarding state affairs is unjust. I have not done so, and never will."

— Fresh Floods by Kalki Krishnamurthy, Pavithra Srinivasan (பொன்னியின் செல்வன், #1) (Page 72 - 73)