This revelation throws a completely different light on his ostentatious loyalty to his brother and propriety towards his sisters-in-law.
Earlier on, he may have been prepared to deliver his sisters-in-law to his sworn brother with their chastity intact.
But making a wife from a sister-in-law means denying that sisters-in-law are already a man's own sisters, and this claim is one that advocates of the ban most fiercely contest.
This study offers some insights into what happens to relationships with relatives such as brothers- and sisters-in-law, particularly once one or more of the linkage people have died.
They could not see why they should not be able to claim pensions in their own right, much as their sisters and sisters-in-law have done.
I should perhaps declare an interest, having two sisters-in-law each of whom cohabits.
It is also a difficult role, and dangerous at this time, since three of her sisters-in-law die in childbirth.
She treats her younger sisters-in-law like her sisters and has a lot of respect for elders.
