The Storm

I think using the fact that there is a large storm coming through is not a good reason to commit adultery. Yes there is a really bad storm and maybe it could have been a potentially deadly storm it is still no reason. I don’t understand how they could both be married and both be fine with it. It does set it up by saying the dad and son are going to stay at the store and wait the storm out and then this other man comes riding up on his horse almost as if it was planned for him to be there.
To me it seems like it may have been planned. He shows up when her husband is gone to the store and his wife is away. Then they commit adultery and neither feels remorseful about it. They both go on as if they are happy. She cooks supper and says, “J’vous reponds, we’ll have a feas’ tonight! Umph-umph.”(pg. 266, paragraph 35) He immediately goes home and sends his wife a letter “full of tender solicitude.”(pg.267, paragraph 37) With this as evidence, I think they planned it and it just so happened that there was a storm that they used as an excuse.