As Henry lies dying, he asks his wife, Martha, if she has ever been unfaithful. She confesses to three instances but insists each was for a good cause. Her honesty shocks him, yet he listens as she explains.

Martha reveals that she once saved their home by persuading the banker, and later secured Henry’s life-saving heart surgery when they couldn’t pay for it. Though troubled, Henry forgives her acts, seeing them as sacrifices born of love.

But her final confession leaves him speechless: when Henry needed seventy-three votes to win his golf club presidency, Martha personally “convinced” each voter. The story ends on a darkly comic twist, showing how devotion and moral compromise intertwine in unexpected ways.