Somewhere in the South there were twin brothers both with high moral character: Tim and Tom. The brothers were both in love with the same girl, Mary. Mary loved both of them and knew she couldn’t choose between the two. So Mary told them that she would marry the one that could prove he loved her more. After much thought and planning, the brothers went to work on their respective plans.. Tim wrote her a beautiful song, gave her flowers, and had “Mary” inside of a heart tattooed on his chest. Tom went to Mary’s best friend Betty, under the guise that he was Tim. He gave her a huge bouquet of flowers, played her the song that Tim wrote for Mary, and then slept with Betty, after asking her to marry him. Betty was so excited that she ran to Mary and told her what had happened, thinking that it would make Mary’s choice easier. Mary was visibly upset and asked Betty about the tattoo on Tim’s Chest. Betty insisted that Tim did not have a Tattoo on his chest. Mary instantly knew what had happened. After much thought and deliberation, Mary chose to marry Tom.
Mary chose Tom in spite of the fact that he slept with her best friend because she knew Tom loved her more than Tim. She reasoned that a man, with high moral character, who compromised his character and betrayed his twin brother, was a man that would go to any length for her love and thus loved her more than a man that wouldn’t.