Bella Vokes further denied ever condoning her husband's adulteries and denied ever committing adultery herself. Pietro does as much, and more, lamenting Aurelia's repeated adulteries. Facing death, he confessed old adulteries to his wife. This was the first of a series of alleged adulteries. The Gibbons household was a turbulent one, with tensions arising from Charles Gibbons's frequent adulteries. Their marriage has come under strain due to Vic's adulteries. Sometimes, though, she becomes outrageous with the most severe "adulteries" of Zahos. She is still more furious at the gods' adulteries.