In the beautiful old story of Job,
his wife is the single character who
really makes any sense.
 It is his wife who says to her husband,
“Curse God and die,” offering him
the only words of consolation in the book.
 And God rewards her with twice everything,
twice as many pieces of gold,
twice as many sheep and twice as many oxen,
and an earring of gold from each of her in-laws,
and another wife, to help allay the burden
of a husband so dull.