For one who can’t find her car keys half the time, I didn’t think I had a ghost of a chance of finding a diary, especially when it existed only as a rumor when I began my search. Six years later I not only found the diary, which was written in 1849 by a prominent Victorian cleric, but I broke the code in which it was written. Beyond discussing the contents of the diary itself, I examine the issue of marital infidelity, not only in terms of the subjects who appear in the diary,including Charles Dickens and Lady Byron, but in terms of the ethical dilemma the diary presents. One question explored: Is an extra-marital affair ever justified? If you think you might like to travel to 19th century Victorian England, this may be just the book for you.