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Quote #10
To Michael's utter regret he'd frozen, chagrined, as his Orthodox upbringing rushed clamoring to the fore, insisting that this was immodest, unbecoming in a wife—and slowly she'd removed her hand, and replaced it on his back, and resumed their rhythm. (20.43)
Michael gets a little too wrapped up in traditional gender roles, and this creates some complicated situations. Yes, he wants to sleep with his wife, but only in the tamest way possible. We have no idea exactly what the Golem did here, but clearly it's out of Michael's narrow bounds.