In the thrill of the night (Na Paixão da Noite)

the long version

Assured of both money and position, none of the five respectable ladies who form the Merry Widows need ever marry again, so they make a daring pact - each will consider taking a lover for the pure pleasure of it. Marianne Nesbitt adored her late husband David, but the racy reminiscences of the Merry Widows make her wonder if she missed something special. Might she find it now through a love affair? Uncertain how to go about it, she asks Adam Cazenove, an old friend and notorious rake, to tutor h