Sorry about the gaffe, it all makes sense if you change the 'his' to 'her' in the husband relationships

Please read it as follows

It was only after seeing my model in the air today that her husband rode a mile out to see me


nopes, Irish values in general do not mention 'thy shall allow same sex marriages' - and so I would assume it would be even remote occurrence in rural Ireland - sorry about getting you excited all for nothing - sigh, not yet, not here.....

the story was apparently written by a male chauvinist in haste, and somehow a few genders and pronouns got muddled.