Was the story comical in any way?

In “The Other Two,” Wharton exhibits the more comic
aspects of divorce. She describes none of the anguish and grief of Alice’s previous
marriages, and, in fact, suggests that Alice may have exaggerated the previous
unpleasantness. Indeed, once Alice announces to her third husband that her first husband
must make a visit to her sick daughter, she is told to put all embarrassment out of her
mind, which she promptly does. In addition, the experience of Waythorn is in no way
affected by his being the third husband of Alice. As he learns about the “other two,” he
finds that they are ordinary, pleasant human beings, not monsters, and he is able to get
along well with both of them. The manners of the world which Waythorn inhabits prevents
conversations from becoming personal and difficult, and hence he is able to maintain
cordial relationships with the other two.