A story to Ponder

A man, Malcolm, and a lady, Linda, who are very much in love and devoted to one another are separated by a river with no way of getting across to the other side. On Linda’s side of the river, there is a man named Barry who owns a boat and is able to take her over the other side of the river, but refuses to do so unless she pays him a price double that of a normal boat ride across a river. Linda has no money, let alone enough to pay Barry. Another man, Steve, on Linda’s side of the river tells her that he will her the money she needs if she sleeps with him. Linda agrees to do so and on receiving the money pays Barry who takes her over to the other side of the river. She is reunited with Malcolm and they are very happy together.

However, Frank, a friend of Malcolm’s finds out what Linda did with Steve and immediately tell Malcolm. On learning the news, Malcolm finds Linda and ends things with her, stating that he wants nothing more to do with her.

Your task is to rank these five people, Malcolm, Linda, Barry, Steve, and Frank from best person(1) to worst person(5).

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