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The Sixth Day
The First Novell
STORYTELLER: FILOMENA Women shouldn’t make long speeches, so all of these things are
ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU suited to them rather than men. She complains that women are
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either too stupid or just unlucky, because they can’t seem to think
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of anything witty to say. However, she’ll tell a story about one
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woman who figured out just the right thing to say to a knight.
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