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The Sixth Day


             The Second Novell



              STORYTELLER: PAMPINEA                                                       Pampinea laments the fact that sometimes Fortune and Nature
              ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU                                        conspire to put good men in unsuitable situations or to give them
             THE SIXTH DAY, SECOND NOVELL                                                 bodies that don’t match their great personalities. But both Nature and
             1985 HAND COLORED ETCHING
              AQUATINTA AQUAFORTE 21X29 CM | 8½X11½ IN                                    Fortune have a way of hiding the best parts until they’re absolutely
                                                                                          needed and then they burst forth. Pampinea will tell a story that

                                                                                          illustrates this and takes a humble baker as its protagonist.








































































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