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The Fourth Day
The First Novell
STORYTELLER: FIAMMETTA Fiammetta confesses that she doesn’t understand why they’re
ARTWORK: THE DECAMERON OF PETRU RUSU telling such dismal tales when they’re supposed to be cheering
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themselves up. Did Filostrato think they needed to tone it down a
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bit? Still, she wants to show that she can play the game, so she’s
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going to tell a truly horrendous tale.
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