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Motif

She knows best: woman denies accusation of adultery. Husband dismisses the truthful accusers saying that she knows her shortcomings better than anyone else, and she denies it.

The wise and the foolish. · Fools (and other unwise persons). · Gullible fools. · Nature of gullibility. · view the constellation · filed as J2342.3

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  • Italian Novella *Rotunda.
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Filed under Husband refuses to believe in wife's infidelity.

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Husband refuses to believe that his wife is unfaithful, even when she is caught in the act Husband away three years accepts children born in his absence as his own Husband praises wife's fidelity. Rascal tests it and finds it lacking Only husband remains ignorant about his wife's infidelity

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