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Filed under Other deceits connected with adultery.

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The lover's gift regainedLover blackmails adulteressHusband duped by paramour into taking his wife to him. She is veiledInnocent confessor duped into being go-between for adulteress and lover. By following suggestions in her false accusations to confessor the lover reaches her sideWife takes servant's place and discovers husband's adultery. The husband says that he is going into a state of meditation with a cloth over his face. He substitutes a servant and goes to his mistress. The wife finds the deceit and takes the servant's place. On his return the husband tells the supposed servant of his adulteryParamour feigns loss of genitals in order to obtain the husband's confidenceAdulteress uses the public baths as a meeting-place with her lover. A naive remark by her child exposes the deception to the husbandWoman excites peasant (secretary), who draws line on floor and dares her to cross it. When she does, adultery is committedSeventy tales of a parrot prevent a wife's adultery. The parrot keeps her interested until her husband's returnAdulteress disguised as boy elopes with paramourStudent extends his course so as to enjoy the professor's wifeThe "loyal" adulteress. Complacent in all except kissing. Explains that her mouth is the only part of her body which has promised fidelity to her husbandFaithful wife in disguise saves husband from punishment for adultery

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