Wife accused of plan to escape weeps and threatens suicide so as to allay suspicion and escape

Motif

Wife accused of plan to escape weeps and threatens suicide so as to allay suspicion and escape.

Deceptions. · Escape by deception. · Escape by false plea. · view the constellation · filed as K579.1

Scholars’ trail — 1reference

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Africa (Fjort)Dennett 51 No. 8.

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Filed under Escape by false plea – miscellaneous.

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Monkey in danger on bridge of crocodiles pretends that the king has ordered them counted Escape from robbers by pretending to be going the same way but separating at the first opportunity Monkey saved from trap by feigning marriage Respite while captor acts as umpire between captives Murder feigned to effect escape. Knight is refused permission to leave city. He rushes to city gates and pretends that he has just killed a public enemy. Is aided in his escape A handy name. Thief is jailed for stealing a quarter of veal. Sends man named "Calf" to captor. "I took only one quarter of veal, but I am sending you a whole calf." Is set free A plea for a larger audience. Fox asks cock to come down from a tree and sing for him. Cock asks fox to awake his companion, a dog, first. Dog kills fox

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