"The Story of the Dog whose Eyes led to Adultery" Topic

"Once upon a time, there was a knight who was called away on business, and in what might be the heaviest bit of foreshadowing ever, said to his morally upright wife, "I leave you no guard but your own discretion; I believe it to be wholly sufficient." A medieval audience, hearing this, would have known immediately what was to happen, because such a good, upstanding knight is destined to fall victim to the evil weaknesses of womankind. The wife, for her part, "continued at her own mansion, in the daily practice of every virtue," because the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

One day, when someone had twisted her arm, the lady went to a festival and a young nobleman immediately became smitten with her. This is when the trouble began (and the reason she should never have gone to a festival in the first place while her husband was away)…"
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