The Rake's Trick against the Chaste Wife
A man falls in love with a chaste married woman who will not return his affections. He beings an affair with her servant instead, who eventually falls so in love with him that she will do anything he asks, including letting him into the house when the master and his wife are away. The man sneaks into the bedchamber and spreads egg whites on the bedsheets. When the couple return home, the man sees the egg whites and assumes it is semen, and flies into a murderous rage. He is ready to kill his wife when the neighbours hear her screams and intervene. The wife pleads her innocence and explains the problem, and one fo the neighbours examines the sheets. Then, he asks for a frying pan, puts the whites into the pan, and frieds and eats them, sharing them with all who are there to prove they are only eggs. The couple are reconciled.
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