Stories Six through Ten Summary

In Story Six, Nomerfide tells a story of a woman who tries to cover up the fact that she has a lover by tricking her husband. Her husband sees past her trick and tells her that he knows about her affair. Although the husband is very angry, the woman manages to get her husband to come back to her. After this story, Hircan and Nomerfide have a verbal argument in which Hircan tells Nomerfide that she would not be able to cover up a wrongdoing as this woman had. Parlamente also suggests to the group that she is aware that her husband is cheating on her.

In Story Seven, Hircan tells about a merchant who covers up his affair with a young girl by attacking the mother. Since the woman is distracted by the merchant, the young...