XCI How a certain man confessed to a friar
Edward Storer translation
Talking with the friar, he said that some one had sent him a fine sturgeon, and that he would send it to him for dinner. For this the friar rendered him many thanks.
Notes in this chapter
Note 1 · This brusque change into the direct narration is characteristic of the Novellino. I have followed the original here, and elsewhere, where itNote 2 · consigliatemi, a rather unusual form. ↑Note 3 · The meaning may also be: he was so content. ↑Note 4 · “and not sent me the sturgeon” is missing in some texts. Biagi gives the version as printed here. ↑Note 5 · The man went away, and sent the friar nothing at all, but he returned to see him a day after with cheerful mien. The friar said: why have yoNote 6 · There was a woman who had made a fine eel pie,1 and had put it in the cupboard. She saw a mouse enter by the window, attracted by the good s