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Dianora
was the wife of Gilberto of Friuli, but was passionately
beloved by Ansaldo. In order to get rid of his importunity, she told
him she would never grant his suit and prove untrue till he made her
garden at midwinter as full of flowers and odours as if it were
midsummer. By the aid of a magician, Ansaldo accomplished this, and
claimed his reward. Dianora went to meet him, and told him she had
obeyed the command of her husband in so doing. Ansaldo, not to be outdone in
courtesy, released her; and Gilberto became the firm friend of Ansaldo
from that day to the end of his life. (Boccaccio Decameron, day
x. 5.) (See Dorigen.)
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