A character in this play recalls being unable forget his fifty-year-old mistress while she reminded him of lilies and jasmines, until he remembers that she actually resembled fruit baskets and old luggage. A servant in this play throws his hat at a candle to put it out so as to prevent anyone from seeing that his master was involved in a late-night affair. That servant later convinces Count Ludovico that this play's protagonist is his long-lost son. The protagonist of this play is asked to compose a sonnet in response to a love letter written to the "friend" of a woman who later slaps him, drawing blood. Anarda's desire for Fabio leads her to reveal an affair in this play, in which the Marquis Ricardo and the Count Federico both pursue Dian
A character in this play recalls being unable forget his fifty-year-old mistress while she reminded him of lilies and jasmines, until he remembers that she actually resembled fruit baskets and old luggage. A servant in this play throws his hat at a candle to put it out so as to prevent anyone from seeing that his master was involved in a late-night affair. That servant later convinces Count Ludovico that this play's protagonist is his long-lost son. The protagonist of this play is asked to compose a sonnet in response to a love letter written to the "friend" of a woman who later slaps him, drawing blood. Anarda's desire for Fabio leads her to reveal an affair in this play, in which the Marquis Ricardo and the Count Federico both pursue Diana, the countess of Belflor, who marries Fabio off to the servant Marcela after finally deciding to act on her love for Marcela's suitor Teodoro. For 10 points, name this Lope de Vega play inspired by a fable about an animal who spitefully prevents a horse from eating grain.