Rossina

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Rossina

Background

Rossina is a servant in Salerno, Italy.

During the events of Theatre Macabre: Season 1 Episode 15 Decameron played by Hanna Skarzanka

As Mazzeo's Wife is walking through town with Rossina, she sees Ruggiero being yelled at by Pepino. Pepino tells Ruggiero to pay him the money he owes and grabs Ruggiero, but Stefano stops him and tells him that he is better than Ruggiero. Mazzeo's Wife tells Rossina that Ruggiero's charms are being wasted on street girls and Rossina warns her that Ruggiero is a well known scoundrel.

Master Mazzeo of Montagna is working in his lab when a Man knocks on his door and tells him that there has been a fight in Amalfi and Sapito has been badly wounded. Mazzeo then tells his Wife that he will be gone until the morning. Mazzeo's Wife tells Rossina to bring Ruggiero to her. Ruggiero is brought to the house. Mazzeo's Wife walks into the bedroom and starts kissing Ruggiero, but he doesn't move. She thinks he is sleeping and pours candle wax on him to wake him up, but he still doesn't move. She and Rossina think he is dead and they come up with a plan to put Ruggiero's body in a chest outside the cabinetmaker's shop. They then dump the body.

Mazzeo's Wife and Rossina hear of Ruggiero's impending execution and Mazzeo notices the empty bottle and tells them that the bottle held a medicine to help his patient Francis sleep. Rossina tells Mazzeo that she has fallen in love with Ruggiero and that Ruggiero drank the sleeping potion and she thought he was dead and hid him in a chest. A Jail Guard tells Master del Scandigo that Rossina is there to speak with him and she tells Ruggiero the plan. The Judge walks in and she tells him the story she and Mazzeo's Wife came up with. The Judge frees Ruggiero and sentences Pepino and Stefano. Rossina then marries Ruggiero, who periodically has sex with Mazzeo's Wife.